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GCSE review advice please

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HebeJeeby · 25/08/2023 18:19

Hi, DD is one mark off a grade 7 in her maths GCSE. We are going to have it reviewed and wonder if we should do it one exam at a time rather than getting all 3 papers looked at. The reason being we don’t want to risk her losing marks on one paper and gaining on another for example, which might then negate any possible increase in marks. Does anyone have any advice please?

I was thinking of asking for all the papers back to review and then being tactical about asking which paper to be marked, if it is believed that there are more marks up for grabs.

i’d be grateful for any advice. I do appreciate it is harder to find spare marks in maths than the essay based exams but we feel it is worth a go. I’d be very happy to hear any personal experiences of getting maths reviewed (good or bad - preferably good 😄) and marks being increased. Many thanks.

OP posts:
HebeJeeby · 25/08/2023 18:49

Thank you, we will request the papers back first and take it from there.

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MrsHamlet · 25/08/2023 18:27

Ask for the scripts back first.
Get someone who knows the spec and the standard to look at them all.
Then decide.

There are no "marks up for grabs". If the marks awarded are fair, they stick. And marks can and do also go down.