Y11 2023/24 thread 5 - results!

I didn’t even think of it the other way as in downwards 🤣 but exactly, how can you ask for something you don’t know if it’s worth asking for because the information needed to make that decision isn’t available🙄.

I know his food and nutrition was 3 marks away from a B and he’s always been good at that so I will definitely look into that one,

Im going to ask one of the heads on Tuesday if they have something like you described with the column, etc

That's crazy @hoxtonbabe how is anyone supposed to know if a review is worth it, if they can't see how close the marks are. It could be close to the next grade down and a review could be bad news!

Thank you for the information.

My son got his sent via his school email it literally just says the subject and grade nothing more… the school sent a generic letter setting out to contact the head of year etc if you want to recheck/remark but it would be good to have something like what you had with the columns etc.

I guess I will have to pester them
on Tuesday.

At DS' school the speaking element wasn't an exam. They did it in class with no prep in year 9.

I can't remember if the school did. I do remember my DC talking about it, practising for it, and having a good moan about it 😂

@posieandperkin a simple search shows this Year 10 2024/2025 - come and join! www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/5145504-year-10-20242025-come-and-join

Does anyone know if there's a support thread like this one for students just about to enter Yr 10?

As a parent, I received zero communication from the school about the speaking exam. I would have liked to have known it will be on her result slip, and I assume her certificate.

Do other schools communicate to parents about the speaking exam?

Based on our experience I would always recommend a review for any obvious outliers/anomalies - my dd got all 8s/9s except English language which was a 5. Her teacher thought it looked odd and the school sent the script off for a review. It turned out that an entire question had not been marked and her grade went up to a 7.

By May 15th or 5th. One of those.

And the candidate should actually get all NEA marks before that in order to comply with the requirement for centres to allow candidates to ask for them to be reviewed if they believe that the proper process hasn't been followed.

@MrsHamlet roughly when do the results go to the board?

From the Education Data Lab

The pass rate in English and maths is down… but only if you include entries from older pupils
If we look at entries from all students in England, there is a fall in the proportion of entries grades 4 or above in both English language and maths. In English language, the rate is down from 64.2% to 61.6%, and in maths from 61.0% to 59.6%.
This might seem alarming at first glance, but the large fall in English language rates is largely driven by an increase in resits (of which more below). The rates for 16 year olds are much more similar to last year: 71.6% vs 71.2% in English language and 72.3% vs 72% in maths. For entries from pupils aged 17 and older, the proportion achieving a grade 4 or above has dropped fairly dramatically in English language: from 25.9% last year to 20.9% this year.

Before the marks go to the board, provisionally. Then on the results slip.

@HammerTimeNC
Nah ignore me! It was definitely in year 10 and they get pass, merit or distinction.

@hoxtonbabe it should be on the sheet you got from school. Ours had columns - exam board, subject, grade, mark.

You can look up the grade boundaries and see how close to the next grade boundary the mark was.

For example a student could get a 6, the mark could be 125 and the grade boundary could mean that 126 is a 7. So the student was one mark off a 7.

I didn't know that the English Lang oral result will be on the results slip.

DD just finished Y10 and told me the oral doesn't count towards the grade and everyone passes if they turn up!

When will we find out if she got a Pass, Merit or Distinction? On results day or at some point during Year 11?

Been so interesting to read about English language DS got a 5 and this was his lowest mark we still so proud of this but seems low compared to mocks and his English literature was a 9. He’s into creative writing but apparently not any more !!!

hope everyone got what they need for their next step

Nephew got phenomenal results.. 11 GCSE mainly 9s and a couple of 8s. Very proud of him he worked hard and deserves it

My Ukranian guest did 7 GCSEs and got a 5 in English, 8 in maths and chemistry 7 in art and a mix of 3s and 4s for the others Astounding for someone who barely spoke English 2 years ago

Proud aunt and hostess here.. been doling out chocolates and £20 notes 😂

Late coming to this thread as we were on holiday right until the results morning and came back into the chaos of building work at home.

DS had a few minor disappointments but also a few pleasant surprises. Overall he did very well and can do the A levels he planned to at his current school's sixth form (unless he changes his mind, he found narrowing his options for A levels very tricky and has never been sure of his choices).

Well done to all our young people, whatever the outcomes, may they find the paths forward in which they will flourish. And to parents

Ours don't do anything until term starts, unless it is essential for an outside placement

Did anyone get lower than expected in AQA Religious Studies? Lots got a band lower than expected at DS school.

There is a thread on Chat re results saying 3.5 for combined science if anyone wants to help out on is it a pass or a fai www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5149076-science-gcse?reply=137754440l.

Hi All,

how do you know or find out how much from the boundary they were? Can i request remarking on anything that seem a bit out there ( like his food and nutrition)

They emailed my DS his grades and some were to be expected and others were a bit 😳 for example he was always on target for 7-8 for food nutrition but got a 5 and was apparently 3 points away from a 6. Bizarrely he was predicted D for mandarin but got B. He got a 7 in English Literature but 6 in language when consistently he was predicted 7-8 for both.

Teachers are on holiday and the exams office is probably part time and prioritising A level.

Is anyone elses school just not interested in remarks? I think its because theres about 300 of them, dd eng lang was 2 away from 8 and re 3 away so would like to review, but no one is replying