Anyone else's DC still working for GCSEs?

I have been trying to encourage her to read more. Bought her Handmaids Tale last week as she'll be studying that at A-level. It's just the most bizarre thing though isn't it? No exams, results day, last day, prom?!

No! Wasn't the guidance last week that came out of DOE that no further work will be taken into account at this stage? It's a child's choice if they want to sit the exams not schools. Dd will do well out of preficted / mock grades so I doubt she'll want to sit any.

Ds is making sure he's completed the syllabus for everything he was due to take and then doing prep work for the A-Levels he plans to study. If he needs to resit after results, he revise specific stuff then.

His school have sent resources to help with KS5 but nothing formal.

My daughter's teachers are just sending goodbye and good luck messages through google classroom, reassuring them that they know them really well so not to worry about any blips in assessments already done and advising them to keep going with any potential A level choice subjects

Seems quite a nice response really

some are also offering fun boredom buster quizzes but I'm not sure how many are being taken up on their offers

We've also had a message from the college she is hoping to attend in September saying that all offers already in hand are guaranteed regardless of results as they were based on predicted grades and interviews.

It would be extremely unfair for a school to set tests in May and use them towards their gradings.
Not because the whole school could 'boost' its results (because there will be statistics in place to prevent this I understand), but because children with better home circumstances would be allowed to leapfrog in rank order above those in more disadvantaged situations (eg limited internet access, parents still working, no private workspace, looking after younger siblings). Then if the exam boards downgrade the school if their submitted results are too high, the 'wrong' children will lose out.

I have a y10. if I had a y11 I would be wanting them to keep going with A level subjects if applicable, and work on Maths/English if borderline passes.

Y11 here, no formal/assessed work is being set. They have committed to providing specific A level prep in the summer term and encouraged DC to keep working on core and A level subjects but have openly stated that they will not be seeking any further evidence to justify GCSE grade recommendations.

This is a state school btw. I have heard (both on here and in RL) that some indies are setting a lot more formal work and assessments for y11 and y13 students - possibly to just keep the dc incentivised and working, possibly to justify the summer term fees!

Personally (just my opinion as a parent mind you) I think whilst that students can only benefit in the longer term by continuing to study in some way over the coming weeks, actually telling them that summer term assessments might be used as part of GCSE evidence is unfair. The vast majority will be feeling stressed and demoralised (at best) given the current pandemic situation we are all in, and with the best will in the world they will not necessarily able to produce their best work. And that’s before you even consider the ones who will be actively disadvantaged by their home circumstances.

But that’s just my opinion, others may disagree.