Progress from mock exams to the real GCSEs

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HeadbandsandFlowers · 01/12/2018 08:54

Hi.
Dd has just finished her mock exams. I am so proud of the way she prepared for and coped with them after a bit of a rough time with hormones, health issues and friendship issues.
She got her maths mark back this week and she got a high level 6, She was happy with this (as was I) - 6’s will get her into her chosen a level courses and are a equivalent to a B in the old marking scheme.
She said her teacher was a bit grumpy because only one child got a level 7 and that was the highest in the class (top set y11!) this seems quite poor , I have no experience of high school teaching but would imagine a top set would get some 7/8 grades?
Would you expect to see a jump in grades from the mock exam results to the real thing or are the locks a good indicator of the final results?

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Dermymc · 01/12/2018 10:57

What subjects? I know that the subjects just going through the 1-9 reform this year will be reluctant to award above a 7 because they don't really know what that looks like. I'd take 6s now and hope for 7 or above in the summer.

EverardDigby · 01/12/2018 10:51

This question was answered on another thread, maybe the big GSCE one also in this topic, so I'm repeating someone else who said they thought perhaps a grade increase from mocks. I think you can do more with more work though. I would also expect higher grades in the top set, is there an issue with the teaching do you think? Or are they being set questions they haven't covered?

TeenTimesTwo · 01/12/2018 09:55

You'd hope that in the next 6 months there would be some improvement. Either from learning some more topics, so they can attempt harder questions, or by improving skill and understanding on what they have already covered.

I personally think the results sound a bit low for a top set, unless you are a non-grammar in a grammar area.

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