My son is in year 10 and is just starting his science GCSEs (2) or so I thought he was. I phoned the school last week as he told me he has been put in a lower ability group with disruptive pupils and I wasn't happy, neither was he.
I have just received a phone call from his teacher to say she can move him but he will be in a BTEC science group where potentially he can get 4 GCSEs.
This is the same teacher who last year told me if my son didn't pull his socks up he would be doing BTEC science which, and she said this to me on the last parents evening "has the same stigma as doing CSEs in the 80's compared to doing O levels".
When I heard this I made him work his socks off for the end of year exam and he did a lot better than expected.
She denied she said this and I am absolutely fuming they are now backtracking.
In my opinion they are doing this to "cook the books" and have more children leaving the school with a higher number of GCSEs.
I have told them I want my son to do 2 straight science GCSEs.
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Science BTEC compared to GCSEs - I don't believe it can be worth 4 GCSEs
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bargainmad · 17/09/2009 12:50
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