What is the easiest GCSE subject?

The British Exams lists the top 10 easiest GCSEs as reported by students:
  • Geography.
  • Film Studies.
  • Religious Studies.
  • Media Studies.
  • Hospitality and Catering.
  • Business Studies.
  • Drama.
  • Physical Education.
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What is the hardest GCSE subject?

The hardest GCSE subject was decided to be Further Maths by a consensus of students.
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So, without further ado, let's look at the hardest GCSE subjects:
  • Physics.
  • English Literature.
  • Maths.
  • Computer Science.
  • Economics.
  • Biology.
  • English Language.
  • Modern Foreign Languages.
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What is the best subject to pick for GCSE?

The 5 Best GCSEs to Take in 2022 (Student Opinion)
  1. GCSE History. ...
  2. GCSE Modern Foreign Languages. ...
  3. GCSE P.E. ...
  4. GCSE Business Studies. ...
  5. GCSE Music.
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What is the least popular GCSE?

5 least popular GCSE subjects 2018
  1. Welsh (as a second language) - 15. Only 15 students were entered to sit the GCSE exam in Welsh as a second language in 2018. ...
  2. Manufacturing - 50. ...
  3. Other sciences - 2,525. ...
  4. General studies - 2,945. ...
  5. Classical subjects (non-EBacc) - 3,625.
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What is the most important subject for GCSE?

What are the most important GCSE subjects? Maths and English are the most important subjects as they are a requirement for most courses, apprenticeships, jobs and university degrees. You will usually need at least a grade 4 and above in Maths and English before you can get into these.
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The 10 Easiest GCSE Subjects In 2021 - Think Student



Which GCSEs are most popular?

1. GCSE Maths. GCSE Maths has been proven to be the clearly most popular GCSE as it cements the basic academic skills needed in many life scenarios. Maths is used both in and out of the workplace and has many crossovers into other subjects especially science.
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Is GCSE history or geography easier?

History at GCSE is long ans is actually getting tougher with more content, geography is easier. At a-level geography takes little effort or work to get a good grade (so i have been told) whilst history is fairly tough.
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Are GCSEs easier than mocks?

However, the year aboves in school have said their mock exams were way harder than the real GCSE exams, with people who revised tons for both their mocks and GCSEs getting 5s or 6s (Bs) in the mocks and straight 9s in the real GCSEs (A**).
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Is art an easy GCSE?

GCSE Art is a very popular subject but is tough and requires a lot of hard work. Although there won't be any written exams, you will have a great deal to do over the two years and it can take up a lot of time.
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Is history a hard GCSE?

GCSE History has a pass rate of 63.9%, one of the lowest on this list. The content is quite difficult, and there's a whole range of skills you need to have mastered before you enter your exam. You need to be able to write extended answers, analysing and discussing reasons and ideas behind major historical events.
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Is GCSE Psychology hard?

A-Level Psychology exams are fairly easy, and not many students struggle with them. The exam technique is similar to other A-Levels, and many GCSEs too. As long as you can write reasonably well and you know your stuff, A-Level Psychology exams won't pose much of an issue to you.
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What is the most popular subject in school UK?

English and history/classics topped a list of the nation's favourite school subjects, chosen by 17% and 15% of respondents respectively, suggesting that people become interested in understanding elements of humanity, society and culture early on.
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Is GCSE 9 good?

The highest grade is 9, while 1 is the lowest, not including a U (ungraded). Three number grades - 9, 8 and 7 - correspond to the two previous top grades of A* and A. Exams watchdog Ofqual says fewer grade 9s are awarded than A*s, and that anyone who gets a 9 has "performed exceptionally".
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Is it OK to fail GCSEs?

There is no penalty for failing your GSCEs, but you won't be able to complete your A-Levels without it. There's also the fact that certain jobs require GCSEs, which would mean that failing your GSCEs will set you back.
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Which is easier geography or history?

Geography is quite easy and interesting but then again a lot of case studies to remember. The coursework for history is basically source analysis but it is quite difficult compared with geography coursework.
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Is GCSE business hard?

Having said this, GCSE Business Studies is a fairly easy GCSE and can still provide you with a few options after school. For example, you could go and study Accounting, Law, or Business Studies in college. GCSE Business Studies has a pass rate of 64.5% as of 2018.
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Is GCSE photography hard?

Is Photography harder than other subjects? No. However producing each piece of Photography can be a slow and intensive process so it can take up more time than other subjects.
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Can you listen to music in a GCSE art exam?

Students are not allowed to listen to music during the exam. They are not allowed to communicate with each other.
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Are GCSEs harder than 10 years ago?

It was LOT HARDER. GCSEs I've only done the 9-1 and they are almost as hard as O levels ( I sat English language in 2017 and maths in 2018). As for English language it was a lot easier because it was more like English literature, and you just needed to know very basic stuff.
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Are 8 GCSEs good?

Fewer GCSEs with good grades are the best - a minimum of 8. It's a great collection of advice and information. 8 is plenty. 10 is pushing it.
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Are maths GCSE hard?

While many consider maths to be a difficult subject, with the right teaching and preparation it can be one of the easier subjects to do well in, as it's not based on the subjective opinion of an examiner like some other subjects are.
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Is GCSE sociology hard?

GCSE Sociology is crazy hard - this is coming from an above average grade student... you have to memorise content and keywords like 30 -50 for each chapter and then use all the knowledge to answer exam questions! check out the aqa website on past paper sociology questions.
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Is economics a hard GCSE?

A-Level Economics demands at least a grade C (4) in both GCSE English and GCSE Maths. Without these grades, you'll find that this A-Level becomes very demanding. The reason you need these grades is because you need to be able to cope with the amount of work A-Level Economics will ask of you.
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