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Eng GCSE grade oddities

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Sausagesandpeas · 25/08/2023 09:10

DD consistently pulled 9s in her English Language mocks but has come out with a 6 in her results yesterday. She said she’d thought the exams went well. I am requesting copies of the papers to see if there is anything glaringly odd going in. Is it worth asking for a review? It just seems so odd.
Didn't get chance to talk to school staff in the bedlam yesterday.
Thanks

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Lurea · 15/09/2023 21:36

Another AQA English literature discrepancy between paper paper and paper 2. My daughter has got 36 in paper 1 and 60 in paper 2. In the marking of paper 1 there are question marks.I am not sure why

Sadtimes1 · 15/09/2023 17:57

@bendmeoverbackwards 🤞. Have you or the teacher had a look at the paper. I wonder if it was something with paper 1 as we both have the same experience.

bendmeoverbackwards · 15/09/2023 17:10

Thanks @Sadtimes1 so my dd is 6 marks off a 7 so not too hopeful. Although I've seen instances of where whole sections of the paper haven't been marked so maybe she'll be lucky. I was surprised she did worse in Paper 1 actually, I think poetry was her weaker area which was in Paper 2.

Sadtimes1 · 15/09/2023 17:07

@bendmeoverbackwards i think grade 7 AQA English lit, if it’s the same one, was 102 for a grade 7. Just looked and my DS is 10 marks off an 8, that’s why we hadn’t really looked at it but it all seems very odd.

bendmeoverbackwards · 15/09/2023 16:59

@Sadtimes1 my dd (also AQA English Lit) got 27 for Paper 1 and 69 for Paper 2 which is a 6 overall. We are waiting for the result of Paper 1 review to come back. Not sure how far this is from a grade 7, does anyone know?

Sadtimes1 · 15/09/2023 16:58

@Smoothbananagram @womblemum thank you for the info. I think I am going to have another look at the papers. DC’s is AQA English Lit.

Sadtimes1 · 15/09/2023 16:54

Sadtimes1 · 15/09/2023 00:32

How far was your DC off the next grade? We had a similar result for my DS AQA English lit 71 in one paper and 38 in the other. V unusual for DS to get such a low mark but about 9 marks off the next grade so haven’t submitted for a review.

sorry that was to @bendmeoverbackwards

SummerChilling · 15/09/2023 11:57

Hmm that’s interesting @womblemum as it’s same exam board my DD missed her G6 on but I think she’s sitting in middle of G5 so we not sure about risking the drop as well. She got G6 on Eng Lit. Both were grades lower than expected but her friend who sits next to in class failed.

womblemum · 15/09/2023 09:56

Eduqas

WaitingforThursday · 15/09/2023 09:53

womblemum · 15/09/2023 06:06

My DC was only a couple of marks off the next grade but turned out to be irrelevant as went up by more than 20 marks.

Is it too late to look at the scripts? I was fairly confident that his mark wasn’t right after doing so.

That's a huge change! Was that for English this year? Do you mind me asking which board?

Smoothbananagram · 15/09/2023 07:57

We have had loads go up now - they're coming in daily. Put in for review if there is a discrepancy.

womblemum · 15/09/2023 06:06

My DC was only a couple of marks off the next grade but turned out to be irrelevant as went up by more than 20 marks.

Is it too late to look at the scripts? I was fairly confident that his mark wasn’t right after doing so.

Sadtimes1 · 15/09/2023 00:32

How far was your DC off the next grade? We had a similar result for my DS AQA English lit 71 in one paper and 38 in the other. V unusual for DS to get such a low mark but about 9 marks off the next grade so haven’t submitted for a review.

lazysummer · 12/09/2023 23:44

Early reviews seem to come back more quickly before the rush begins. I wonder if they are also done more carefully. Good luck to those of you who are waiting.

SummerChilling · 12/09/2023 22:45

Anyone else sit the English version of WJEC English Lang? Eduqas l? my DD scores we thought were a bit odd but have now worked out one paper had a 1.5x weighted score which she was never told! Luckily that paper had a higher mark but she still missed a G6 so wondering if to get it looked at.

sep135 · 12/09/2023 22:10

Our school seems to be getting a mass review of computer science papers.

No English reviews back other than the first 10 or so that went up a grade.

History CIE reviews also not back (submitted on realised day).

Digimoor · 12/09/2023 22:04

We are still waiting for the view of the head of English
Comp Sci said they have no idea what to advise
Econ have suggested one paper remark

Lurea · 12/09/2023 22:03

we are also waiting for English literature review

lazysummer · 12/09/2023 22:02

I am interested if there are any more English results in. We are still waiting for ours.

Proudcarerr · 12/09/2023 17:18

Just received an email from my ds school saying that they want to get my ds Geography papers re marked for free. Wasn't expecting that. Very close to next grade but he's still passed.

lazysummer · 10/09/2023 23:30

I agree that the papers are inconsistent.
Good luck with the review!

bendmeoverbackwards · 10/09/2023 22:48

Thank you @lazysummer dd was AQA English so I’m very surprised at her paper 1 mark. This is the we have submitted for a review.

lazysummer · 10/09/2023 18:11

It depends on the exam board. I only know AQA, where poetry is paper 2.

bendmeoverbackwards · 10/09/2023 17:50

Thank you @lazysummer I’ve just checked, dd said she got a 4 for paper 1 and a 7 for paper 2. I presume poetry was in paper 1? Even allowing for dd being less strong in poetry, she has never got a 4 in her life!

lazysummer · 10/09/2023 14:12

You do need to be careful with literature and look at % rather than raw marks. With AQA paper 1 has 64 marks and paper 2 96.