GCSE 2019 support thread 6

@Michaelahpurple Do you mean over 800 pupils got more than 7,9's each is that across the country? How do they know? have results statistics been released and if so where can i find them please?
Sorry If I am being stupid serious lack of sleep here

Hi to all, another lurker here waiting for results for DD2. She wants to do a 2 year Computer Games Design course at college. Results are available at DDs school from 8am-10am so we're all going to try and get there for 8.

DD2 is pretty laid-back and seems to be coping OK but DD1 was complaining earlier, that DD2 keeps wanting to sit with her in her bedroom. I explained that I think DD2 is nervous and she just wants some company at the moment.

I'm getting nervous ~ I've washed and hoovered out the car (something I remember I did the day before DD1's GCSE results, 4 years ago as well) as it's something that doesn't need me to think too much about it!

Hi all, another lurker here.

My DS is average across the board due to a complete lack of effort, so it could go either way for us. His mocks were 4s and 5s, and that gave him the shock he needed when his school refused him a place in their sixth form as he needed 7s. He pulled his socks up and they did offer him a place in the last week of term, dependent on getting 6s.

He also has an offer on a Btec course and I think he would prefer that, but it is a bit of a trek and selfishly I'd rather he stayed at our local school. Obviously his decision and I will be as neutral as I can while being supportive.

Good luck to all, I will be so glad when this is all over.

We have to wait for the postman, usually around 2pm
Had everybody got a bottle of wine in for whatever the results or is that just me?

No Plan B here, either!

Afternoon all.

I am beginning to be nervous as hell! DS is at work all day and round at a mates later so hopefully he is holding on (unlike me).

He ‘should’ do ok for the a level courses he wants to take and we have no plan B!!

Wishing all of us and our young people everything they need for tomorrow.

Hi Annie ( and also to new names) hope your Ds gets what he needs to get to do the year of just English and maths. That sounds a really good way of doing it.

Thanks for the advice, do you know, I would never have thought of doing that, he has enrolment next week, so will see what they say. X

You're right, this has been a really supportive group
My dd could do really well if she believed in herself but struggled to do any useful revision so who knows what her results will be like. I'm hoping she's done enough to continue on with her a-level choices. She needs a 6 in maths and 5 or above for the others. The maths is the one I'm concerned about, her mock was a 6/7 but she could do a 4 or an 8 depending on how anxious she was and the type of paper... eek.

Hope he gets the lower grade then Anniecott! Unless after the initial meltdown he might be able to reset his expectations for the combined course?

Hi, another lurker here.
I have a reversed stress situation, I am more worried that my son WILL get the results he needs to get on his college course.
He is autistic with additional medical needs and was only at school part for yrs 10 & 11, he needs grade 2 to get on his animal care course and will be redoing maths and English along side. If he gets a 1 or U, he will just do maths and English for the first yr. he has decided that this is the better option for him as it will be easier so doesn't actually want the grade needed anymore, I'm worried how he will react if he does get them, as this could cause a major meltdown due to the stress. I really don't care which course he does as long as he is happy.

Ha, reading that back I hope it doesn't look smug...just trying to reassure myself that GCSEs (and, indeed, A-levels) are not the be-all and end-all.

Argh. I think I might go and have a nap!

I just keep telling myself that I got very mediocre GCSE results, equally uninspiring A-levels (in fact I failed one out of the three I took), got rejected from ALL of my initial UCAS applications, ended up having to take a gap year to re-sit and re-apply...

...and now have two undergrad degrees (a 2:i and a First), an MSc (with distinction), a PGCE, work as a lecturer and run a hugely oversubscribed degree course at an RG institution and am just about to commence PhD applications.

Some people just blossom, academically speaking, a little later than others!

michaelahpurple That's OK. About the same as last year then, which means grades overall must still in the "curve" percentages you would expect.

ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2019/08/gcse-results-2019-the-who-what-where-and-how-of-grade-9s/

DD back from cattery, we watched an episode of ER, and now she is off on her bike. I think I might attack the garden, a bit of vigorous pruning always good for the nerves .

Lol marmite that’s one way to keep yourself busy!
Dd is on a course this week. I’m really happy it coincided with results week as it has kept her days busy and also helped tire her out a little.
She will take time out of it tomorrow to do results
Dd has no idea what she will get now.. it’s like she’s completely forgotten how they went and also lodt sense of the yardstick in terms of comparison to mocks etc.
It is what it is.. if it’s disappointing news for her she will no doubt dust down ( after copious tears ) and move the heck on.

Thank you, DeRigueurMortis from a Lurker over the last few threads. I didn’t have a lot to say as so little was forthcoming from DS about the exams . But it seems a very friendly, supportive group of posters.

And I just opened the Times only to see the "800+ pupils got 7+ grade 9s".

V restful. And not even relevant as DS's school and those of most chums so mostly IGCSEs.

DS insists he isn't worried ("as long as you don't do badly it doesn't really matter how well you do" -full marks for coherence) but interestingly has gone out to play footie with friends from his prep school, having not voluntarily left the house since the second day of the hols (except to go to the gym daily) so I suspect he (and perhaps the friends) are expressing their nerves in the opposite manner from those children reported here have suddenly started by troglodytes.

Teacher here (English) also feeling very nervous about my charges - just want them to succeed. Are teachers allowed?