GCSE 2019 support thread 6

@agirlhasnocake - that surely has to be a remark candidate. Fingers crossed they find an unmarked sheet down the back of the sofa

Dd only given marks for her Edexcel papers and not the Aqa. I am trusting the school to have flagged if any thing needed remarking.

It's interesting to hear those reporting Lower than expected grades for English language. Dd got a 9 for lit and 6 for language when she'd been getting 8/9 for the past 2 years. She didn't like the paper though.

She got a 7 for the exam she accidentally took the phone in, thankfully no marks deducted.

Does anyone else have a results sheet with marks for some exams given, but not for others? When will they get the marks for them all to see if they are a point or two off and so worth considering a re-mark?

@Fancyaruck thank you 😊

burn That's a 3 and a 2 - looking at a 4 for a pass.

Can anyone tell me what 32 in science combined means? Is that a pass or not?

Well done all on results, although in the spectacular stakes grumpy's DC will be hard to top. :)

Slightly lower expectations here, however grades needed for A level choices all achieved.

Issue - seemingly at DS3 school in general - around English Lang & Lit results (AQA). A lot seemed to have come out well below expectation. DS3 1 off grade boundary in both off them. School have already suggested remark in both.

Still last set ever of GCSE results, for my DCs at least, to worry about.

@DeRigueurMortis - No real backstory on goat tattoo. Dh HATES tattoos / Ds now has 2 - wants another. He spends months ‘desensitising’ Dh: telling him he is going to, before he walks in with it, in the hope the very dissappointed look won’t be on his Dads face. (It always will be). Ds then changed his warning to ‘ shall we get matching tattoos’ then ‘matching goat tattoos’ alongside various photos of goats pulling mad faces. This is every night, for months.

Congratulations to everyone’s little ones for their results. I have read too many to congratulate individually but some stellar results are here.

Congratulations to all those who got what they needed to get them to next wanted step, I’m happy for all of your children.

For those that missed what they needed , as I said yesterday (from experience with my Ds) those grades do not define, nor stop you - it’s not a fail. It’s not the grade that matters it’s what you do to build on from them going forward that matters. Today is when they find their motivation.

Got Dd’s Results Ds came too - last time he was in that hall was when he picked up his results (and got rejected for returning to 6th form there) he had a big hug and catch up with his old form tutor / rugby manager whom he hero worshipped. Nice.

Dd is ‘content’ with her results overall but unhappy she didn’t hit her target grades. I’m very proud of her. I’m relieved she has what she needs to do her choice of A’levels where she wants (staying on for 6th form). That has all be signed off and accepted this morning - they got the offer letter in with their results if they got their grades.

She got 8’s in art, biology, history, maths, physics, french, Eng.Lang & Eng. Lit with a 7 in Chemistry (not happy) as it’s an A’level choice.

Her friend group all seemed to be signing and handing in the 6th form acceptances too - so it’s all positive for her in September. Which is the main thing.

This thread has been a lifesaver for me - I’m hoping we all get to check in on each other on a thread going forward .

Agirl similar here, DS was expecting an 8 for English Lang, maybe a 7 as spelling is N issue, but he got a 5 which was a shock. It's a pass and he isn't continuing on with English but it stands out as something very odd happened.

does anyone know if AQA give the marks on the certificates? so if you got a grade 9, say, you could see if you just got a 9 or got 100%, say!

We knew DS2 would do well today (he's bright and very driven) - but we didn't expect his clean sweep of grade 9s (11 subjects).
School have said it's the best set of results they've ever had. Photos demanded for the local paper etc.
Not too shabby for a state school with no 6th form.
He's not entirely happy because he sat an FSMQ additional maths paper at the same time and 'only' got a B.

Well mixed bag here.

DfD failed everything except math. Not good.

DS did really well - passed everything - 3 Bs, 4 As, 3 A*s and an A^

ANd then a Level 4 in ENglish language . Now this is a major issue as he has been level 9 for 2 years, and his literature mark was a 7. So how he managed a4 is beyond me. We have requested a review. School said there were 15 kids with anomalies in their scores between expected vs achieved, and with big differences between Lit and Lang grades.

DS is devastated, as he hopes to study linguistics at Uni.

As and Bs here (6/7) though she missed out on an A in English by one point. I’m so bloody proud of her and I’m glad it’s now all over

3x8
4x7
3x6
Best bit is that the 8 are subjects for college, so fab fab So happy x

Which subject was that myrtle? Glad your dd is feeling a bit better.

@Michaelahpurple Thanks! I have been dreading the comparison between them that people naturally go to with twins but thankfully they both were very supportive of each other and are happy with their results so it's very much thankfully a non issue!

Wow amazi ng results here..well done everyone !

I shall now lower the tone a bit 😂😂

Basicly all over the place..
Combind science higher 7/6 (though i have to say it took me ages to work out what "76" meant !!!)

Maths 6
History 5
The rest 4's.(eng x2 and RS)

very confused now re A levels.

Lovely to see all the good results! Well done to you all.
I'm so happy they're over.
My Dd was surprised and delighted this morning with a sprinkling of 6's and 7's - even an 8 in maths!
A couple of years ago she had some serious MH problems and was barely attending lessons. She's had fab support from CAMHS and is has been on anti depressants for 12 months. I'm very proud of her 🎉

When we got ours on line it was the same as AtiaoftheJulii - markes for other boards but not for AQA. DS emailed his biology teacher who is head of science and asked if he could be cheeky and have the actual marks (obviously not for remarks), and the teacher said he had to ask the exams officer. So DS emailed the exams officer, who sent him a complete breakdown by paper and subject for AQA. In his case it was sheer nosyness, just wanting to know how close he was to the grade boundaries, but I suspect it is the same. Email/speak to the exams officer and they can send you a full breakdown.

AtiaoftheJulii sorry just seen you have nothing for AQA. Maybe it's the school then?