GCSE 2019 support thread 6

@Wasrelaxing
Apprenticeship wise - I don’t know where in country you are but both TfL & national grid have got great apprenticeship opportunities for kids your Ds age - with qualifications.

@mumma24 I’m so sorry. Have you managed to speak to anyone at the school?

Regarding the AQA English. How you do find out their marks? Wondering if my son was close to a grade 4. He was sure he would pass that one.

Interesting that aqa english is mentioned! That's the one we have asked for a remark.

My son was very disappointed with his results and I cried. He got level 3’s in English, maths and all 3 sciences A pass in business BTEC and a merit in BTEC sport

It’s interesting around the English AQA my daughter was predicted 4 lit & 5 for language - she got a 6-6 we are chuffed for her. But a lot of her friends who where predicted higher marks all got anything from 5-7 - some of them predicted 9’s.

Lots of issues with the AQA English. It was the first thing he said to me Lots of his friends way below expected. ??Maybe a school thing?

Something has happened here... not just your school! We'll have to watch this space!

Thank you everyone -I've now found those raw marks @Piggywaspushed - I've emailed school to ask for mark equiv and grade boundaries.

They're going to hate me bothering them, but I'm cross with the grade, and I don't actually have a person to be cross with. The teacher left at Christmas for a perfectly reasonable reason - DS did his best, but should have done much better. My only hope is he was one mark off and I can ask for a remark. I've spent the afternoon online searching for English tutors.

Well done to all of your children.

What a day we've had. A mixed bag of 4s and 5s but a 3 in English, which was 4 marks off a 4. We've asked for a re-mark so fingers crossed.

Obviously a levels are out but he wasn't that keen anyway and being realistic isn't academic. We went straight to his college as they had asked for 5 4s Inc English and maths. It was all a bit vague but we think it should be OK.

Sometimes it’s those kids that have fought against extraordinary circumstances or difficulties and or with few opportunities to achieve what might be considered average results that should be acknowledged too for they have had to perhaps work harder to gain those results. That is not to say that those that have worked hard and achieved excellent results shouldn’t be congratulated too :) !!

bottom line is my DS can’t do the A levels he wants at the school he wanted to go to.

We didn’t apply anywhere else.

He wanted to study Law, politics & sociology.
He got a 6, 6 5’s and a 4 in maths.
They suggest he does applied level in business, criminology & science. The others applied options are music, dance & drama.

So now we are applying to the other options but as it’s late entry who knows what will happen.

We are looking at apprenticeships but I don’t appear to see anything where he gets to do a qualification along side it.

I’ve tried not going to uni, the government apprentice site, and lots of other search engines.

What do we do now?

DS did really well and we're very proud. 3x8, 4x7 and 3x6. Got 8s and 7s in the subjects he wants to do for A level. A weird anomaly for one history component grade which brought his overall grade down (got a 4 when all the other component grades were an 8) but he seems to be over that now. Might ask school to look at it but we'll see.
This is my DS who has come through cancer, chemo and is still dealing with late effects. He's annoyed that he missed out on a couple of 9s which delights me as he's obviously focused on his future, which thanks to our wonderful NHS he now has. It's been a good day!

Grade
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Raw Mark Grade Boundary
141
127
114
100
086
072
054
037
020

Not sure if that makes sense lynette ?

Ds got 7 x 8 and 1 x 7. His school have submitted 4 remarks where he is 1 mark away from a level 9. This is unsettling as it's so close being 1 mark away but I'd advise him not to go for a remark. He went to get his results alone and had signed the remark form for school before he got back. School ate convinced he will go up the one mark bit wear I'd he goes down and loses his 8? And how long does it take?

I thinkhe was disappointed with the 7 and possibly a lack of 9s but I'm delighted and by evening he had decided he was really pleased. I really hate the new marking system where a grade A 7 is seen as a disappointment for some kids. It's bloody amazing especially given that the gcses are so difficult now!

Anyone else's schools preparing for remarks? Or any experience of them?

@LynetteScavo
For wjec reformed linear qualifications (i.e numerical graded GCSEs). Search for Eduqas grade boundaries June 2019. They are the same board but differently branded. Check that the subject specification has the same number as the spec your daughter took just to be doubly sure as we don't do this qualification I'm only 95% sure!

Lynette In the drop down for the exam board in the WJEC grade boundaries site you need to choose Eduquas not WJEC. That gives you the syllabuses that provide numerical grades.

I have those grade boundaries (they are Eduqas in England)

I can't copy and paste. Which grades are you interested in lynette?

Lynette, Wales is still grading in letters including English language so I'm not sure how the boundaries work with you having a number grade.

Glad it's not just me, yep this has definitely been far more stressful than I ever found my own exams

Yep Dd has crashed now that the adrenaline has worn off. Definitely more stressful than my own exams.

I'm struggling to find the grade boundaries for WJEC English Language. Can anybody help?

I'm in England and have a numeric grade ( Is Wales still grading in letters?) Any help/link would be appreciated

Really chuffed with DD's results. She got 8,8,7,7,6,6,4,4,4. She got 2's in her mock exams for English Language and History, and has managed to turn that around to a 4 and a 6, so she's very happy (she was assessed and given 25% extra time). She got an 8 for maths which she's doing at a-level, she's also doing psychology and sociology, so I suppose my only concern is if two fours in English might disadvantage her. The 7's are for science.

We've just been out for dinner and are now crashing out at home. I'm back at work tomorrow but at least we have the long weekend with some go.od weather in prospect. DD2 is shattered but happy

gleegeek that sounds very familiar!
Your DD has done extremely well! But it's difficult to convince a 16 year old

MillicentMartha or anyone else!
My DS got a 4-3 for double science and we have counted that 4 towards the four grade 4s he needed for his course. Is that correct?

Adrenaline slump here too I’m home alone until Sunday now and mentally frazzled. Crashed on the sofa in front of meh tv with a glass of wine! Can’t believe we are through the other side!