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

Way to go bacon and avocado baby bites!

GirlsTimesThree thanks for posting about your DD's AQA drama. And thanks Decorhate for passing on about your head of Drama. I do feel sorry for our head of Drama, she is so good and committed. She will be upset I'm sure. Definitely sounds like something funny has gone on in the Drama. Do you think it's a Gove effect for some reason? To imply that the Drama wasn't rigorous enough before?

I felt really low today seeing friends kids GCSE results. DS1 was bullied at school, leading to anxiety, depression and school refusal. He got held back a year to repeat y10 and then finally got a few hours a week of home tuition. He eventually got an Aspergers diagnosis and took one iGCSE this year in English language. I have had to battle to get him any form of education at all.

I didn't know whether to expect a result today, as he has now been assigned specialist provision and we weren't told to go to new school to collect results. He texted me when I was waiting for the train home and told me he'd got got an A*. I burst into tears in the middle of Charing cross station.

I couldn't be happier or prouder.

That's excellent news BoffinMum, after what you said about the ADHD medication etc. You must be so relieved. But still no need to cook tonight if you don't want to...

I asked DS what he wanted to do to celebrate, and he just said 'Dominos', so pizza it is. I might also get a half-bottle of champagne, but he'd probably prefer a beer.

QOD DS did very very well! He got 1 A* , 8 As and 1 B. He was asked to come in early to,have his,photo taken with some other students by the local press.

He has AS but worked so hard. We are beyond proud [proud]

I see that TP. More difficult where a whole raft are just below the A* border. I think best to leave alone?

DS did better than expected, ranging from A* - Cs

So so proud of him as had to work super hard to get those (plus my nagging paid off :))

For those of you with dcs unhappy with Drama results - the Head of Drama where I work was almost in tears today, so perhaps there is a general problem with the marking this year?

Bloody hell. DS did really well. He also got A* in English language, which as he is dyslexic and has ADHD is absolutely staggering. That teacher must be amazing. He's into his preferred sixth form and I had to spend the afternoon buying him a proper grown up suit, shirts and so on.

QOD that's very impressive well done your dd.

I want to know what happened with bacon and acadcdado s son!!

Dd did great, yr 10 grammar school so took 3 early, she got an A in maths and I am so fecking pleased, she was in special ed maths in year 4

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TBH the only reason that we'll go for the re-mark on the English is (other than the fact that its English) is that its less than 1/2 of 1% from the boundary ....
her other B is solidly in the middle of B and will stay there

Sorry - the whole * thing has unintentionally bolded my post.

DS got 12 A/A but undershot his predictions with the s by some way. He took them when he was 14 so I'm very relieved and he seems happy too which is what counts. Quite a few As are on the boundary of the * grade but I'm not sure I want to send him the message that he's not done well enough, so I'm not inclined to put in for re-marks, though if the school opts to that's fine. I think by the time he applies through ucas we may well be seeing a different, kinder HE environment anyhow.

Kitties - your A level v BTEC thoughts might also be informed by which board he would be doing for A level? My dd1 just did Edexcel Drama AS and there's no exam bit - 'just' a 3000 word piece of coursework that they do over the year (3 bits to it) and the performance.

Just delurking to say it's interesting to hear about others with strange aqa drama grades. DD got A for unit 2, but d for unit 1. She was predicted A overall, so her teacher has suggested a remark (one of four we're doing!). In every other module in all other subjects she didn't get lower than a B, so it does seem a bit odd. It's 'good' to know we're not alone.

It is AQA KittiesInsane! We have until 18th September to decide. I'm sure we should. He wants to wait to talk to his teacher. He thought he'd done OK in the written and is an almost straight A student at a grammar school so I don't see why he and a few others shouldn't be capable of at least Bs in their drama essays! The school normally does very well in drama so really looks like an aberration year to me. It's his favourite subject so I am happy to fork out for the remark.

Interesting -- is that AQA?

DS is changing schools as there's no school 6th form, so decision need to be made pretty quickly here!

KittiesInsane we're probably going to ask for a remark of drama written. Ds also got A for performance but C for written so missed his predicted A. His is the highest mark for the written than we have discovered amongst his classmates. 2 brilliant classmates in same position. He is going to carry on with A level but it has knocked his confidence. We will wait for start of term to ask his drama teacher first. I'm sure she will be disappointed as well.

Well Branson went to a private school which seems to have done him no harm.

DD2 only took one this year- English lang. Was getting A in her mocks got A in her course work ( and speaking and listening which has now been removed grr) but only got a low C in her exam meaning a B overall.

She is at a grammar school where everyone gets a large proportion of Top grades.

She can't retake it as would have to do all the course work again.

Wondering if it's worth a remark as it's so far below what she usually achieves.

Has anyone gone for a re-mark or even just sight of the paper to see what the hell went on?

DS did fine generally, but both his dance and his drama written papers are grade D. His performance grades are A*, so overall he has A for drama and B for dance.

That gets him into the academic 6th form locally to do drama A-level, but if he's really so much better at controlled assessment than exams, he might be better off going to college for their drama BTEC.

Great tweet today from Richard Branson, prob not original - alphahet goes form A-Z, not A-C...

Remarks are submitted by the school through their account so it would be impossible for the exam board to know if parents had paid the school.

Hope everyone is relaxing now.

As others have said even GCSE grades you don't expect can open paths.

Well done everyone! If your DC got the results they wanted, I hope they are now enjoying their moment.

If things went awry, hugs - and all the best with any new directions that now need planning.

DS1 is feeling a bit meh as he didn't meet all his predicted (and hoped for) grades. Still good results though, and they more than satisfy the requirements of the Sixth Form College.