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Original poster

Whole class has done badly in mock A’level. Covid related?

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billyblueblood · 18/03/2023 08:39

DD is devastated. She’s a very hardworking kid, has to put in a lot of effort to get good grades but has done a lot of revising. Apparently most of the class have done badly so not sure what is going on. Not sure if it’s a result of a lack of exams during covid or something else. How’s your year 13 doing?

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WeCome1 · 18/03/2023 09:15

How are the other subjects?

How bad is bad?

DelurkingAJ · 18/03/2023 09:14

Chemistry A-level is tough. How is her exam technique? Has she been taught how to answer the long-form questions? DH (former Head of Chemistry) reckons that the average student drops at least one grade from GCSE (and often two).

Original poster
billyblueblood · 18/03/2023 09:12

Chemistry

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MarshaBradyo · 18/03/2023 09:04

Which subject was it?

mum11970 · 18/03/2023 09:01

Which subject is it?

mdh2020 · 18/03/2023 09:00

My whole class did badly at GCE English Lit because the teacher had taught us English but hadn’t taught us to pass the exam. Check with the school if teaching strategies are going to change. Also, in the last term, for A level, we rotated teachers so we got a different viewpoint on the books.

Sandysandwich · 18/03/2023 08:56

Is it a real mock? Where they use last years paper and then last years grade boundaries? So maybe it wouldn't be covid effected as that year group was also similarly affected by covid and the grade boundaries would reflect that?

CatSpeakForDummies · 18/03/2023 08:41

It could just be a badly judged exam, if it is out if sync with all the other subjects, the school will look into it.