GCSE results day 2021 support thread

Another one waiting for results. DS told me exactly the same thing -12hrs.

Joining in too, DS has just told me it’s 12 hours and counting….I don’t think I’ll sleep tonight at all! Good luck to all of our kids.

Just marking my place too. Very nervous for DS for tomorrow but I am trying to hide it! He has worked so hard all the way through lockdowns and the weeks of continual assessments at his school. I have Long Covid and he has been helping to take care of me as I have been so ill. He is amazing and I pray he gets the grades he deserves.

Nervous here too. I don’t think ds will have done amazingly. We’re just hoping he’s able to do the a levels he wants and carry on at 6th form.
Fingers crossed. Good luck for tomorrow to everyone.

Oops, I accidentally caused an upset. I should probably have left it and trusted him but wanted to check he was prepared for possibly not making the grade in maths to do it at A level. I think I uncovered his well hidden anxiety. He has a plan…I’m leaving well alone now. Off to collect results between 9-10.30 tomorrow morning. 😬

DD is more stressed out about her History mock tomorrow than getting her results. She is convinced she has failed Maths anyway so isn't planning on finding out until after the exam is over so we will be waiting until at least 11am.

For what it's worth, I think your 2 point plan is spot on. Look to the future and deal with roadblocks. From experience that's the kind of supportive they need right now.

All the best!

Nervous here- hoping for all 7s, 8's and maybe a 9 for English Lit! DD wants to study medicine so it's crucial she does well- no resits accepted.

I have twins getting their results tomorrow. Just hoping they both have good enough grades for their 6th form. As always, the dread is that one does miles better than the other. They’ve both worked incredibly hard but will never be among those getting straight 8s and 9s- I just hope they get what they deserve and are pleased.
They are incredibly cool about it.
Results will be online. Gah!

Earlier this afternoon I heard DD tell someone she was getting her GCSE results on Friday.... Given how anxious she gets I have decided not to mention that in fact it is tomorrow. Anyway I'm stressed enough for both of us.

We are quite nervous about results but it should all be fine. My daughter wants to study medicine and is hoping to do chemistry, biology and maths for a level. She’s hopeful of an 8 for maths as that means she can do the accelerated maths alevel in a year then further maths for the second year. Fingers crossed.

[quote doorornottodoor]@WhatHaveIFound Economics/Business studies I think. His Maths is strong. He’s doing A level BS, Maths and Theatre Studies.[/quote]
I think you need to look quite carefully at GCSE requirements for each course at each uni. When my DS was looking a few years back some unis were asking for higher grades than others and it differs between courses. I know for example that Birmingham are really strict about having GCSE English at the required grade 6 fir business studies but didn’t (in those days) seem to require the same for Economics.

Just got through A Levels today now we have DD getting GCSE results Thursday.

I’m just grateful she made it out of secondary school in one piece. She has ADD and ASD lockdown was a nightmare for her. Good luck to everyone.

Just marking my place for Thursday. I have no idea what her results will be and I'm very worried about getting my reactions right, so as not to compound her general anxiety about all things school related. It's been a very hard couple of years and the chances of her getting the grades she'd have got in normal times seem remote. Hoping for (a) enough to get into sixth form and make a fresh start and (b) a maths grade that will not require her to resit, which would be the end of the world as far as she is concerned.

Thanks doorornottodoor and fingers crossed for your DS. Mine is looking at doing a Maths degree though with A levels of Maths, Economics and Biology he could always do pandemic planning!

PS good luck to your son.

@WhatHaveIFound Economics/Business studies I think. His Maths is strong. He’s doing A level BS, Maths and Theatre Studies.

I'm the same with DS as English is one of his weakest subjects. I have everything crossed that Thursday's result is ok (he's not up to resitting exams at the moment) and that in two years time the universities will be a bit more lenient with this year's GCSE students.

'Yes the grade inflation means even if they get good results they won’t be believed. It is so dispiriting but something I am choosing to ignore as otherwise it is too depressing and unhelpful'

Why does this happen though? I know it's the equivalent of teachers marking their own homework but why when a student has been getting say 5s and 6s in mocks, why would they give them a 7 or an 8? It baffles me.

I really hope it isn't a free for all this year.

Super stressed in our house. My previously thriving and achieving DD had to move schools the Christmas of Year 10 and then within weeks we were in the first lockdown which she did not cope with well at all.

I have no idea what her teachers know or don't know about her ability/potential. She had a set of predicted grades from her previous school including an 8 for English Language. The prediction she got from her new school was a 4.... I KNOW she is better than a 4, but they clearly don't.

Does anyone know whether, in this situation, they would refer back to anything that she achieved prior to her school move, that might help shape her grade? She is crapping it.

Just been pointed to info on results day hidden(ish) on school website.
Rock up in person any time in 90min opening slot. Otherwise will be posted. Nice and simple.

Bit worried about English Language. We need a 6 for some of the university courses he’s looking at. He thinks he did badly in his school exam and had a bad lockdown so little evidence. Do you think universities will be strict on this? Should he resit? Just want to be prepared come Thursday! He thinks he did better in Literature.