GCSE 2022 Results - the moment of reckoning!

a much needed hand hold for us nervous parents

And grandparents, I was awake at 5 in anticipation! Just had The Call, A*s, As and B, so proud of her, it's days like this when I get upset that my late OH won't every know, he'd be in floods!
Well done to them all after the last few years and to those who are disappointed, it's not the end of the road.

We're in Wales here. Grades are definitely A* to G.

I'm incredibly proud of my son with ASD, who has had an awful four terms at school. He was physically assaulted, bullied and as a consequence has suffered from social anxiety and panic attacks and has had fairly poor attendance.

He got (results were emailed at 9am - He's gone back to sleep again now!)
Maths A*
Numeracy A*
Chemistry A*
Physics A*
Biology A
English A
Welsh A
English literature A
Music A
Drama B
Additional maths - D(istinction)

So proud of DD. All 7s & 8s.

She found lockdown online learning so hard, to the point she did not attend any lessons. Her year leader's response was to give her online detentions... Which of course she didn't attend. So he told her he was saving all the detentions up for her when school was back in person. 🤦 He wouldn't listen to me when I told him it was a mental health issue and that she knew she'd have to catch up when school returned in person. He just kept telling her how many detentions she was clocking up.

The situation wasn't helped by her dad, who hadn't seen her for months, telling the year group lead that she was just playing the system and being lazy.

I got in touch with the deputy and finally the year group lead backed off.

It was so hard today to not go and make a comment to the year group lead about how well she'd done 🤣

All good here despite my sleepless night. All 7s 8s and 9s except a 6 for English Lit which he was happy to pass and put behind him as he hated it.
So he's comfortably exceeded his 6th form entry requirements and all is well. Actually in a way the thing I'm most proud of is what he is doing right now. All his friends are off for the day celebrating but DS has, by choice, gone to work. He could have had the day off I'm sure but he said he'd committed to work certain hours when he was offered the job at the beginning of the summer and he'll keep his word.
I told him on the way home that I am proud of his results and his hard work, but most of all I am proud of the person he is growing up to be.
Results don't define a person. Huge congrats to those who have got what they hope for but don't give up if you haven't. There are many roads to Rome.

Always worth getting English Language remarked if your dd thinks that she may have done better.
My dd was given a 6 some years ago. Asked for a remark and received 8
English Language marks are always a bit subjective

Me too. Son adamant he is not going to get the grades he needs and is already starting the process of joining the navy which is breaking my heart so I really hope he does better than he expects. Trying not to cry as i sit in the car

DS got a 9 in music and got 100% so was very happy with that, 3 x 7, 2 x 6 and a 5. 5 in PE and he was predicted a 7 so he's really surprised, the teaching for PE was shocking though so we're not hugely surprised. I did think he might have got higher in maths and English lang. He got a 8/9 in coursework which was 50% but a 7 overall.

We haven't been given any of the marks at all which is odd. It doesn't matter at all as he only needed 5 x 4 but would be interesting to know.

All 9s for DS, unbelievably proud. Well done to all our kids, especially after such a disrupted couple of years.

Okay the stars are not showing up in most of my posts 😂A star to G!! No A star star. Easy to check online. So sorry for the mess.

@zighead i know but still 😞.

loads of kids coming out now looking very sad ☹️

Sorry that mean't to say from A to G. Not sure where the other person got the A* from. My keyboard is messing me about.

DS got:

Maths 9
Eng Lang 9
Eng Lit 8
Combo Science 9/9
Music 9
French 9
Latin 9
RS 9
Computer Science 9

Ad Maths A

Very proud.

In Wales, GCSEs are graded from A to G, which is different to the 9 to 1 system used in England. Not sure where that other person got A* from, perhaps misheard? Easy to do a search online to see.

Well done on everyone's results. Fantastic. DS was 1 mark off a 9 in biology but I don't expect we'll do a remark as it's not an a-level choice for him.

General feeling is of relief now.

@Workinghardeveryday my DS didn’t want me to go in either. There were soooo many parents there with their kids. I’ve also taken the day off work. I didn’t mind too much as I was exactly the same at 16.

Oh I didn’t know about A star star. How silly!

I am currently sat in school car park.

she wouldn’t let me go in with her, all the other mums are.

took time off work and everything ☹️

My cousins son in Wales has apparently got 9 A stars and 2 A double stars. So obviously they haven't converted to number grades like England.
Whilst I'm pleased for him, an A** is ridiculous.

Yes, I'm in Wales and we still get letter grades. My DS has just finished Y10 so he's only collecting his maths numeracy and grades that will be 40% of his triple science today, but I'm still a nervous wreck!

@Snargle is your DD my DD? Mine very similar (only it was eyebrows). She set off but has now stopped off at her friend's house en route to school. The school is still open for another hour or so, so it may be quite some time before they get there.

Some great results on here. Well done to those DC and good luck to those yet to pick up theirs.

DS got eight 8s and three 8s.

He’s absolutely delighted and has done better than he thought he would.

5 for Religious Studies
6 for chemistry

He is home ed and only did two because he is in year 10. We are disappointed with the RS though.

Is anyone on the thread in Wales? Do they still get A star, A etc? I was just thinking how difficult it is to remember with numbers and I bet so many people don’t understand the number system.

Just had a message - three 9s, four 8s and two 6s. The results are spectacular but inevitably she is focused on the two 6s which are in English language and literature. She mentioned that English results were down for quite a few students which I am sure the school will look at. I honestly couldn’t be prouder and she has what she needs to get into her first choice sixth form. 😁

DD is able to collect hers from 9.30am but is still at home and faffing about with her hair. Grrrr!

She's hoping for 6's and 7's but will be thrilled if she gets a 4 for maths.

Well done to your DDs and DSs who have their results already.

Good luck to everyone stil waiting.