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Gcse results v's rewards

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Donna2375 · 29/03/2018 14:01

Hi, my son is sitting his Gcse exams this summer and I'm wondering if any of you have given cash rewards for their results? I'm hearing that parents have paid different amounts of £ for As Bs etc. Is this the done thing now? Thanks

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TeenTimesTwo · 29/03/2018 14:12

No. Treats / rewards for working hard up to and throughout the exams. Then the results will be what they will be.

Especially if you have more than one child.

TheFrendo · 29/03/2018 14:08

My son did his GCSEs last summer. He got good results and no money from us. He did get a bob or two from grandparents, but we offered no results for cash deal.

clary · 29/03/2018 14:07

Don't know about now especially; when I did o levels (I'm old) some peers got money for results.

I've not done it not least because of differing abilities in my DC; a great result for Ds1 was not special for DD.

With both of my older two, we did some nice things in the weeks after the exams eg DD and I last year went to the theatre and on a trip to Stratford which was great fun.

MirandaWest · 29/03/2018 14:06

Some people got money for different grades when I did GCSEs 26 years ago. I didn’t but tbh I was going to achieve the same whether or not I was promised money.
I should think it might make a difference for some but I wouldn’t automatically do it