GCSE 2019 support thread 6

OK - I "think" I have managed to start a new thread, not something I am terribly familiar with, but thought it was my turn :-)

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/further_education/3683482-GCSES-2019-Done-Results-Received-Moving-on-to-6th-Form-and-College

Have linked with this thread on the new thread too, if that makes sense.......

Wow @Arewedone A massive well done to your dd !

11 grade 9's must surely be the highest achievement possible in one sitting !

Dc skipped off to a shift at work straight after picking up results first thing on 22nd so didn't participate in any photo's for the local paper etc. Only told their close friends and some work colleagues although I think word has spread via social media chat and they now think their 10 x 9's and 2 x 8's are probably the top achievement locally.

I asked if the 6th form had especially wide doorways for big heads to fit through. A seriously expensive pair of shoes was bought as an extra reward though. Got to look your best for 6th form apparently.

Is there a starting 6th Form/ College 2019 thread ?

There was so much preening this morning, dc made us all late. I have said we have to set off earlier tomorrow.

@Piggywaspushed Thank you, that makes it clearer.

School says they will start doing them in the next 5-7 days. I guess I'll just have to try to relax!

lynette, to all intents and purposes a review is a remark. It's semantics, really.

Dd at independent school and have been emailed to send a cheque but I only sent that yesterday must have gone ahead without me but wanted the money.

Not sure what happens now?

(Sorry, should say grade, not mark. If your mark changes but not enough to change the grade, you have to pay (if you paid in the first place) I think our school does it by paying themselves initially, then cashing our cheque if the grade doesn't change, tearing it up if the grade does change. The board then refunds the school what it paid.)

Roz, if you didn't pay, you don't get money back....

If you did pay for the remark, and the grade changes, you get your money back. If you pay and the mark stays the same, then they keep your money.

Didn’t pay for a remark just requested it last week it’s gone up so Do I get refund from Edexcel?

sososour we did exactly that after DD's GCSEs three years ago - still tucked away in there.

I think my children must go to the most laid back school in the UK.

I've today spoken to HoD who has told me DS has to ask the examinations officer (who has ignited me for the past 2 weeks) for a review of his paper.

No confirmation of how much it will cost, but I need to write a cheque.

Is there anything else I should be asking for? I feel I'm groping in the dark here. I would have liked a copy of the script of DSs exam paper.

Is a review what I want? I thought I wanted a remark I think the grade is probably accurate but DS wants it reviewed and I don't want him always wondering.

Paid for review last Wednesday and received result last night, so 3 working days

I've finally heard back from ds' school and he was one mark off a 6 in English language. So we're going to go ahead with the review of marking. I suspect the chances of dropping down to a 4 or worse are slim.

We put our review in Friday had no change results back Monday for Biology, 2 Maths paper’s went off same time but not heard back from them yet. All went through exams officer at school.

Music was back to me on Sunday via the exam officer but I doubt that they will have had much call for those

How quickly are people getting reviews/papers back? Paid for a full review for language reading on Aug 22nd. Also, hos did you hear please?

ROZ12 I have the same question. Would love to know. DD is 2 marks off an 8 in German. Her Reading/Writing papers are already quite high, so not sure any extra marks available there. Her Listening and Speaking are the two that pulled her down. Listening she said was awful, everyone struggled, so unlikely to pick up anything there, so we were thinking about the oral....... DD's teacher seems to think her oral was fairly marked too, so is it even worth going for a remark?

@Sososour great idea

@sosour sounds like a good idea, will look out for new thread and post there

@Sososour that sound like a good idea for a thread, save clogging up on here, I’m sure we’ll all keep nipping back on this page too!

Is anyone interested in moving to the further education boards as ‘class of 2019’? Or do you think that would be a bit rude to pitch up en masse ?
It would be really good to continue to support and share info as our dcs move onto to colleges/apprenticeships and 6th forms.

Languages remark - what paper is it sensible to remark ?

Oral I heard is set in stone and listening.

Written and reading sound sensible we are looking fir 1/2 a mark!!

@arewedone

Thank you hope this is done on CIE too.

Thank you @Foslady
Dd very happy.
@ROZ12 when we completed the request for the remark the slip already had the printed raw score per paper and the grade awarded, this was a Edexcel so would imagine it’s similar across the boards?

I just sent off for 2 remarks today , 1 mark of a B in Spanish igcse - cie board and eng Lang - 5 marks off a 7 Edexcel igcse.

I just wanted to know so examiners know this information when remarking or do they just remark so there is no bias?

Anyone else remarking CIE board exams - just heard they are very accurate and never go up or down.

They will let us know after Thursday, head of sixth form has a meeting with all subject teachers, he’s already doing PE and Chemistry A levels so hopefully they’ll let him do Biology too as he was only 2 marks off. Lesson learnt though he did paper 1 in Y10 and got a C and refused to resit in Y11, 2 marks off an A in paper 2 this year gave him an overall C. He now wishes he resat. Wouldn’t listen to us or his teacher he knew best!