it would have been so much easier if they just left it at lettered grades. my school tends to alternate between the two so it's really confusing. in sociology and history i've been getting straight A*'s, but they write numbered grades on my report, and in every other subject we get the numbered grades. i think they're just trying to make the transition slow and painful so people understand more and so that they can get a better grasp on the system themselves but they're not doing a very good job.
i feel like i'm in such an awkward year as well because every time there's been a major change, my year group is the first to experience it. i was the first class to do grammar in sats and now the first to do the three year gcse course smh.