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

Ds has done v v well and we are proud of him, combating a tough year one way and anothet and dyslexia.

But Santa, your story is truly fab, ol pass on congrats.

And a young man I know has just got 3 A*, 5 Bs, 3 Cs, 3 top BTecs, despite a horrid year including losing a parent.

Well done to all who survived.

And, as a friend has said to me, their parents/managers!

Toooldtobearsed - that's the story I needed. Dnephew had a crap few years, cahms helped but too little help too late. He knows he's loved and we will be right beside him supporting him as he makes his plans now.

Thank you zen1. It's horrible having to fight, but hopefully it will be as worthwhile for your DS as it has been for mine.

CaptChaos last year when my Ds had one of his English exams, he missed out by 1 mark, so the school put him forward for a re mark. We didn't have to pay for this, the schools decision. Apparently, around half the class were put through by the school for this. Others, the parents paid for a re marking. My Ds and most of the others that the school queried, came back at least 3 marks less than their original marks. The ones whose parents paid? they went up by at least 9 marks and they, I believe were the ones who were less able. Money talks, which is a shame as I don't have any money really and Ds has not done well this year. Exams are not his thing. Much the same as me; practical...show me how, I'll do the job and do it well. Ask me to write about it? nah! Ds seems to be the same sadly :(

I was just browsing this thread (eldest DS only starts secondary this year), but I wanted to say to Santas that your post has given me a lot of hope for my five yr old DS who has ASD and dyspraxia. I was advised to send him to a special school, but fought to have him educated in mainstream where he has made good progress (still not at national levels though) with 1:1 TA this year. I would be over the moon if one day he could achieve similar results to your DS

Can I just tell a quick story about DS1?

He mucked around terribly in his last year at school and got terrible GCSE results. The best was C in combined sciences.
He could not stay on to 6th form, left and worked in dead end jobs, losing them due to not bothering to turn up.

He then had a rush of blood to the head, realised how immature he had been and approached a university to ask about doing a (very) advanced computing degree. With crap GCSEs and no A Levels, they took a chance on him. He came out with a 1st and now has an excellent career.

There IS a future for them, no matter what their results, so don't lose heart.

DS got what he wanted, he is very pleased with himself as he didn't think he had done so well.
The irony is, he was offered a brilliant apprenticeship a few weeks back, and they didn't even ask about exam results but he's happy he passed them all and can now relax,
Well done to everyone, even if you didn't get what you wanted/needed it's not the end of the world. I failed maths and ended up as a supervisor in the accounts department never did retake the maths!

Apparently remark fee for Cambridge Igcse is £46 ish. Yes the grade could go down , but if the current mark is comfortably within the grade boundaries you should be ok . The main issue comes when the boundaries are very close together or is marked at lower end.

Copied from the form taggy;

There are three possible outcomes

• Your original mark is lowered, so your final grade may be lower than the original grade you received.
• Your original mark is confirmed as correct, and there is no change to your grade.
• Your original mark is raised, so your final grade may be higher than the original grade received.

Theoretically could get a lower grade, but if they have comfortably achieved the grade then even the loss of a mark will not result in a grade change.

Well, DS1 has got his grammar school sixth form place. Delighted. Mixed results, some disappointing, some more pleasantly surprising. Luckily he has excelled in his chosen A level subjects and has even done well in English Lan and Lit. I feel a bit guilty having persuaded him to do French which he always hated and was his worst result. Oh well. Onwards and upwards...

Santa my DS2 has ASD and is coping in MS, just starting Y10. I would be equally delighted if he got such a great set of results. It's all relative.

I had a paper remarked for ds last year with edexcel. He had a b for mandarin with 84 and you needed 86 for an a. His result stayed the same, but don't regret paying for it as we would always have wondered what if..
I didn't pay for a copy of the script, just the remark of one paper.

Thanks. I think they should go for a remark but they are worried it gets marked down and they get a lower grade. Can this happen? The fifteen year old has just realized I have gone on Mumsnet and it is causing much hilarity, apparently I am sad. It makes you wonder why I am bothering to worry about results!

With DS1's results, there is a form explaining how to go about requesting a paper be re-marked taggy.

It says that an Application Form must be signed by the Head of Department for the subject in question & submitted to the school by Friday 19th September. The fee for Edexcel is £23.20 without a copy of the script & £33.50 with a copy.

I would imagine that would be the same across the country, rather than just DS's school?

taggyboo.. DS missed out on a B by 3 marks, his performance was originally graded at A* and has been downgraded to a C, so we're going to ask for them to look at it again. You have nothing to lose.

Any advice. My sons have both taken their Music GCSE with Edexcel and just missed an A star by one mark each. They are both gutted as they took the exam out of school and my youngest was only 13 when he took it. I think he is wishing he had waited until he was a little older. Do we have it remarked has anyone got any experience with this, one of the boys got full marks on the pieces and composition so it is the theory paper where he needs to gain a mark.

Is applied science a respected A level? Maths grade was a C not a B so refused regular science.

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Capt .

DD did well- two subject she wanted to do for A level she got Bs and a C for English which is a real achievement. Only problem is a C in Biology, teacher saying that as she didn't do chemistry she will find it hard but she is determined she wants to do it, she will just have to work hard.

Back from the school. DD got 3xA* and the rest all A's. We are very proud. She is very relieved!

DS is a bit confused by his (mostly good) results.

One subject where he thought he had all A or A controlled assessments is listed as two Ds and an A.

Another controlled assessment has apparently been regraded from A to C.

I know things get moderated, but that's quite a leap!

I find myself hugely tempted to send him a copy of DS1's results with the message "you were very wrong" written in capital letters grin. I probably won't be brave enough though!

Santa this is pretty much what I'm going to do with the HT of the MS school where DS was taught in a corridor because, well, he wasn't going to come to anything really.

I might not be as polite as you though!

Anyone doing anything this evening to celebrate/commiserate?

Well done mygrandchildrenrock 's DS!

That's fabulous.