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GCSE Results Day 2017

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justmumof1 · 21/08/2017 06:45

Hard to belive that I was here 5 years ago sweating it out for the results of his secondary school offer!

Only a few days now bwfore the GCSE results come out. DS is starting to get nervous....as am I!

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FairNotFair · 24/08/2017 10:13

Me too, Disco. Sitting here in the car with every possible scenario running through my head...

DiscoDiva70 · 24/08/2017 10:11

I'm sitting two streets away (had my orders) in the car waiting for ds and he's been gone over half an hour.
So now I'm imagining all sorts! Is he so upset that he doesn't want anyone to see his grades and that's why he's taking so long?
Or is he so happy with his grades that he's chatting with his mates?

I pray its the latter obviously. Calm down Disco, calm down.

GandolfBold · 24/08/2017 10:10

Mixed results here. An 8 in Maths but a 4 in English. He is 2 marks of the 5 boundary so it is being sent away to be remarked.

He needed a B in English to do his top a - level choice, so we are having to wait until he goes back in September to see if he will be accepted.

Like others, DS said he found the English literature paper quite easy going, and thought he had done well.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 24/08/2017 10:09

BigSandy I suspect that is exactly why DS insisted on going on the bus with his mates - to avoid such a scene Grin.

I just wish he'd get in touch now though! Good or bad, the suspense is killing me!

CanIBuffalo · 24/08/2017 10:09

Mine thinks he worked hard (he didn't) so while I'm hoping he gets onto his A level courses, I'm expecting it to be a wake up call around perceptions of what hard work really is.

Elendon · 24/08/2017 10:09

Thanks Unborn.

Off now!

CanIBuffalo · 24/08/2017 10:05

Also sitting in the car.

TeenTimesTwo · 24/08/2017 10:05

Boopsy It used to be that you got your money back if the grade changed. Don't know if that is still the case.

TeenTimesTwo · 24/08/2017 10:04

jufus Are you sure it doesn't say D* for the BTEC?

JufusMum · 24/08/2017 10:04

Anxiously sitting up the road waiting for DD English Literature sat a year early year 10. I feel sick.

Frith1975 · 24/08/2017 10:01

3 Bs and 4Cs here. Not marvellous but more than enough for college.

The result that has confused us is the 4 in Eng Lit - predicted a 6 and the only subject he revised for and the easiest exam he sat! Not sure what went wrong there.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 24/08/2017 10:01

Thank god she's listened to him ... I might have had to intervene 😂😂

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 24/08/2017 10:01

Lancelottie that's exactly what they're doingSmile

BigSandyBalls2015 · 24/08/2017 10:00

One lad insisting his mum stays in the car .... please mum get back in 😂😂

BigSandyBalls2015 · 24/08/2017 10:00

Well done to those who have results.

I'm sitting in my car outside school .... can hear a lot of cheering!

Lancelottie · 24/08/2017 09:59

Ah, OK, thanks!
I imagine everyone is mentally translating 5, 7, 9 etc backwards into old-style C, A, A*-with-knobs-on anyway.

JufusMum · 24/08/2017 09:58

Does anyone know what a 2* is in health and social care BTEC? That's all it says!

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 24/08/2017 09:58

I'm watching lots of kids come out of the school clutching their grades,all excited Smile

TopBitchoftheWitches · 24/08/2017 09:58

Ds2 has left to meet his friends so they can all go together.

The further education place has their enrolment today as well.

I need more sleep

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 24/08/2017 09:56

Ds's school still refers to grades as A,B etc even though grades are 1-9.

Some schools are still old system though.

Lancelottie · 24/08/2017 09:52

I'm confused -- why are some results still coming out as A, B etc for English and Maths? I thought those had both gone over to 9-1 this year?

UnbornMortificado · 24/08/2017 09:51

Good luck to all of them. It's my sisters year so I have my fingers crossed for her and all her friends I've watched grow up from tiny year 7's.

Elendon fingers crossed for your DS too 🍀

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 24/08/2017 09:51

B's in English and Maths,passed everything else, which is a massive achievement as he got D's in mocks at Xmas. Phew! Still in the car waiting for him to come out! Good luck to everyone!

MrsK · 24/08/2017 09:47

We're off to get results soon

Good luck to all

Elendon · 24/08/2017 09:46

My son doesn't want to go in to get his results. He has ASD and hates crowds. I've told him he can go in later when it all calms down.

Please fingers crossed for him. I just hope he passes all his exams.

Well done to those who got good grades (both his sisters got A* A and a couple of Bs) So he's up against it in performance. But, he's worked hard!

Flowers to him. I've not slept a wink last night!