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Year 12 Parents - How does your school calculate predicted grades for UCAS?

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janinlondon · 07/06/2017 14:00

Help me, I'm drowning! I am being told different things by different parents in different schools. So am resorting to the mighty power of Mumsnet and anecdotal evidence. Please can current year 12 parents (those of us with no/very few AS exams) give me a clue on how your school does their predictions?

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janinlondon · 08/06/2017 16:17

Titchy - apparently not, at many schools! A sort of best guess based on end of year internal exams , homework and mid term tests etc seems to be the main system. But few schools make it clear what their system actually is, and bizarrely most parents I talk to about it have no idea. (Myself included up to now!)

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titchy · 08/06/2017 16:02

They'll just be based on end of year 12 exams surely, whether those exams are optional external AS or internal (probably past AS papers). Anyone with a score that converts to a 90% UMS gets an A star prediction.

Icouldbeknitting · 08/06/2017 15:56

DS has two non-linear subjects, he's not recently taken any internal exams in the other subjects. At the moment I have no idea how college predict grades but there's a parent's information evening next week all about the university admissions process so I might find out then. DS started the year with target grades based on GCSE results and there has been a report home each term with a "working at" grade based on internal exams (or tests as we like to call them here).

It's not something that's causing much concern here because the standard offers for the places he is looking at are lower than what's on his report sheet. Unless he goes into a spectacular tail spin next year or becomes more ambitious it's not something that is likely to cause a problem for us.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 08/06/2017 14:13

or was it 10 papers....? don't quite remember!

OhYouBadBadKitten · 08/06/2017 14:12

it has meant a fairly pressured few weeks with 12 papers. But at least any predictions will have some logic behind them.

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janinlondon · 08/06/2017 13:57

Thank you OYBBK. You're the first I've heard of with AS in all subjects!

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 08/06/2017 10:17

dd is doing as levels in all subjects. If they get over 90 UMS then they are predicted an A* for A level.

That's my understanding anyway.

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janinlondon · 08/06/2017 08:17

Thanks User.....I fear my question is too stupid to get a response from anyone else!??

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user1496841031 · 07/06/2017 18:44

No good question, maybe a Y13 parent could help with that. However AS levels have only ever marked to A so uni will be used to that or have a policy for those predicted higher grades.

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janinlondon · 07/06/2017 15:38

Thanks User - do you know how they deal with the possibility of an A* at A level in an AS examined subject?

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user1496841031 · 07/06/2017 14:35

Y12 have a UCAS exam week where they are doing mocks in subjects there are no AS for to give predicted grades. Results day to be same as AS level day I think. I assumed all schools would be doing the same ? My DD is doing AS for two subjects.