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grades

NOUN
grade point average
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As my chosen candidate, Verity Grimshaw, I start off strong, managing to survive a crisis in which thousands of A-level students receive the wrong grades.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Jewellery, cash or first cars: Do rewards boost exam grades?

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

She told the BBC she had her heart set on studying midwifery at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire, but was turned down at the application stage and told she did not have the grades.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

For A-level student Stephen, from Carmel College in St Helens, results day turned into a "miraculous" morning after New College, Oxford, accepted him to study law despite him missing the grades he had been offered.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The teachers know who got each award and who finished the year with the best GPA, but they won’t publish exam grades and final averages on the student portal until after today’s ceremony.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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