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Requesting re-mark for ds' English paper

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HiccupHaddockHorrendous · 24/03/2017 08:18

DS (yr10) has recently had his English Lit results. He got a C. He seemed happy enough with that and I was happy too.
At parents' evening this week, his teacher has recommended we apply for his paper to be re-marked and is confident his mark will be lifted to a B.
Obviously, there's also a chance that it could go down to a D and he will then have to re-sit and neither of us want that.
This is all new territory for me and I have no idea how common it is to request a re-mark and how likely it is that the grade will go up.
If he'd got a D, I'd be far more likely to go for it but with a C already, I'm very undecided.
Anyone have any thoughts on this please?

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HiccupHaddockHorrendous · 24/03/2017 09:10

Thanks for the reply.
It all sounds encouraging!!
I'm just looking online at the mark boundaries and I'm now completely confused Confused

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LIZS · 24/03/2017 09:09

It isn't unusual but the criteria changed last year and only obvious addition mistakes are corrected not a full remark. There is also a risk it would drop. There is normally a strict time limit from the result date too, so you may have to decide very quickly.

cowgirlsareforever · 24/03/2017 09:05

Is your DS still doing a coursework based GCSE? I didn't think they existed anymore.

notsohot · 24/03/2017 08:58

Like Molly, my DD had her English Lit remarked and lifted from a C to a B. And the money was refunded.
School suggested it because she was close to grade boundary. They warned that it could go down but was unlikely to go down sufficiently to be a D.
They suggested that it wasn't a massive risk because she had a decent Eng Lang grade. So if it came back as a D the consequences wouldn't hold her back. My DD was in year 11 so would have been unlikely to resit literature. We decided it was an acceptable risk - and it paid off.

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HiccupHaddockHorrendous · 24/03/2017 08:42

That's good, Molly.
So it's not an unusual thing to do? It's quite a long time since I did mine and I'd never really heard of getting the papers re-marked before.
Did his teacher suggest it?

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MollyHuaCha · 24/03/2017 08:33

My DS had a re-mark in one subject from last summer's GCSEs, went up a grade, so I got my money back. Everyone happy Smile

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HiccupHaddockHorrendous · 24/03/2017 08:27

Thanks for the replies.
He was 4 marks off a b.
His teacher said it was very unlikely he would lose enough marks to go down to a D.

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SoupDragon · 24/03/2017 08:22

Check the grade boundaries the teacher will know that.

You can also find them online.

SoupDragon · 24/03/2017 08:21

How close is he to the grade boundaries?

You can get a copy of his script and the teacher could go through it to see if there is genuinely enough reason for a remark.

fruityb · 24/03/2017 08:20

See how close to the b boundary he is. If he had a high c then it's very unlikely he'll lose a grade but if he was close to the bottom end I wouldn't do it. It's s warning we have to give for any remark - it can go up but it can also go down. Check the grade boundaries the teacher will know that.

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