2015 GCSE Remarks - Any results back yet?

Hi - Has anyone received a successful remark of gcse Eng. Lang with the WJEC board. My DD was 2 UMS (1 raw mark) away from an A. She received three A's and one B in the component papers/controlled assessments but they were all so marginal that the B forced the grade down. The school have already returned the B paper for remarking since it was so close and her mock grade was A*. We don't know whether to get the other paper remarked aswell since that was only just an A and one mark from anywhere would make a difference. The school say that they have sent quite a few papers for remarking and all have come back unchanged so far. This seems a little unusual for a subjective subject? Does anyone have any experience?

Should clarify that he has a number sld that he has inherited from me sadly.

Thanks TB69
I think in part thinking about pp above ds has atrocious handwriting, it has always been a big anxiety that some poor tired marker would look at his paper and give up a bit. We really pushed for ds to be able to get allowance to type out answers (after all at uni, level there is no handwritten essays anymore) he was given the bog standard 25% extra time.
Now doing all three sciences so much less writing. Will continue to get extra support around writing and presentation at school, which we are glad about.

Idefix - what fantastic news!

So shocked about the school where everyone got a D for biology. What the hell happened there?

I have one happy ds, remark is back for English, up 7 marks (only needed 1) to a very firm c. Feeling elated for ds and relieved for myself - won't need to do more coaching/prodding with a sharp stick

No it wasn't actually.

Although the random MFL marking is another story..

Iguanatail , was it a MFL?
Have seen some completely bonkers results in German and French.

Iguanatail - what subject was that? It is shocking. Also, what concerns me is that it is only the students whose parents can afford the fees that get the papers re-marked. There must be lots of others who, effectively, have the 'wrong' grades and may have lost out on offers and opportunities as a result.

Chemistry has gone up to an A* - finally some luck with remarks! He only needed 1 ums. Haven't been told how many marks it went up, but I've just asked. Now I'm wondering if we should put another biology paper in as we put 1 in and that didn't change, but need 5 ums so probably unlikely to go up that much.

Still waiting

On results day the school administrator told us (GCSE remark) that GCSE remarks came last as the boards prioritise A level remarks for obvious reasons but I presume they would be too late for accepting places that year through UCAS even if they rush them through. D to B at A level is a big big mistake.

I marked A level papers for a while for extra money and it is so hard to be fair. You will get someone whose paper you can hardly read (handwriting issues) and someone else's which looks as if it is from a handwriting textbook yet of course you are bending over backwards to treat them both the same and you know how much is at risk for the candidates and then you have a mark scheme (or did in my day ) and have attended a meeting with moderators to try to ensure all markers are following a similar standard
It is not an exact science unless I suppose it is just simple maths where 20 is wrong and 19 is right.

We had a paper remarked for a student and it had gone up 18 marks from a D to a B at A level. I think it's disgraceful that the marking could have been so inaccurate. I'm not sure how it affected her uni entrance I will need to ask. Needless worry all round.

All this waiting is making me anxious, ds however is either very relaxed or has the best poker face ever

.....(meant was not moved up to A from a B (not A* obviously!)).

English A up to A* ( afraid I cannot remember if it were English lit or lang). It was an iGCSE.

French half a mark off an A (his only B) was not moved up to A* and in fact was moved 2 marks down. That was some Welsh GCSE board I think.

However he is still pleased as he now got the same number of A* as two of the other children. At least the French wasn't moved down to a C.

The French was requested on results day on advice of the French teacher and came back about first week of term. English was requested just after term started and was back quickly.

good news on the AS remark

How long have you been waiting for the science one?

You were asking up thread now you are notified thunderbird69 , in DDs case she was notified by school email , I was notified by 12 missed calls!!

Fantastic news Wormshuffled!!

English literature now back, delighted to say its gone up 15 marks!!!! 15!!! How can it have been judged so wrong in the first place??? Now a*

Finally put requests in for DS, but not feeling confident of any changes seeing the comments on here!
It was a bit pricey, but felt it was worth it to remove any 'what if' doubts.

YOTYGO as they say (you only take your GCSEs once)

We have had maths back 1 off a* which has stayed the same.
English literature, overall an A , predicted high a* 1 , paper marked as a low b. Not had back yet.

Had biology, english lit and lang remarked: no change of grades at all

ONE ums point from an A grade for Eng lit ... so close ... agony ...