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

Oh yes, chocolate - need to buy some this afternoon!

We are away on hols-good move booking this week dh. Internet is dodgy to say the least, I keep getting dry mouth thinking about it. Dd keeps going quiet. She has her place in sixth form secure, but still.

ds can't remember which exams were which board !

Can I have chocolate too?

Holding everyones hands here. Especially those with a PFB or a child who has struggled.

we don't have any GCSEs this year to collect ( unless DD2 hasn't told me, which is entirely possible!) . They don't do early ones at the school.

Easy to say with my old lady had on ( and having had 2 kids through school exams now) but it really isn't that important to most kids. Yes you need to get reasonable grades to get into 6th form/continue your subjects but that's all. It's only Oxbridge and medicine etc where many A*s actually make a difference to uni applications. I think TBH there is huge un necessary pressure from schools. "doing your best " is what matters and if that results in B's and C's in line with your academic abilities that is excellent.

My kids are all 3 school years apart. That has been great. We've never had the A2 and GCSE clash, though the degree/A2 thing happened , it didn't have impact at home as DD1 was at uni!

I suggest letting your child collect results with mates but hiding in the car - with a huge smile and maybe a congratulatory bar of chocolate!

No point in looking at grade boundaries, I haven't the foggiest idea what sort of marks DD gets. She's never let me see a marked past paper.

Can't ask her she's just said she's staying at her mates all day today. Fair enough, they have their AS results so it's probably a good distraction.

ocr grade boundaries
aqa boundaries and ums/raw marks converter

here they are and this is the ums/raw marks converter

Loads of parents always turn up at GCSE day at our school and come into the main area outside the library where the envelopes are dished out, though most keep a slight distance. AS results see less parents coming in and A2 is primarily students.

I can't begin to hazard a guess about DS - he got phenomenally bored of revision half way through the seemingly endless exams, so I don't know what that could throw up - I'm working on the basis of pretty much anything :)

I'm sure there will still be the 12A* crew Morvah, but there's expected to be a bit of a bloodbath in some schools which opted for the modular route and now have to go linear. Much easier for students in schools which are used to teaching for linear exams.

Could someone link to the Edexcel boundaries? I have googled but nothing useful is coming up and the link to Edexcel on The Student Room isn't working?

Looked at the grade boundaries for the only ones I understand...Maths and Science. Maths looks hard for the B+ we were hoping for, but C looks ok. Fingers crossed/you never know. Science looks similar to past papers but on the higher higher end. But that's excepted/raising standards blah blah. Very interested to see that the biology paper (AQA additional) that had teens in tears has relatively low boundary compared to Physics/Chemistry.

I have to collect for DS as he is away, and probably uncontactable by phone. Am I going to be able to understand what I am looking at?! Will there be very clear overall grades on the sheet or is it going to be a mis-mash of marks for CAs and exams, leaving me unclear what I am looking at?! DS casually says I'll have to find a teacher to help me!

I was wondering whether to resurrect our old GCSE support thread and then I saw this one!

DS getting extremely nervous. He sets himself very high standards and I fear is setting himself up for disappointment however well he does. I think the shots in the papers of hundreds of happy teens with 12 A*s are a thing of the past!

He worked so hard he deserves to do well but who knows!

Am dropping him off at school at ten but he doesn't want to open his results with his mates. He's going to come out to the car and then see if he wants to go back in again once he's opened them. Not sure if I can cope with the tension!

Ds1 is being dropped off at school tomorrow. He'll text with results. He has to register with the sixth form and then go off with friends to celebrate/commiserate. I don't think he'd want to open them in front of us. He's quite worried about how he's done. His target grades were a mixed bag from A* - C, so we shall see.

The edexcel, wjec and AQA grade boundaries are all out. Doesn't look too horrific from DS's perspective - except maybe AQA Chemistry.

I think there will be parents at DS's school tomorrow, which is good in that I'd be accepted in but bad in that I might have to have conversations with other parents about "how they got on". I might hide in the car after all.

puddingisgood I'm hearing a lot about nobodys good friend everybody who's getting a car for good results tomorrow.

eatyourveg I wish that was the case for us. The infamous 'nobody' has their parents with them at DS school. I have to sit at home and wait for the phone call. Then he hopefully registers for Sixth form, but he has been told not to sign up for anything that varies from his original plan until he's spoken to me. Just in case he doesn't get the grades he needs for his chosen options.

I'm going to be another one waiting in the car. DD can't decide whether she is brave enough to open them in front of her friends or come back to the car, open in private, and then decide whether we sneak off quietly or she goes off to scream manically with everyone else. WJEC grade boundaries also released now too.

Its normal for parents to go in at dc's school, there are refreshments put on for the parents. I have been ordered to stay in the car park. Apparently although I don't believe it, when ds1 got his results I was the only mum to cry (with pride) and ds3 doesn't want a repeat performance in front of his friends.

At speech day in July, the teachers all said see you on results day - its traditionally an opportunity for the parents to come in and say a last goodbye/thank you to the teachers

The edexcel exam boundaries are on their website for anyone interested.

ellen Kids are so mean, I hope your DS has a good day today, I know we are no substitute but have you made any plans with him?
I will be taking dd1 early for her results but waiting in the car then spiriting her and friends of to a festival for 4 days. I hope they all have good results I'm sure I'm equipped to deal with other teenage girls woes for a full weekend.

Opening at home not an option for ds. He has to speak to a member of staff and confirm A level options before leaving. There seem to be refreshments available at the school coffee shop , presumably for waiting parents.

Dd wants me to take her to school so that she can collect the envelope and then come straight home to open it in private. She has some distraction today thankfully - ds arrived home late last night from a month travelling so they are going to spend the day together.

We always have loads of parents, in fact the PTA provide a refreshments stall! For a lot of parents it seems like it is a final time to stand with the people you met when your child started Reception! Normally it is a lovely day but in 2012 when there was the English scandal, the parents were a godsend. Can't wait until 6am tomorrow when I can see the results. Good luck to everyone and their DC.

DD2 would get A* in SIMs and she's only 13 (but she's been revising since she was 6)