GCSE 2022 Results - the moment of reckoning!

I’m in the USA on holiday 10pm here. Results at 3 am. We’re all still up

I've just come to bed, leaving DD watching TV downstairs. We haven't mentioned exams, results or anything related all evening, but she's thrown up about 4 times, her IBS is awful and she's come out in blotches. I am just 🤞 for a pass in maths, she's terrified of having to face it again for a resit. Lockdowns were not kind to her and I'm incredibly proud she got through it all, but I really hope she gets what she wants and it wasn't all in vain. Hope your DC all get what they want too!

Still awake too - DD has been at a party (I went to collect and fell asleep whilst waiting)

I'm still awake and feeling some slightly homicidal thoughts regarding DH who declared that what's done is done and staying awake won't achieve anything and is now pushing up Zs with no difficulty. He is right of course, but knowing it doesn't make it any easier for me to sleep! I think it's going to be a long night.

Joining the thread as I’m the one awake worrying- everyone else is fast asleep.
DD is not a natural exam taker and she has worked so hard - just praying she gets what she wants as she has her heart set on a particular A level and she needs at least two 7s in maths and/or sciences to do it.

Hope you all manage to get some sleep.... will check in first thing tomorrow! Good luck to all!

Eeek! DS seems calm this evening but he has sounded worried a couple of times over the past few days.
I was a teacher for years and have attended lots of results days but tomorrow is my first one as mum.
Good luck everyone 😊

Good luck all. DS coping far better than me! 9.30 at school for him.

@OddGoingsOn exactly the same here but in DS’s case it’s dyspraxia. He was fine with all other subjects (apart from German which he dropped) but language is his nemesis!

Thanks. It's additionally stressful as they are at different schools in different directions and I work at a different secondary too!, which is so busy on results day!

Thanks, that’s helpful. He’s hoping for a 5 in English language but a 4 would be fine if it means he never had to do English again!

I have the double-whammy. Teacher and parent! I’m always on pins for my own students but tonight is a million times worse. DS seems ok but I’m not. He was diagnosed with dyslexia just last year so really struggled with English. Just praying for at least a 4 for him in that-can’t near the thought of him having to retake it! He has worked so hard bless him-just hope the ‘hard work pays off’ mantra proves true for him (and all of them!)

Yes 4 is a pass (and I was v pleased to get this when I redid my Maths GCSE earlier this year but....
IMO I think that in the future 5 will be the pass mark
Having said that am hoping for anything positive tomorrow!

Countdown - 9hrs

I could be!

A 4 is a 'pass' and anything else is a bonus

Some courses (A Levels, Science HE Access pathways, some Engineering courses etc) require a higher grade

In maths the highest grade on Foundation paper is a 5.

Hello new thread 😊

DD has been calmer than I thought she’d be. She does want all 9s and it is possible she could but she knows it is unlikely. Doesn’t stop her wanting it though.

They can collect them from 8am so we will be at school then. Altnough DD says she’ll probably take ages to open the envelope….

I am less stressed than I was last week for DSs A Levels but still pretty stressed more that I’ll say the wrong things to DD…

@middleager hope tomorrow is okay for you all.

I am dreading my 11 year old boy/girl twins getting their results when they are 16, people don’t realise how difficult it can be with situations like this and twins.

my eldest dd gets her results tomorrow.

good luck to all!

@Workyticket given your user name, I’m wondering if you could be one of my DS’s teachers!

Is a 4 or a 5 classed as a pass? Really hoping DS doesn’t have to resit English language.

DS is super calm but it's me that's worrying. At least not long to go now.

Good luck to everyone

Good luck to everyone.

I have to go through it twice - twin DDs.

Both DDs seem pretty calm so I guess it's just me!

www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/results-days/grade-boundaries

They’ll be posted here for AQA

qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/results-certification/grade-boundaries.html?Qualification-Family=GCSE

and here for Pearson

Good luck everyone. DD can collect from 9:30 tomorrow. Insider info tells me the school is very pleased with the results this year so here’s hoping 🤞

DS, as usual, is taking it all in his stride and I was fine until I came to bed but now I’m feeling nervous. I think English will be a close call on whether he passes or not. He has SEN so we made some decisions that I hope have paid off. He dropped poetry anthology that everyone else was doing and did Shakespeare on his own plus he also dropped German.

I have twin DS collecting results from different schools tomorrow.
Good luck everybody.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow, these students deserve to do well after all they've been through.