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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 10:58

Great joy and happiness here too! So glad to hear so much good news, and commiserations to those who didn't get what they wanted. By the time they start sixth form this will all be a distant memory...and the stress will start all over again!

BestIsWest · 21/08/2014 10:52

Phew. DS has done much better than we expected and he is in to his 6th form college. We are all over the moon. Given that he's been in severe pain with a prolapsed disc since February and can't sit for long and his dyslexia I am so proud of him.

One hiccup - an E for maths but he can re take that. I am not stressing about that yet.

Good luck to everyone still waiting.

Hassled · 21/08/2014 10:52

Great joy and happiness in the Hassled House now - the boy done well. Blimey, I was tense.

Smilesandpiles · 21/08/2014 10:51

Elephants

Would that be the Additional Science Coursework by any chance?

There's a few people our end kicking off about it too. Some have come back 3-4 grades lower than predicted.

Solo · 21/08/2014 10:48

That's a good result SophieBMumsnet :)

Ds is planning on going in at midday. I will be told via text. Except that he hasn't got a phone atm Hmm. Think I'll go with him.

Stengor · 21/08/2014 10:47

My Yr10 Dd got what she wanted and expected in two early entry GCSEs, so she's delighted. But totally agree with SophieBMumsnet that sometimes not doing as well as you thought you would can be a positive thing and give you the kick up the backside you need to reach your full potential. Although I'm pleased Dd did well, I'm also worried that she'll be complacent in Yr 11.

Seriouslyffs · 21/08/2014 10:47

Aaargh its so hard isn't it? Poor things. Rather random results for DD2-As for eng literature and Drama and Cs for everything else including RS which she's continuing with but yeah! maths. Failed sciences although she got an A for higher level physics Confused
Worth a raft of remarks as she was on the boundary for everything.
The most important thing is that they weren't disastrous enough that she's off to Reading in a state!

RaspberryLemonPavlova · 21/08/2014 10:42

Vary happy DS1 and parents here. Targets mostly met and all met in A level choices. And on target for his university ambitions.

I was allowed to go inside. I gave him 10 minutes to open his envelope then followed him in.

Good luck to all waiting.

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SophieBMumsnet · 21/08/2014 10:41

Just wanted to pop in to spread a bit of results day joy. If your DCs don't get the results they wanted - it will all be ok!

7 years ago I picked up my results to find that I only got 4 GCSEs – a couple of Bs in English, a B in Media and a C in French. No maths, no science. I needed 5 GCSEs to get into the college I wanted to go to, and I truly thought that my life was over........ for the best part of 2 hours.

DM forced me to go into the college and speak to them regardless of my results ('dazzle them with your sparkling personality', she said between reassuring sobs). I wanted to study Media, Film and Photography, so I asked to speak to the head of Media Studies who sat me down and asked if I'd work hard. I told her I would and she said she'd give me a chance as long as I re-sat my maths GCSE (which I did that year, and have almost every year since and I still can't bloody pass it.)

I got 3 Bs at A-level and went on to study at Goldsmiths, which was the best university for my course at the time. I interned for free at every magazine/website/newspaper that would have me every single day of my summer holidays, then when I graduated with a 2:1 in 2012 and walked straight into a job at a big magazine publishing company, then came to Mumsnet.

Failing my GCSEs wasn't all that bad – it made me realise that I actually had to work hard to make sure I didn't suffer the same gut-wrenching disappointment again. I've achieved all I wanted to and a bit more and I still don't have a maths GCSE. It will be ok!!

Leeds2 · 21/08/2014 10:34

Have the school admitted that they didn't submit the coursework, Queen? They must have realised when they got the results! Hopefully, they will be allowed to submit it late if that is the case.

Dumbledoresgirl · 21/08/2014 10:32

7 A* 5 A

One very happy mother and son.

KatyMac · 21/08/2014 10:30

DD got:
Eng lang B5, Eng Lit C, Maths C, addional Science C, Applied Business C & BTec Drama Pass (!)

To add to:
Music B, Geography C, Science C, Spanish C, Btec Dance Distinction*

So 9 GCSEs & 2 Btecs - not bad for a non-academic Dancer!!

I think the 5 is the speaking thing that was taken out of the exam & 5 is the highest

2 surprises were drama being a pass (not ideal for a future performer) & business as she failed all her controlled assessments so she must have really aced her exam!!

aubreye · 21/08/2014 10:29

One of my nieces got eleven GCSEs all As and A*s. She's so happy and I've just been on the phone with her for ages. Well done to everyone's DC and/or family.

exexpat · 21/08/2014 10:27

Phew. I have a very happy DS here - on target for everything, even German. He's also very happy that all his friends got what they needed to stay on for 6th form, including the one good friend of his who was a bit touch-and-go. Celebrations later...

snozzlemaid · 21/08/2014 10:27

still waiting in the car. DS texted a few minutes ago to say they were being let in at half past.

ISingSoprano · 21/08/2014 10:27

Phew - all good here. Dd has got all she needs for sixth form.

ElephantsNeverForgive · 21/08/2014 10:17

OK I won't post results, except to say DD got what she wanted except for a C in English.

School are going to query as one WJEC higher tier mark looks very low on lots of people's results.

queenofthemountain · 21/08/2014 10:14

..one subject where it doesn't look as though coursework has been submitted!

Kablooger · 21/08/2014 10:13

oh are we posting results Sad

thats NOT cool on a thread like this

Kablooger · 21/08/2014 10:12

son gone in alone - i heard of a parent who made the kid come OUT to the car to open with her fgs

queenofthemountain · 21/08/2014 10:12

6 A* ,A, 4Bs!!
Problem with

Dumbledoresgirl · 21/08/2014 10:10

Still waiting for ds to come home here.

Meanwhile, I will regale you with my dream last night. I dreamt you had to go in and get each result separately from each teacher, rather like parents' evenings. For some reason, I was getting my results too and ds disappeared off somewhere and I was left unsure which teachers had his (our) results. Anyway, I found the Maths teacher. Ds had an A or A* and I got a Level 5a! (I also have an 11 yo who went through SATs at the same time as his brother was doing his GCSEs - lol at the mix up of exams and grades in my dream!) In my dream, I was pleased with the Level 5a until I realised I was supposed to be achieving GCSEs not SATs. Confused Grin

Anyway...... still waiting for ds.....

marymoocow · 21/08/2014 10:01

Phew! That could possibly have been the longest, most anxious time I have ever spent in a car! B's and C's so DS has got what he needed for 6th formSmile . See you this time next year for AS'sConfused .

NapoleonsNose · 21/08/2014 09:57

Leaving in 20 minutes. Also taking DD's friend whose parents cannot get the day off. God, I hope they do well. I'm not sure I can cope with someone else's teenager if they don't get what they want. I've been instructed to wait in the car too.

snozzlemaid · 21/08/2014 09:50

Just about to leave here too. I'll be waiting in the car too.