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No sat’s and gcse

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Dontgiveamonkeys1350 · 14/11/2018 09:05

My son didn’t sit his sat’s. And has been told he will have no predicated grades for his GCSEs because of this.

Why what how is this even a thing. What does a test he did five years ago have anything to do with his grade for gcse?

How do I go about finding out what his grade would be.

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titchy · 14/11/2018 09:31

The teachers should be able to tell you how your child is doing and is they think he could be working harder.

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Dontgiveamonkeys1350 · 14/11/2018 09:30

Do they use it for the mocks at all. If they don’t give grades for mocks. How will I know if he needs to work harder or get extra help

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AtiaoftheJulii · 14/11/2018 09:17

None of mine did SATs. Two went to grammar schools who seemed perfectly happy to set their own GCSE targets/predictions, and two went to a comprehensive which seemed to find the idea completely confusing. I don't think dd2 ever had sensible predicted GCSE grades, but dd3 is now in y11 and her teachers have mostly given her their own predicted grades. It doesn't seem to have actually mattered in any practical way, other than being given a few blank looks at parents evenings.

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