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Despite all my efforts to the contrary, it looks like DD will leave school with the equivilent of 14 GCSEs

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KatyMac · 22/08/2013 12:12

I can't help but feel this is too many and that 8-10 in more depth

She got this year & last years today; 2xA* for Dance, B for Music, C for Spanish, Geography, IT & Science

There are 6/7 more next year 2nd Science, Maths, 2xEnglish, Drama (equivilent of 2) & Business

I pulled her out of 3 more.

I know DD is unusual because she has out of school activities; but I really can't see the benefit of all these qualifications.

I am massively proud of her anyway

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JammieMummy · 22/08/2013 13:51

I would agree with you, she is doing too many. Employers will not care if she has 10 or 14 but they will look at the grades. Because your DD is being stretched thin her grades aren't as good as they need to be. Could she drop business and drama and the retake the C's in science and at least Spanish (personally I would sit IT again too). These are important subjects and it would look much better for her later on to have these at an A grade rather than more of them but lower grades.

I say this as someone who sat a number of GCSE's early and is now part of the panel who vets and interviews candidates for a very selective carer.