Students across Newbury and West Berkshire will collect their GCSE results this week. It is the culmination of two years’ hard work and opens the doors to a post-16 education. GCSEs: a history GCSES were introduced in 1986 for a handful of subjects, replacing the old O-level system. A year later, all pupils sat the new exams and undertook coursework. At their introduction, results were graded A-G, with a U being ungraded. A pass was considered to be grade C or higher, with A being the highest. An A* grade was introduced in 1994. All change However, in 2017 the results system was changed to num…