GCSE Results Day 2017

I had pupils who I felt got 100% in their mocks but I still predicted an 8 because of a 9 being a national %. We knew it would be around 3% to get a 9 but they go back to KS2 tests to assess the ability of the national year group. An 8 is still a great result,

I thought the whole point was that very few kids would get a 9. Sometimes 1 mark off is just that- not quite there. It's to differentiate the very best. Not everyone is going to get that. An 8 is still a top grade.

Thank Gove for this confusion..
How about children for whom a grade makes a difference between a pass and a fail? Getting the apprenticeship they have lined up or not?
While I agree that parents may have not grasped the finer details of the changes, I don't like the randomness of this!
We all don't know how the university will be treating these kids - how they will differentiate between 6,7,8,9..
Total nightmare..for both the teachers and students( parents caught in between)
What would the teachers say to a high achieving child next year ? Total pot luck between 7 and 9 - oh the difference between them is 10 marks?
Is there any data regarding how many got 8s in English language/ literature this time ? would be interesting to see this data and also to get those papers remarked to see how many would go a grade up?
Was this 2.2% for 9 fixed before hand if not how was this decided??
Sorry to ask so many questions...

Could my DD's teacher be predicting a 9 because she had always got the highest marks, often nearly full marks on every assessment/end of year exam over 2 years
Probably. It's still a silly thing to do because the 9 is norm references as a proportion of the grades in a national cohort. We have some exceptionally bright students but it would be irresponsible to say we know they'd be in the top 2.3% nationally.

There are only 5 marks between a 9 and an 8 for each Eng Lang paper, that seems quite tight. I should think there will be lots or remark requests
That's fairly predictable becauee the 9 is a norm referenced grade boundary.
People can"t just ask for remarks. That's not how it works now.
There are now 3 grades (7,8,9) where before there were 2 (A/A). Not all children who got an A will get a 9.

Reading this thread I'm starting to wonder if some schools have actually informed parents of the changes. We did letters, webpage updates, assemblies for the students, talked them through how it works in English in our lessons, had information evenings. It means on results day we didn't have loads of people wanting remarks because their child got an 8, not a 9.

Some schools may be saying 'we'll go for remark' but the boards have said no. So either the schools don't know this, or they are sending it for a 'review of marking', which is NOT a remark.

I did not realise that you can see the script so did not ask for it, Dd went on her own to see her teachers

JumpingJoey

Well done to dd, fab results made more fab by circumstances.

Proud mum here. 9s and A* in everything.

I'm really crap at bragging irl - but so excited for him

Professor - We're in the Same boat it seems, I hope it turns out well.
Did you request to see the script for the teachers ? (Im completely new to all this, but probably you are as well), because that has a separate charge in itself doesn't it? Is it after that you request the remark?

DS has a nice set of results, so no major discrepancy. It's just that top 2.2% seemed a stretch in English. DS has visions of his KS3 teacher (who moved him down a set and recorded no progress for 2 years) demanding his paper be remarked!!

Non selective school also.

Could my DD's teacher be predicting a 9 because she had always got the highest marks, often nearly full marks on every assessment/end of year exam over 2 years? It's a high achieving state single sex school.

I would go for thr remark but I still say it is ridiculous to predict 9. In Lang top 2.2% nationally, how can I possibly guesstimate that? Though in an inner city non selective I had 11/28 in my top set

*of not or

There are only 5 marks between a 9 and an 8 for each Eng Lang paper, that seems quite tight. I should think there will be lots or remark requests. While I sat in school today waiting for DD to speak to someone, 3 parents came in asking for remark forms! I was only there 10 minutes.

Yes fallen I don't want to discredit this particular student, it just seems quite a jump from a 5 to a 9 when other grades were C/B.Well done to your son. Grip that 9 for dear life!

Eus- my Dd is 7 marks above the boundary and 3 marks away from the next grade so the school said yes to remark!
So go for it...

Thanks MsHarry.

Oh crikey I couldn't take anymore subject wobbles. We've been back and forth between sciences and arts more times than I can count.

My DS has a slightly unexpected 9 in Language. He did feel it went well, and was excited by his story, but his spelling is a tad erratic. I do see that some of his classmates would wonder how he got it and they didn't...

JumpingJoey to your Dd. Bloody hell, what an ethics question to be faced with.

MsHarry- mine did not want to do English A levels till this evening but having a wobble as she likes English as well!!
She is going to attend few English A level class as well before she makes up her mind. She has Fab English teachers who she does not want to leave!!

Definitely! Eus

School said if her marks are close they will pay for remark.