The grading system in Finland has 10 points. However, there are no marks in Finnish schools before the 3rd grade. From the 3rd until the 7th grades, there are only verbal marks starting from “it could be better“ up to ”perfect." It’s only the pupil who knows his marks. Pupils are not scolded for their marks, and they are only needed for motivating a child to perfect his knowledge and to correct his individual study plan.