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GCSE Support - the results are in

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SheilaFentiman · 24/08/2023 13:53

Continuing the threads we had going during revision and waiting for results day!

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MrsBeetlejuice · 24/08/2023 17:42

@MrsHamlet thank you. Can this also be done for drama, as most of it is practical. I'm sure I sound completely clueless!

Rowgtfc72 · 24/08/2023 17:42

@LostFrog same here.
Dd was predicted an 8/9 for music.
Highest score in the school for practical.
Got the highest score in gcses this year. A 5.
Most kids got 2s and 3s and were gutted.
Dd said head of music was spitting mad. Don't know if they're appealing but I may contact the school and ask.

MrsHamlet · 24/08/2023 17:40

MrsBeetlejuice · 24/08/2023 17:37

@MrsHamlet how do you ask for the scripts exactly?

Email the exams office and ask for "priority access to scripts for" and then the ones you want. It'll probably need to come from the candidate.

VioletVeeVee · 24/08/2023 17:39

MrsHamlet · 24/08/2023 17:33

You have to ask the exam officer or the teacher. It's a known issue with the English language data (because there are too many pieces for SIMS to cope with!)

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Thank you. I’ve sent an email asking the question.

He’s still going to college and will resit but I’d like to know how close to a pass he was, this might give him a little more encouragement!

MrsBeetlejuice · 24/08/2023 17:37

@MrsHamlet how do you ask for the scripts exactly?

GlitteringFeeling · 24/08/2023 17:35

Starlightstarbright2 · 24/08/2023 16:36

My Ds passed maths English and Science not the subjects he was planning for A level . We have been working on an alternative plan . I am greatful if he passed 3 subjects it’s those

I’m sure there’s disappointment, but you’re right that it’s much better to not have maths and English resits hanging over his head! I hope he finds an alternative path that suits him

MrsHamlet · 24/08/2023 17:34

samsswampy · 24/08/2023 17:32

My DD was so disappointed with English, she was predicted 8 and 9 and only got 3 for both of them, how can the school have got it so wrong?

Ask for the scripts. That's odd.

MrsHamlet · 24/08/2023 17:33

VioletVeeVee · 24/08/2023 17:27

DS got a grade 3 for Eng language but the marks haven’t been entered into his certificate, so I can’t find out how far off a 4 he was!

Is there anyway of finding out?

You have to ask the exam officer or the teacher. It's a known issue with the English language data (because there are too many pieces for SIMS to cope with!)

bendmeoverbackwards · 24/08/2023 17:33

Not great news here, I feel sad for dd.

She got 6s in English Lit, English Lang, Maths and Double Science. 5s in History and RS. 4 in Spanish and she failed Classics with a 3.

These results look good on paper but unfortunately her school require 46 points from the 8 best GCSEs for Sixth Form - she got 44. School have told her to appeal - there is a panel meeting next week - and also to apply for a re-mark for English Lang (one mark off a 7).

She's a very bright girl, sailed through primary school and 11+ but it fell apart a bit after that with an autism diagnosis and mental health problems in Years 10 and 11. She only had 50% attendance in the last 2 years so her results are good in spite of this.

MrsHamlet · 24/08/2023 17:32

madameMscastle · 24/08/2023 17:25

I would like to know how to request the exam paper.
DS was 10 marks off in maths, hes retaking it so it will be interesting to see what happened. so he can improve.

Contact the exams officer. Ask for priority access to the scripts.

samsswampy · 24/08/2023 17:32

My DD was so disappointed with English, she was predicted 8 and 9 and only got 3 for both of them, how can the school have got it so wrong?

Muchtoomuchtodo · 24/08/2023 17:32

Well done to all of them!

DS year 10 has got all A*s and 1 A in a science practical so he’s chuffed to bits with that. Lots of good grades bagged towards the final grades after next summer’s exams.

Dancerr · 24/08/2023 17:32

Did anyone not do as well as expected in the edexcel Maths?

Funnily enough we were worried my son might not even pass Eng Lang, predicted a 4 but managed to get a 7 however with Maths it was the other way around!

MrsHamlet · 24/08/2023 17:30

Sweetpeasaremadeforbees · 24/08/2023 16:52

Thank youFlowers

Will it piss off the teachers if it isn't actually necessary but just curiosity?

No :)

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 24/08/2023 17:30

madameMscastle · 24/08/2023 17:25

I would like to know how to request the exam paper.
DS was 10 marks off in maths, hes retaking it so it will be interesting to see what happened. so he can improve.

Contact the school exams officer, and they will be able to help.

Sweetpeasaremadeforbees · 24/08/2023 17:29

Is there anyway of finding out?

I think Mrs Hamlet said to just ask either the teacher or the exam officer.

Postapocalypticcowgirl · 24/08/2023 17:29

MrsBeetlejuice · 24/08/2023 17:21

@Postapocalypticcowgirl we are trying to find somewhere, but there doesn't seem anywhere suitable. DD has mild SN and it's quite complicated.

This is the thing, I haven't spoken to the school. I have tried calling and emailing various teachers/departments, but have heard nothing. There was no way we were sticking around to speak to staff this morning, as DD was in bits, begging me to drive off. I think hearing other students running out squealing they'd recieved 9s in everything was the extra sting in the tail tbh.

I really hope someone gets back to you tomorrow, then, and is able to help.

OvaHere · 24/08/2023 17:28

AKAsomeoneelse · 24/08/2023 17:27

@OvaHere - thanks. I think we will.

Good luck 🍀

AKAsomeoneelse · 24/08/2023 17:27

@OvaHere - thanks. I think we will.

VioletVeeVee · 24/08/2023 17:27

DS got a grade 3 for Eng language but the marks haven’t been entered into his certificate, so I can’t find out how far off a 4 he was!

Is there anyway of finding out?

Sweetpeasaremadeforbees · 24/08/2023 17:26

We have to pay an admin fee of £5 per paper (not per subject) to see the scripts, so depends how much we want to spend on being curious!

We're curious enough to pay a tenner for 2 papers! (Assuming DD's school charges something similar.)

OvaHere · 24/08/2023 17:25

AKAsomeoneelse · 24/08/2023 17:23

@OvaHere yes, he got a 3 for English Lit. He got 56 marks and grade boundary for a 4 is 57.

Go for it. You can lose marks in remark but he wouldn't lose enough to drop to a 2 so I really think it's worth it.

madameMscastle · 24/08/2023 17:25

I would like to know how to request the exam paper.
DS was 10 marks off in maths, hes retaking it so it will be interesting to see what happened. so he can improve.

VioletVeeVee · 24/08/2023 17:24

So, after many different responses regarding my question about the confusing combined science trilogy marks, it seems that DS just missed out.

A 43 mark doesn’t mean a grade 4 and 3, it’s one mark, so he sits at 3.5 for combined science, which considering he missed most of Y10 & 11, to me, isn’t a fail, although a 3.5 is a fail.

Grade boundaries last year and the year before would have meant his 215 mark would have been pass but this years grade boundary was 230.

AKAsomeoneelse · 24/08/2023 17:23

@OvaHere yes, he got a 3 for English Lit. He got 56 marks and grade boundary for a 4 is 57.