Hello
I'm just here for a bit of a ramble/any ideas. My son just received his mock gcse results. I'm not sure what to think. It would have been too much to hope for A and B grades but I'm still disappointed though not surprised. He does the bare minimum when it comes to school work/revision.
Grades are ranging from the odd high C to middle D grades plus an F and a G though he insists the F must be wrong and will ask about it on Monday. School states that they want 5 A to C grades to enter Sixth form and pref B grades for the subjects you want to study in sixth form. I'm not sure how flexible schools are when it comes to letting people in if they don't quite make the grades. I think I am just feeling unsure as to what happens next. Closing ate for applying to sixth form is the end of January so very little time to think about what to do. All the schools seem to be asking for A to C grades. The colleges worry me as they are so huge and I am not sure if they are the best environment for my son. I did a course in a local one a few years ago and it just didn't seem like a nice learning environment for young people.
Is there much hope of him pulling his grades up to B and C grades between now and the real exams? At the end of year 10 he was on an F for Maths and now managed to get a D grade, only 4% away from a C. He is on a middle C for English and Science. I am very upset that he chooses to do the absolute bare minimum when I have offered so many times to help him with work/revision. I am trying hard not to shout and get cross, he says he is quite happy with his grades as he has improved in all of them but of course they were low to begin with ( spent a lot of time messing around in year 9 and most of year 10).
I'm not sure what I'm asking and I am aware this probably doesn't make total sense! Can I still apply to his school for sixth form even though he doesn't have high grades or is it a waste of a choice? I don't feel the school have given us any information at all regarding next steps. there seemed to be a lot more help going from primary to secondary, now it seems like you're on your own.
Many thanks for reading.
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decisionsdecisions123 · 15/01/2016 23:23
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