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Is there a hand holding thread for Y11 parents and GCSE results yet?

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fatowl · 13/08/2014 15:48

DD is waiting on GCSE results next Thursday.

She is bouncing around being a teen on Summer holidays (she is off in Ireland for a week with her friend's family)

I am beginning to feel a bit sick.

She is hoping to stay at school and do A-levels, but now the results are getting closer I'm a bit concerned we don't have a back up plan.

How are the rest of you doing?

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Marni23 · 21/08/2014 05:41

Morning all! The day has dawned...hope everyone gets what they want/deserve. I am now officially bricking it...

sausagedog12 · 21/08/2014 05:12

Good luck everyone. Hope it's not as bad as the headlines are saying! Hmm

ElephantsNeverForgive · 21/08/2014 00:17

Good luck everyone!

halfthewaytothemoon · 21/08/2014 00:15

for those sad enough to check AQA have also uploaded this years grade boundaries on their website

MorvahRising · 20/08/2014 23:37

Awake and worrying . . . it's maths we're worrying about. DS wants to try for Oxbridge and he really needs a good result in maths, at which he is perfectly good but not confident, and if he does badly he'll be considerably less confident . . . oh dear. I'm in bed so can't even have a glass of wine.

mummymeister · 20/08/2014 23:34

was thinking that if I stayed up I would feel better - not a chance. she is so worried bless her. cant bear it. might need a little something to help me sleep so getting the cocoa ready.

MumTryingHerBest · 20/08/2014 23:11

I have a few years until I have to face this nightmare (11 plus next year). Massive hugs to everyone xx

mrsmaturin · 20/08/2014 23:04

56 minutes and it's results day.......think happy thoughts

mygrandchildrenrock · 20/08/2014 22:17

Let's hope all of us and our children are happy with the results or if not happy satisfied with them.

Leeds2 · 20/08/2014 21:46

Good Luck to everyone, whatever they are hoping to achieve.

marymoocow · 20/08/2014 21:16

Back home from holiday today especially for tomorrow. DS seems fine, I'm trying not to think about itConfused . English is our big worry here. I'm driving DS in, he's looking at them in the car, and then deciding the rest of the day from there! In 12 hours time all will be known...

Capitola · 20/08/2014 20:01

Good luck everyone.

littlewhitebag · 20/08/2014 19:52

Oh dear lord. It is tomorrow. It seemed so far away and now all of a sudden it is here! Good luck to everyone.

Dreamgirls234 · 20/08/2014 19:33

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MissScatterbrain · 20/08/2014 19:09

Joining in too.

Hope everyone's DC get the results they need.

Leeds2 · 20/08/2014 18:56

Must admit, I have wondered if DD has registered an email address!

YeGodsAndLittleFishes · 20/08/2014 18:45

Joining in to wait with everyone else. Everything crossed for straightforward results that are what we expected. And only nice surprises!

Unexpected · 20/08/2014 18:39

I think they might send results by email/post if you had requested them Leeds. Of course, DS didn't get his act together, although to be fair, at the beginning of the holidays, he thought he was going to collect himself. Instead, he is away and I have had to take a half-day from work to go in and collect them!

Leeds2 · 20/08/2014 18:34

Don't they send anything by text/email, Unexpected? 10:30 does seem late. DD's school opens at 10, but I have just checked and they promise to have sent an email before 9.

Unexpected · 20/08/2014 18:27

DS's school not open until 10.30 a.m.!!!! What am I supposed to do with myself until then, given that I will probably be awake from about 5 a.m.?!

mrsmaturin · 20/08/2014 18:19

Another one feeling sick here. Dd is a high achiever. All A* targets except for Art - which is an A. Anything less than that will be a failure to her though NOT to us. She should be fine for a-levels as she is staying on at her school. So the only pressure on her is her expectations of herself - and that's tough because the hardest person to live with is always yourself. We are on holiday too so results coming sometime tomorrow by e-mail......dd has been fairly calm up to today but we are both feeling the stress now I think. I'm purposely not showing her the grade boundaries. We'll know in a few hours.
AAAAAAAAARGH!

thebluehen · 20/08/2014 18:17

Marking my place. Double trouble here. Ds and dsd who both live here are getting their results tomorrow. Dsd predicted all A's and only needs c's to stay on in sixth form. Ds predicted all B's but needs b's to stay in his sixth form. All v nerve racking. I'm driving ds into school tomorrow morning and dp is driving dsd to her school.

nostress · 20/08/2014 18:01

It was to do with CA boundaries. Pupils in the same year did identical pieces. Some of the kids took the exam in November and got their grades. The remaining kids who took the exam in June had the boundaries increased making it more difficult to get the C. So basically the kids with identical raw marks got different grades.

Leeds2 · 20/08/2014 18:00

Thanks. I do vaguely remember that about the Welsh pupils' papers all being remarked.

I hope there are no "scandals" tomorrow.

mygrandchildrenrock · 20/08/2014 17:51

Leeds2 I think it was the year they changed the boundaries/grades and children who would previously have had an A were getting Bs etc. The teachers and students all thought they would get their predicted grades but most students got a grade lower if not 2 grades lower.
Hundreds of students got papers remarked but it didn't make any difference. If I remember correctly I think the Welsh Gov had all their English papers re-marked.