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Anyone managing their childs expectations on GCSE/A grades given this news?

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deepest · 12/08/2014 16:43

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-28606076

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ElephantsNeverForgive · 13/08/2014 00:39

DD1 is doing it herself, she desperately wants B for English language, but having lost her S&L mark and having done CAs very early in Y10 which weren't very good, she daren't hope.

I'd love her to get an A for maths.

If she doesn't get A for science the whole system is fucked and the government will have mass mutiny from parents and teachers.

(DD is a miss set, because she's dyslexic, double award scientist. She could have done triple easily enough).

RaspberryLemonPavlova · 13/08/2014 00:26

This hasn't come out of the blue though, this is the first cohort taking all linear exams, rather than modular, and it was always expected to be down. Never mind adding in the changing courses after the start.

We have told DS1 (all A/A* targets) all along to do the best he can, its the same for everyone this year.

Coolas · 12/08/2014 21:51

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deepest · 12/08/2014 20:39

So we need to manage expectations that their predicted grades might not materialise....

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Coolas · 12/08/2014 18:46

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deepest · 12/08/2014 18:05

www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article4164917.ece

Bit confused as this above from The Times runs with the heading:

Be Prepared for lower GCSE Grades Parents Warned and then says

"Thousands of pupils face disappointment as tougher tests and less accurate grade predictions leave fewer with the top results in core subjects"

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Ladymuck · 12/08/2014 17:07

Doesn't that article talk more about how results are reported in league tables rather than individual results? What conclusions are you deriving from it?

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