Has anyone ever had a successful GCSE re-mark?

cathyandclaire that sounds familiar as well. Last year DS had a French CA moderated down from A to C giving him an overall A instead of A. His teacher had given him full marks for the paper so he didn't re-sit it like the rest of the class as he didn't see how he could improve it. .

Remarks need to be in by 20th September - it is a universal deadline.

DDs written AQA German was moderated down from a comfortable A to a low B giving her an A overall (her listening and speaking rescued her) just missing an A...it kind of makes me lose faith in the German staff at school, how could they have been so far out in their assessments? Wonder if it's worth a remark but stressed out by the Mrs Wobble story !

andadietcoke Really???? Thanks so much. He got 6a's and it's a shame that becomes the focus. Thanks so much. will let them know.

andadietcoke Really???? Thanks so much. He got 6a's and it's a shame that becomes the focus. Thanks so much. will let them know.

canutesauntie DH thinks it's 20th September for AQA, so sounds like it'll depend on the exam board.

Do you know how far off a C he was?

canutesauntie re the school not replying. We had this last year. They seemed to open for an hour to dish out results and then clear off to finish the rest of the holidays. No one answered phone or e mail until term started.

urbancupcake think a PP mentioned maths remarks and said they got a fair few remarked successfully so it might be worth a go?

My neighbor's son got a C in Maths and was two marks away from a B which he needs, I believe for the topics he wants to study in 6th form. My gut reaction is that Maths is either wrong or right and so not worth submitting for a re-mark, do you agree? Or is it always just worth giving it a go?

I'm confused too. DS did ok overall, I'm really pleased with his maths etc but he got a D in English Language. He has focused on this rather than the good results which is rather sad.
I've rung school to talk about applying for a re-mark (as everything indicated a C) but there is no reply so far despite leaving several messages. I'm not impressed that there is no one available on results day -DS wouldnt stay there this morning, just wanted to go home so had no chance to catch a teacher then.
Does anyone know how soon you have to request a remark? Otherwise he will have to resit in the Autumn and we dont know yet if 6th form college will take him without the English pass!
Gah, thought I'd be able to relax after today......I bloody hate Michael Gove and his grade boundary tinkering.

I repeat this phrase very often. Early entry is seldom in the best interests of the child.

We had DS1s Eng Lit remarked last year. It cost about £20. He was one mark off a n A* so we figured it worth the risk as a reduction in UMS was unlikely to take it down to a B.
It went up to A* (smile).

If he's in y10 can't he just resit the module he has less well on next year? Is it just core science that he's done and will he be going on to do the additional modules next year? If so it seems a bit pointless to be stressing at this stage?

ds had history and English lit re marked last year as they were only just under the a*. the school paid as part of a test bunch to see if they'd go for a wh ole year re Mark.

both ds grades went up a lot but over all it wasn't enough to send them all off.

My ds2 is one mark off an A, when he went into pick up his papers the science teacher told him he was sending it back for a re-mark. That was it, ds2 just said 'thanks' and didn't ask anything else.

Will wait and see what happens.

sparkle I guess it might depend on the exam board - this was AQA's website, but I was amazed too - there were a couple of questions answered really badly by the year and he could go in and see exactly which kids had scored what on that particular question - guess it helps them see if a specific area has been poorly taught. They can also compare the scores to those of similar centres, as well as all candidates.

One of the first things DH did this morning was go through his set's marks to see whether it was worth remarking any of them. The school pays if it's borderline C/D. Any of them that were within 1 or 2 marks he said it was probably worth looking at. The teacher should be able to tell you which paper needs to be remarked - DH has a breakdown of exactly where his kids scored right down to the question level; they should be able to give you this information without you getting the paper back, and then you can decide what to get remarked.

OMG Mrs Wobble - yoiu have really worried me now!!

At my sons school the school as a whole requested all English Lit results be looked at, and everyone moved up one grade, I believe.

Its a pity English Language was such a political hot potato.

Last year DS was one of the many with a lower than predicted Eng Lang result. As I had the forms we also requested a remark for another subject where he was disappointed to have received an A rather than A*.
We had taken this result as slightly swings and roundabouts as elsewhere he had managed an A* when expecting an A. Some some surprise then when his mark was increased by 20%, suggesting he had only dropped one mark in the whole examination. It did a lot for his confidence. Less for my confidence in the system.

No change on the Eng Lang, which would been more useful.

You can get the paper back and sometimes this precludes having a remark and other times it doesn't (that may depend on the timing, or I'm not sure what, but always check first). It's a good idea if a teacher will look through it to see where extra marks may be gained, but it would be a VERY good teacher that would be able to spot a single extra mark to a good level of accuracy imo. I think this ploy works better to investigate unexpectedly low results, rather than before a speculative remark.

sonnet, dd was in exactly that situation in Eng Lit last year - a remark of one paper that was considerably lower than the others yielded the marks needed for an A. I do think English is more subjective than science, so more likely to be marked differently by someone else.