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Y10 GCSE Results - what do we think?

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alistron1 · 23/08/2012 18:01

DD1 sat 5 GCSEs this year Maths (A) History (A) Art (B) ICT (B) and Product Design (C)

We are proud of her results, she's at a grammar school and she and her peers have got mainly B's/C's - very few A*'s.

I think though that maybe they were too young, and have been 'let down' by being pushed to sit 'em too early.

How have other Y10 parents found the experience?

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Musomathsci · 23/08/2012 18:05

Tricky one. Doing some early can take the pressure off year 11, but if the grade would have been higher after another year, then it's a bit counter-productive. Mine only did Maths early and got A*s, so it was fine. Universities aren't particularly ken on early or spread out exams - they want to see that they can cope with a spread of subjects in one sitting.