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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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bendmeoverbackwards · 09/09/2023 18:00

Did yours change @RayonSunrise ?

RayonSunrise · 09/09/2023 14:46

Ours came very quickly - we submitted on Aug 29th and the result came a week later.

bendmeoverbackwards · 08/09/2023 18:13

How long are people typically waiting for results of a review? We submitted ours on 28th August and no results yet.

bendmeoverbackwards · 08/09/2023 00:09

@Hmmph what happens now with his grade?

Ive just checked DD’s marks for her 2 lit papers, one scored 69 and the other 27. We have submitted the lower one for a review.

MrsHamlet · 07/09/2023 13:00

Just got my child's paper back to look at because he had a very different mark in one paper compared to the two other papers for the subject and there is a whole 15 marker that hasn't been marked/ been given 0.
This should have been picked up by the centre. We can see question marks on results day.

Doobrah · 06/09/2023 23:45

This is the year the gov. mandated a return to pre pandemic grade distribution. This means that students will have to fit into set percentages of grades in line with 2019 to maintain standards. Of course this is disingenuous as the marks needed each year for a certain grade vary according to the difficulty of exam questions and the numbers of students gaining higher marks - if lots of students got 8s this year, to achieve the % from 2019, students at the lower end of the grade 8 boundary may have been pushed into 7s, and so on. This is the inherent unfairness of our exam system - a grade is not always representative of the skill required to achieve it if lots of bright students ‘ace’ a paper one year. The more students gain higher grades the more the boundaries shift upwards as well to maintain the grade distribution from year to year.

OvaHere · 06/09/2023 23:13

Hmmph · 06/09/2023 22:32

Just got my child's paper back to look at because he had a very different mark in one paper compared to the two other papers for the subject and there is a whole 15 marker that hasn't been marked/ been given 0.

It's so sad and unfair that this can happen. Children deserve to have their exams properly marked after all their hard work.

At least you've spotted it now. Really not good though. Harsh marking is one thing but no marking at all...🙁

Hmmph · 06/09/2023 22:32

Just got my child's paper back to look at because he had a very different mark in one paper compared to the two other papers for the subject and there is a whole 15 marker that hasn't been marked/ been given 0.

It's so sad and unfair that this can happen. Children deserve to have their exams properly marked after all their hard work.

VanillaSugar2023 · 06/09/2023 22:02

I’m glad you got it sorted.

MrsHamlet · 06/09/2023 21:33

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 21:30

No, written.

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Weird!

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 21:30

MrsHamlet · 06/09/2023 21:29

Was it typed?

No, written.

MrsHamlet · 06/09/2023 21:29

Was it typed?

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 21:28

VanillaSugar2023 · 06/09/2023 21:23

Which questions were these, please? Written exam questions or the coursework?

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Exam questions.

VanillaSugar2023 · 06/09/2023 21:23

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 17:24

Two questions hadn't been scored at all - they were just given 0 for no reason.

Which questions were these, please? Written exam questions or the coursework?

OvaHere · 06/09/2023 17:28

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 17:24

Two questions hadn't been scored at all - they were just given 0 for no reason.

That's really bad. Very happy for your DC but that shouldn't be happening.

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 17:24

Two questions hadn't been scored at all - they were just given 0 for no reason.

OvaHere · 06/09/2023 17:20

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 16:35

Just heard my DC's Eng Lit is going up from a 5 to an 8. (Edexcel). 🥳

Wow! Any explanation of the disparity?

WaitingforThursday · 06/09/2023 17:20

Congratulations to your DC! That is a crazy jump, really knocks your confidence in the marking.

plumbgood · 06/09/2023 16:35

Just heard my DC's Eng Lit is going up from a 5 to an 8. (Edexcel). 🥳

Smoothbananagram · 06/09/2023 06:46

So far there have been a couple up in Drama at my school, in addition to our English rises. In English we usually have by far the most changes, to the point where it's become a school joke that there's no point asking the department about results until 3 weeks into September. I have a distinct sense of humour failure here.

WaitingforThursday · 05/09/2023 21:42

Those of you who are teachers, does English seem to have more marks changing on review than other subjects? I can see that subjects like maths have less room for judgement, but what about other essay subjects like history?

MrsHamlet · 05/09/2023 21:30

The deadlines are all the same but schools have to be able to process things in an effective way. A lot will depend on staffing.

Millie13 · 05/09/2023 21:15

At my school to access the scripts you have to pay for each individual paper to view it. It is not free at all. Then obviously another payment for review /remark of each separate paper. Deadline for all reviews is 18th September. It's bizarre how deadlines are different across schools. Should be the same rules for all really.

Digimoor · 05/09/2023 21:10

Millie13 · 05/09/2023 20:45

How is everyone able to access their scripts and obtain reviews so quickly ? . My school (top grammar ) did not allow any access to scripts / reviews till the booking form at school opened on 4th of September. I feel this is so unfair as I have lost possible marking time.

We were able to apply for free copies of scripts with a deadline of 30 Aug. The school's deadline for Review of Result is 26 Sept.
I'm still debating whether or not to pay for the reviews - school haven't given any guidance so far

MrsHamlet · 05/09/2023 20:58

@Millie13 up to 20 days as far as I recall. In my experience, it's much quicker than that.