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MelanieSimone · 17/05/2023 08:06

My son has final GCSE exams. There is one subject he is not in the least bit interested in and isnt bothered about a GCSE in it. In the first paper he covered it in his favourite subject notes and used it as revision for that subject. Im worried that whoever sees the paper will comment and it might have an affect on him doing his other exams. Seeing maths on a language paper might not go down very well...do i need to worry? x

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catndogslife · 17/05/2023 12:47

Exams are now marked online.
The examiner has to indicate that they have seen or read the page. However this will be entered on the system as "no relevant content" and no marks awarded. Sanctions are only applied by the exam board for offensive content or if there is evidence of cheating.
If an invigilator notices then the matter could be referred to the exams officer and subject teachers.

lanthanum · 17/05/2023 10:31

The problem comes if they write offensive language on the paper, in which case they could be in trouble! I doubt they would take it further than disqualification from that subject, though.

If the school noticed, they might not be best pleased that he didn't even try, and might apply a sanction such as not being allowed to attend the prom. However since the teaching staff don't do the invigilating, it's very unlikely that anyone noticed who cared.

SheilaFentiman · 17/05/2023 08:44

Indeed, they are all marked separately, there will be children who write nothing!

yikes88 · 17/05/2023 08:43

Hi
If I’ve understood what happened correctly- your son”s favourite subject is Maths. Yesterday he had a gcse paper in a subject he doesn’t care about whether he passes it or not. So instead of answering that gsce paper, he used the time to revise maths. He did this by writing in Maths on the gcse paper instead of attempting any of the questions?
If that’s correct, it will have no effect on his other exams.. He will just fail the paper he did yesterday