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School refusing to tell DS his GCSE Results

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LocalSchoolMum · 24/08/2013 07:10

My DS took 2 GCSEs this summer in Year 10: Maths and Biology. I think that the school put most off Year 10 in for the Maths GCSE, going back on an earlier promise to only make them take it when they were ready to get the best mark they could get.

When we went to ask for his results on Friday, they said that they intended to give them out on the 1st day of next term - 9th September. Does anyone know whether other schools do this?

I thought it was pretty barbaric.

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mysteryfairy · 24/08/2013 09:13

The DSA idea is not that this will provide the results quicker but that the schools eagerness to avoid the work of fulfilling in full a DSA will lead to them capitulating over the results alone and release them to a faster timescale. I've seen this work before in a similar situation.

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LocalSchoolMum · 24/08/2013 09:12

Is there a general feeling among teachers that Year 10 results don't matter and you can just resit them in Year 11?

If so, that is extraordinarily cruel. Any public exam that you sit is important to the person who sat it, if they've worked hard for it. That attitude tells you more about teachers worrying about their league tables rather than how the kids feel.

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englishteacher78 · 24/08/2013 09:11

I still don't understand why the result wasn't collected on results day. There will probably be loads of year 10s without results. When I've had year 10 forms (4 times now) very few of them have bothered collecting them before the start of term.

IamFluffy · 24/08/2013 09:09

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LocalSchoolMum · 24/08/2013 09:05

I or DS would have gone on results day, but DS was on a course all week and I work full time, so we asked DP to go. He rang the school on results day and asked whether it was ok to go on Friday instead. They said yes on the phone. When he rolled up on Friday they asked if DS was in Year 10, if so he isn't allowed his results until next term. It isn't about which day you go in, it's about Year 10 sharing their results all together on the first day of term.

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IamFluffy · 24/08/2013 09:01

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ShipwreckedAndComatose · 24/08/2013 08:56

yes, this is exactly what we do if the results were not collected on results day.

Groovee · 24/08/2013 08:50

Why didn't you go on Thursday?

noblegiraffe · 24/08/2013 08:48

Oh and a data access request doesn't need to be fulfilled immediately so you wouldn't get the results any sooner. School is closed, teachers are on holiday.

noblegiraffe · 24/08/2013 08:47

You might have had luck if you'd gone in on results day when teachers are in. If they gave them out to parents who just rock up to school on any old day you can guarantee there'd be a steady stream of kids over the next few days also wanting to know what they got. As teachers are on holiday and if they are in school it's because they have got a billion things to sort before term starts, this would be a complete pain in the arse.

mysteryfairy · 24/08/2013 08:27

My DS school did this for the 1 GCSE he took in Y9. He took 4 in Y10 and was able to pick those up on results day, an hour after the Y11s went in.

You could submit a data subject access request making it clear that you want all data on him which will be a total pain for the school to gather but say that if they can provide just the GCSE result immediately you won't pursue this.

TBH though with the one result in Y9 we didn't have a problem with waiting.

exoticfruits · 24/08/2013 07:50

Why didn't you go on results day?

englishteacher78 · 24/08/2013 07:28

We give them out to those prepared to come in at 1:30 on results day (which is Thursday) when there are teachers available to explain and help if necessary. As they know these results aren't as important as they can re-sit most don't bother and wait until the first day back.

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