Y11 2023/24 thread 5 - results!

Thank you!

That’s interesting that the school do it if it’s 1 or 2 marks off? Is that across all subjects?

I do wonder if some schools over predict.
My DS got a low 9 in the March English Language mock which was a paper 2 and the previous November mock got a low 6 for the paper 1.
He was predicted a 7 plus on his latest report, today he got a 7 which was what I and he was hoping to get.
In History in his last mock he got 8 overall ( but was very very close to a 9, all 3 papers done in the last mocks ), he was still predicted a 7 but the teacher had said to me at parents evening I am sure he will get higher, today he got a 9.
Other grades were 7,6,5 and 4 with all being either the same as last mocks or a bit higher.

DS did well overall and got into his preferred sixth form.

But he also was getting 8-9s on English Lit and Lang mocks and came home with a brace of 6s today. In Lang it's 2 marks off a 7. Not sure whether to get them looked at again. The school will do it if it's within 1-2 marks. This is AQA.

DS did Aqa and was expecting 7's for English language and lit but got 5's. Massive shock. He was consistently getting 6's and 7's in mocks and essays. Also a bit pissed off with the school as he requested to be put up to higher in Spanish but they basically gave him the higher paper with no notice then said he wasn't good enough, but he got 90% over all 3 foundation papers so maximum grade 5. It's only because I looked at the maths we looked at all the other grade boundaries. Loads of kids haven't got into his school sixth form when they expected to.

My comment was for this . I work in a school3 or less to the next grade boundary go for review

Wow. Your school must have more money than mine!!

I also wonder how good my Sons teachers were at marking mocks as so many had much lower grades than predictions? They are quite a young staff team

The school I work at would automatically get it remarked if they are 3 marks or less from the next grade boundary. Speak to your sch exams officer . I would at very likely !

Which subject was that? X

I posted this a couple of days ago but will put it here again now.

This happened for my DC 2 years ago. Got an 8 when a 9 was expected in one subject. We would never have bothered with a re-mark (review) as the 9 wasn't needed but the school contacted us and said they were going for a re-mark if we were happy with that. All good - it was changed to a 9 and we didn't have to pay or organise the re-mark.

Also had 1 1 away from a 9 and 1 3 away from a 9 and school advised putting them both in for remark, in case that helps any one.

Mine did well and got into sixth form but there were a couple of surprises along the way. He got a 5 in Drama, which he wasn't really bothered about but a little surprised, as he had almost full marks in the coursework. When we went to pick up results the school had already checked the paper and they'd missed off an entire 15 mark question!

We have one which is 2 away also. Idk about English lang as I don’t have details. I wasn’t going to look into it as this is English lit and dd got 7, almost an 8.

I would. We have one that is 2 away and are asking the school if it’s worth a remark, it’s also one that is irrelevant to dd. But I think it’s worth the teacher looking at the paper

Dd was predicted a 7 and got a 6 in English language. I think it was tough this year.

So true. DS was never a 7/8/9 student, but he worked really hard, and we are proud of him for that.

Would it make any difference to what they do next?

My child has met the entry requirements for their next planned steps. They have done really well as this was by no means certain!

Amongst the many stellar grades mentioned on this thread just a reminder that the average GCSE grade awarded in 2024 was 4.80 (Education Policy Institute Analysis: GCSE Results Day 2024).

Achievements look different depending on your circumstances.

They're not looking for marks; they're looking to see if the original mark was reasonable.

My advice is to ask for the scripts, and ask someone in the centre to advise you as to whether it looks likely to move.

AQA here too. Predicted 9s, got 7s.

Hi all,

My daughter is 1 mark away from a grade 6 in English Language and a grade 7 in sociology. Do you think it’s worth getting them checked? Haven’t been through this before so no idea how likely it is that they’ll find an extra mark!

thank you!

AQA here too. DD got a 5 but was getting 7 or 8 in her English language mocks of which they did four over the past year so a decent sample. No idea what happened and she's upset. It has sadly overshadowed her other grades - five subjects at an 8 and four subjects at a 7 - so the English language is an outlier.

Same here. AQA. Predicted 9. Got 6.

My DD got a level 2 distinction in health and social care which is what she wants to study at college. She only got a 3 in maths so she's got to do an extended level 2 course along side the maths re-sit instead of a level 3 course! The college said it will be very repetitive for her but won't let her do the level 3 until she gets a 4 in maths 🙃 not the end of the world but frustrating!