DC got a 5 in English Lit 5 marks off 6, worth remarking??

People have been saying 8s are now basically As.
These people are incorrect - 7s are As, 8s are As and 9s are A*.

OP wordprocessed scripts can be much harder to mark so a review may be worth it to make sure that all pages have been seen.

catslife if we got it remarked and it went up one mark he would get a 9. It's based on grade boundaries.

People have been saying 8s are now basically As so that's the only real reason I am wondering whether to try for a re-mark. I wonder if Oxbridge candidates will need to have 9s to stand a chance in the near future.

Won't they prefer exams all taken in Y11 for medicine/vetmed?
A grade 8 is equivalent to A* so you don't really need a remark and isn't a grade 9 supposed to be a fixed percentage of candidates rather than a number of marks? So surely they can't change this post results?

If it was eng Lang I would but a c in one subject probably won't make any odds if the rest are all as.

Sorry! *she

He is too far off the boundary imho. It is a review of marking rather than a remark. Also be aware that it is £36 per paper and you will want to get both done to maximise his chances...

OP if she's only in year 10 can she not just sit it again next year?

What I mean is if it was something like maths I'd say the chance of dropping several marks on re-mark would be tiny and you never know you may gain a mark. With English being subjective do you think it is risky to go for a re-mark when just one mark away? School haven't given any advice. If it was about passing or failing or that he'd received a grade much lower than expected I wouldn't need to think twice.

Sorry to hijack the thread but my DS was one mark off a 9 in English lit. As English is so subjective what do you guys think the odds of him actually going down a grade if we asked for a re-mark are? Would you ask for a re-mark in our situation?

We were very happy and relieved with the 8 and know it is a fantastic result but only today received the breakdown and were shocked to see he was just a mark away from a 9. It won't affect him getting into sixth form but he does have ambitious plans for university and his future career in which most applicants have large amounts of A*s so it could potentially make him more competitive in his chosen field.

However I would just point out the grade boundary for a 5 was 86 and then 97 for a 6. So if she is 5 marks off she is slap bang in the middle of the grade boundary and grades can go down as well as up. So in theory it may go down a grade too.

We have applied for a remark where DS is 1 mark off the higher grade but still 10 marks above the lower grade boundary.

1. The English teacher should have been approaching you to discuss the score and a possible remark. I'm assuming there were not 100s of year 10s in the hall at that point?
2. Still think it is worth doing. If you're looking for vet/med you need the highest grades you can get so you are being sensible considering a remark.
3. Deadlines for submitting for remarks are from late August to mid Sept I l believe, depending on board.
4. Suggest you attend school tomorrow - there will definitely be someone there and put the request in writing to the Head, offering to pay the fee (around £50 - 60 at most). There is a form you must fill in - so ask for it.
5. Don't take no for an answer. Just be polite and firm.
6. Finally, yes, it is a pass, but there are procedures to double check that grade, so why not access them. Do remember after review grades can go down as well as up, or not move at all.

This whole situation comes from schools putting students in for GCSEs too early. Year 10 is too early for most.

What time were you there? They may not have gone home, but may not have been in a 'public' area. I wouldn't wait until September (not for any urgent reason) you can ring tomorrow and the exam officer will be there. They may well be able to deal with it, or the relevant HoD will be there or contactable probably. There's no mad rush, but also no need to wait if you'd rather ring tomorrow.

My centre is with AQA and we put in all up to 7 marks off last year and had a lot of success. Some went up by two grades. 5 marks is nothing spread across two papers, but I don't think there'll be as much success with remarks this year...

I marked for aqa and that amount of marks out would be unusual. Why the need to worry a 5 is ok?

1. Where were the teachers? They should have been there to guide you. 2) You have nothing to lose. Go for it.

We teach Edexcel rather than AQA, but used to teach AQA on the old spec. 5 marks would be an awful lot to go up by, especially as nowadays the person remarking has to show that there has been a 'misapplication' of the markscheme, which is really hard to prove in English as it is so subjective. Having said that, it is worth speaking to her teacher when she goes back as they may be able to see her paper (we can see all of ours) and to make a judgement. The deadline for remarks is usually some point in September.