THREAD FOR THE 'GUTTED' ON GCSE RESULTS DAY.

That's great news thanks. I think that makes sense. I'm relieved I don't have to tell him he has to carry on with English next year. I don't think I could cope with the melt-down. :)

TOWTH - it's Language. Some schools don't even offer Lit!

DD had C in eng lit
C in 2 science and D in the other
E in history
D in dance ( very disappointed )
Luckily she's only year 10 , and knows she has to work much harder and revise a lot more for next summer .

TOWH - English language I would have thought.

Well I can truly join this thread now. Ds got what he needed for college just. His results are not what we expected. :( He's very gutted.

When colleges say they need maths and English do they mean lit or lang? Does anyone know? If it's Lang he's ok but if it's lit he'll need to resit along side his college course. :(

Just got back!
Feeling very happy and proud!
Got B's in Eng Lit and Eng Lang so all A levels back on after this mornings wobble!
Felt far more nervous getting DD's results than I ever did my own!
Rest of results were good as well!

Waiting outside school now dd doesn't seem fazed at all

DD has just informed me her friend passes music :)

Followed with... I forgot all about stupid music with stupid Miss teacher! she really hasn't thorght this results day through!

Year 10 results here, all pretty hideous except the B in ICT. E in one english, d in maths. AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH. DS not bothered. Although managed to drag his core science final result up to a C after a G in one module.

DS now gone out.

I've just sat down and written a list of which grades in which subjects DD needs to do the Alevels she wants.
English is figuring quite heavily and she said last night that she had a disaster with one of the English papers.
With what she's said and the news reports I'm starting to worry!
Oh well 10 o'clock will be here soon enough!

All dd needs is a c in English as she took a lot early but have a bad feeling she's not going to do it, has spent the last year doing bugger all work! feel sick time for another coffee Whilst she has a lovely lie in!!

Good luck to everyone. I was on the A level thread but my dd's story seemed to turn into a fairy tale as she got in somewhere she really wanted to do the exact degree she had wanted through clearing (nightmarishly stressful but worth it!)
Dd2 getting GCSE results today and she has 3 so far which she could access online but has to wait until 10am to get the others. So far it's a day of slight disappointment so that's good (ie that it's slight!)

I need one of those cards too please!

Can I have some cake too please? or a large wine

When will you hear, Champneys?

like the Clinton card idea - can I order one please? Got to go to work now but will back on line at lunchtime with the disappointing news. I am so glad that I did not get the lazy sod a Reading ticket because that would have pissed me right off - him gallavanting and me fretting about his rubbish results

DD took English lit , Science and Dance this year (year 10 ) she took dance out of school .
Also , 1 module in History
Sadly , she's a bit lazy , and I'm not expecting much .
Will be very happy with C in anything !
PS , I was also on the gutted for AS levels thread !

I'll take 2 of those cards please lentil. DTs got their results at 7.30 and whilst they've got Cs and above in everything they haven't done as well as predicted (particularly DT1 who really should have been getting all As & A*). I'm hoping it's the kick they both needed to realise a bit more effort is needed, as clearly DH & I telling them so til we were blue in the face wasn't (as we knew) enough to get through to them. Feel a bit deflated here tbh. So far have congratulated them on their passes through gritted teeth but cannot muster up any more enthusiasm right now.

I've made banoffe cupcakes for DD later but will happily pass them round.

I was never nervous when I got my results. In fact I went to Camelot with the playscheme and sent my sister to pick up the disasterous results.

Champneys, English was better than expected. That might not be the national trend though! More that for my DD, who only started getting support for dyslexia in Year 10, English is an uphill struggle. Anyway, great teacher and lots of support, so all good.

Is it very pessimistic to mark my place now? If I had any cake I'd be eating it, maybe i'll make a 'never mind there's always re-takes' cake for later. Do you think Clintons do a 'See, I told you, you lazy sod' cards??

DD has just got hers online. Better than we feared. Phew.

Best of luck to you and yours....

I've got butterflies and no fingernails.

I've been resisting the urge to go and poke DS (like Christmas!) but think he's stirring now.

Not long now!