CE results (when?)

Wonder which school is taking so long to mark. Oversubscribed with difficult decisions or inefficient.
To be fair Oftenlurking if that story is true it does n't sound your DS's headnaster's fault and as you said you would have heard early on if there was a problem. Maybe there is a boy in your DS's year who is yet to be sorted out with a second choice and they want to spare his feelings with his classmates until he has a definite place.

I agree... It's leaving a but of a bad taste in our final days... No they have not sent a letter, is that what happens? Maybe I will call them tomorrow... Thank you for your support offto.... Much appreciated.

It's what our DS's have worked towards for 9 years effectively . The HM owes it to the boys - so they can breath a sigh of relief - it would be great if all boys are told together but in this instance the HM needs to distance himself from the school that is late . Have your DS's new school not sent a letter with the results .

Well i have had emails and correspondence from his intended school in the last couple of days so am assuming this is positive... Pretty poor show though from his headmaster, I will be expressing this opinion. The headmaster was away with the boys last week but no real excuse! If I'm overly optimistic and it's not good news we have no second option!!!

No news is good news .... Of course ... But why the delay ?

That is ridiculous - I've had a pile of paperwork to fill in and meetings to arrange- uniform appointments etc . It must be highly unusual for a school not to get its act together . Has the headmaster not given you the nod ?

We are yet to hear.... Apparently one of the school is delayed sending them out so all the boys have to wait.... I think a terse call to the headmaster tomorrow is due, this is painful. I'm trying to convince myself no news is good news!

My understanding is that the grades are an indicator of the initial streaming in the senior school. This means that they also probably vary from year in any particular school depending on the ability of the cohort of new entrants

Yes, for level 2.

Trinity , presumably that is for Level 2 Maths ? This whole thing is impossibly complicated ...

4happy ... Thank you , I know - he'll be fine ! I haven't been given the grade breakdown from the school to put things in context - ie do most pupils get an A and very few a C etc etc . You are right 70 at his school would be a C!! He's enjoying doing no work at all!

And even in some schools the grade boundaries for different subjects are different!!!!! Never realised that until Friday when a school forgot to send the info with the results and it ended up in my in-box!

The ISEB guidance on the maths mark scheme, but no other subject has this, is that 40%+ is a C, 55%+ a B and 70%+ an A - of course most of us know that most schools make their grade boundaries much higher, but it's interesting to see what is suggested by the exam board!

Offtotheraces, the grades are not equivalent across schools ... For eg, to get an A at Eton entry it's 90% whereas in most of the others it's 70%.

I was really relieved as my DS got into a highly academic school - he got only B's and C's - which was tough as all his classmates got much better grades for different schools . I know it's not comparable but he felt a bit deflated .

Relief - DS called from his trip - he is in, got all As, As+ and 2 Bs - fantastic result - he could have made to any school but being my DS he knew exactly where he wanted to go...

Relief , hope everybody got the results they wanted :))

The big E.

Delighted and drinking champagne.

DS did say that they'd been told at school that they'd be told on Monday or Tuesday if it was bad, but I'm never sure what is apocryphal or what is chapter and verse as he's a full boarder and I only get snippets filtered back from him

Fantastic. Well done!
Take your point about the headmaster but then he should at least say that he would contact the parents if a problem by midweek. Save lots of worrying.
Most of the ones you mention don't have demanding pass marks so I suppose the prep have been able to be fairly relaxed about it all.

The wait is over for us; big, big sigh of relief, and two very proud parents.

summerends I expect, knowing him, he'll be available if he needs to be; I suspect he's just put up a fence/parameter so parents don't think they can keep ringing him, instead he's taking ownership if letting us know. Can't fault him as a head. And school sends plenty to Eton; Shrews; Malvern; Radley; Sherborne; CheltColl so he knows what he's doing! I know all too well, being married to someone in senior leadership in education that you sometimes have to protect your time off. That's not to say they wouldn't be absolutely available if needed ...

DS finds his out today ! Then I get a call . So relieved that he whole things over . I know there are few failures but the though of being one was quite motivational . DS needed 70 in all papers so there wasn't much room for a slip up or bad paper .

You can relax.
Have to say though, your DS's headmaster being away the week after CE is not a ringing endorsement for that prep for sending children to the more competitive schools. Although rarely needed for a well prepared DC who has got through a pretest, a parent would want to know that the headmaster would be available to discuss with and immediately contact a second school in case of failure. The headmaster also occasionally needs to reassure a senior school about a borderline candidate or plead their case for unexpectedly poor results.

Ah, yes, hadn't thought about that ringing round thing ... almost breathing a mammoth sigh of relief