Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Secondary education

Connect with other parents whose children are starting secondary school on this forum.

Original poster

school has lost a piece of coursework

26 replies

longingforsomesleep · 23/05/2013 16:33

DS is in year 11 and in the middle of his GCSEs. He got a message from a teacher today to say that he needed to resubmit a piece of coursework he did in year 10 as the moderator had asked to see it and the teacher can't find it.

DS says he doesn't have it anymore - it was on an old memory stick which he no longer has. I said we need to find out tomorrow whether or not he has to redo it as it would be better to do this next week during half term than after the holiday when he has lots of exams.

DS says there's NO way he's redoing a piece of work that he's had marked and the school has lost.

Does anybody have any experience of this and advice on what might happen?

OP posts:
CajaDeLaMemoria · 23/05/2013 16:37

Was he advised to keep all coursework? We were.

I can't see anyway around this, other than for him to redo it. The school should check it over to ensure it matches the grade he was previously given, because otherwise they'll look bad too. Then it'll be sent to the moderator.

I don't think you can pass a GCSE if you refuse the moderator's request to approve the work, so it's probably not a great idea to refuse.

As for the school losing it: I'd be speaking to them and complaining about that, but it's a separate issue for the time being, unless there is any chance of them finding it.