GCSE 2019 support thread 6

Atia - DS said his envelope includes an A4 page of the marks he achieved for each exam paper. It also includes one page for one subject asking if he would like that paper remarked. We will go over it later and compare with the boundaries.

congratulations to all - we've been back to school as DD wanted to speak to teachers.

Her A-level choices are secure and her teachers said they were looking forward to teaching her. English is one of her choices and her teacher said there was a bigger than expected variance between her two lit papers and DD could consider a remark but reassured her that she doesn't need it to progress.
She's one mark of next grade for another subject so school are reviewing the papers anyway.

Upshot of that is she is happier than she was on first opening the envelope...

Then.... appears to have been school wide fuck up on one subject - no-one got higher than a 6 - even pupils who'd been working at a 9... many many pupils got a 3 when that hadn't been flagged up as an issue. Not sure there is anything that can be done for the pupils but imagine the school will be having an internal review.

Great results here though another slightly odd English Lang result. She got a 6 against an 8 in lit, and I'm an English teacher so know she should have done better. This thread might suggest the bad press about aqa eng Lang marking this year had some truth behind it.

Well done to all.

AtiaoftheJulii I think it depends on the board. All the AQA exams had an A4 sheet with the scale of marks So for example

Maths Tier H has a breakdown of

max grade

1. 240 -206 .
2. 171
3. 136

1. 74
2. 43
3. 27

other exam boards have sent nothing, so we only have a mark on the list of grades.

With AQA ones we can see were DS has just missed a higher mark and were he's just scraped into a mark.

DD's boyfriend hasn't got what he needs for college, not has my best friend's DD, it's so hard navigating a range of situations amongst friends.

Wow some amazing results. Well done everyone.

My son did one exam a year early, RE. He got an 8, which is amazing. He’s disappointed as he wanted a 9. I hate those blooming 9’s, so much pressure on kids. I think in the long run it will make him hungry for next year. I’m going to try and make him see he’s done amazingly - an A star is not to be sniffed at!

Berlin The 8 in lit should be more than acceptable for Law - shows the language grade is likely a blip!

(To add, I'm not thinking of remarks, I think she needs to accept and move on, she is fine for next year, it's just a bit odd.)

Dd did well, not as well as she'd hoped but there are extenuating circumstances!

Anyway, wanted to ask about mark breakdowns - we got the overall marks for edexcel and OCR, but no paper by paper breakdowns, and got no information at all about AQA subjects (which was 6 of her GCSEs). With my older kids we've had every detail of every paper - was wondering whether it was different due to the new GCSEs, or just school being a bit crap?

They've included a sheet to request marking reviews, but this is clearly impossible to decide if we don't have any info about marks to compare to grade boundaries!

I'd only advise a remark if the current grade prevents your DC from moving on to whatever they want to do next

DS was considering law A level and the college "recommends" a 6 in English lang. But as he got 8s in English lit, history and geography (and Spanish) they may over look the 5 as an aberration.

Very happy with 7s for Maths and science as he is more of a humanities boy.

And kitty too! Those are truly excellent results. Very similar to my dd who worked really hard to get them.

I don't understand mumsnet sometimes. Sorry, i understand we all have different opinions on what is good or not but we really need to keep things in perspective and so do our dds.

Yes dd is disappointed with a 6 in classics but I can extrapolate ABC for her A levels which will get her where she wants to go.

Well done some amazing results - Congratulations to your DC. Thinking of those who didn't get what they needed.

From memory, was a rushed and noisy phone-call.
7 x 1
6 x 3
5 x 3
4 x 1 (missed a paper due to ill health so chuffed to bits with a 4)
3 x 2 (expected)
Feel like the proudest mum in the world as the last 18 months have been really, really tough for him health-wise.

DS is really pleased and relieved he has achieved enough for the next move.

Hi everyone!
My phone ran out of charge!

Ds did brilliantly;
2 x8s
1 x 7
2 x 6s
4 x 5s

8s are in his a level choices so very very pleased:)

Good luck all xxxx

Just got back from my school, got to see many happy students and proud parents - some of who looked like they'd had less sleep than me (up at 4!). School as a whole did well, my two subjects were particularly good. So pleased - taught some lovely kids in this cohort.

For those considering remarks, as a teacher I'd only advise a remark if the current grade prevents your DC from moving on to whatever they want to do next - remarks are nowhere near as considered as they used to be.

Hello, was on the threads during exams.

DS has been worrying since the exams, although he in top sets, he's struggled with his MH these past 3 years, and totally falls apart in exams, teachers are always frustrated with his test and exam results.
His mock results showed he scrape maybe 2-3 GCSEs

He managed to pass all 9 GCSES. mainly 5s, 4 in English language(we were worried he'd have to resit). He's surprised and pleased and will be able to take the college course he's chosen.

Only problem now is his he's finding his friends and class mates have mainly got 7s,8s,9s. He's was starting to think he's useless again.

But I had already said to him 'comparison is the thief of joy' and not to take it to heart if others had higher grades.

I then reminded him of first thing this morning when he truly believed he'd failed nearly all of them and was dreading resits.
it's over now and he's on the course he wants, and that is all that should matter to him.

Bloody hell arthur those are stellar results aren't they?

DS did ok but not as well as he should have but that's what comes of not doing any real revision. He's fine for his a levels at college which is the main thing but I can't help feeling disappointed for him maybe it might be a kick up the lazy bum though He's got a good set of results though and he seems ok with them so that's good enough for me. Although I have realised that in two years I'll be doing the double, A levels for him and GCSEs for DD!

Congratulations to those who've done well. Fingers crossed for all that are still waiting x

DS is finally back from school. 4 x 8, 3 x 7, and a 5 for English lang. He was predicted a 7. Not sure whether to go for the remark or let it go. He got an 8 for English lit. Anyway, decent set of grades for someone who did very little work!

KittyMcKitty - I think it is important to stress that the parents on this thread are a very select group of parents. Lets face it, most parents don't stress about this the way we have, that is why we ended up finding each other, because one couldn't admit to doing this in RL. Think about those figures in the Times yesterday from last year for the numbers who got lots of nines (it was a tiny percentage), and think about how many of the equivalent we have seen on this thread. If this was in any way a representative sample, you would need tens of thousands of parents on this thread.

Some amazing results here well done everyone, but gosh the stress I'm sure it wasn't like this for me with my o levels.

Dd has done amazingly well, I waited outside and then got a tearful phone call to come in. I found her crying with the headmaster - happy tears thankfully.

Am sitting in the car waiting....

I was trying to congratulate everyone, but there are no so many fabulous results, I think I am going to miss someone if I keep trying, so congratulations all (twins sound doubly tricky, especially if they are competitive).
We haven't heard from a few of those who have been on our journey the whole year though. I hope that doesn't mean their results are disappointing.

Well done everybody

We have a range of 8/7/6's here and without exception each one is 1-3 marks off the next grade boundary. I'm now in a quandary as to whether to ask for the papers to be reviewed and remarked.