Y11 2023/24 thread 5 - results!

Not very. Request the scripts and ask the school to check for any obvious errors.

It’s the curve balls that gcse throw, trying to work out what bests to say to my niece who has maintained 6/7/8 all through mocks and predicted grades who got one grade 9 and seven grades in the 3/2/1 range. Never mind her A level are off the table she has a few weeks to decide what’s next. She has suffered from anxiety since her dad became seriously ill in year seven but no one was expecting her to be this heavily impacted by anxiety. Her class teacher has phoned my sister devastated for her and offered to write her letters of support.

Yes not good. Retakes possible if normally good at maths ?

It is tough, and all media focuses on those who got 9s across the board! This is a step to the next stage and if this step has been tripped on they are young enough to find an alternative route.

Amazing!!!!

Not great here...only passed 4. Failed maths which was not expected. Passed English. College courses now all up in the air. DC did not work hard enough and that has become very clear today...tough though when contemporaries did well and are celebrating.

DC1 got a lower mark on English language than expected in 2019. This was reviewed and she went up by four marks (!) and I to the next grade up.

Only a select few - we humble teachers have to wait till 0800.

Some amazing results so, overall, very happy!

Sorry missed the post above

Does anyone know how likely it is to find 1 mark on an English paper? DS is one mark off the next grade in both Lit and Lang.

Just putting this here in case anyone else getting worried about everyone enrolling etc right now. I’ve double/triple checked and DD doesn’t have to do anything until her individual enrollment appointment next week. So if you are also wondering if you’ve missed some bit of admin, it clearly varies!

We had a letter with the grades from the school exams officer saying
"there is a potential problem with the marking" of one of the Religious Studies paper.

So the grade given is subject to change. They would let us know when they find out more but I am confused as to what this could be about.

Depends on their enrolment policy. Ours you had to apply in January this year, offer emails sent out February then on results day, we had till 1pm to fill out a second application, add a personal statement, the name of two teachers to provide a reference, proof of your results and a copy of your behaviour report and now we have to wait while they allocated places to all applicants

Definitely phone and check

School have stated review, that was my mistake, and they are paying for both maths and English Lit

Yes I’d definitely email the school

A pass in the English speech.

DD did well overall. Better than her mocks mostly but not by much. She thought she'd really messed up English lit, a hoped for A-level subject, so it was a very pleasant surprise to see she'd done much better than she'd thought (and will now do it for A-level). A couple of disappointing results though which took the shine off for her a bit. Drama much lower than expected and she did really well in chemistry but worse than expected in physics (it's always been the other way round!). I'm so relieved we're through it.

DD was so nervous she didn't want to open her envelope until she got home, which means she didn't sign up for the sixth form while she was there. Is this a problem? It's the sixth form of her currant school and she got the grades needed.
I should email the sixth form head and explain/ask shouldn't I.

You can but might have to pay for it.

I wish they woud go back to the letter grading system. Ds got 8 in English Lit and is upset he didn't get a 9. He's not seeing he got actually got an A* . Why do we have 9 grade anyway, get rid of it, too much pressure on kids.

A couple of posts here are talking about remarks.

There's no longer any such thing. It's a review of marking where the marked scripts are looked at to check whether the marking was reasonable: we are not looking for more marks.

A mark one below a boundary is highly unlikely to go up by one to lift the candidate over because of the rules about reviewing.

I strongly recommend seeing scripts first and getting them checked by someone who understands the mark scheme - reviews are expensive, and marks can and do go down as well as up.

Also, if marks change but grades don't, you still have to pay.

Just got back from enrolment at college from the girl who said no wanted to be I dependent she wanted me there in the end and it was a long process. And chuffed to bits for her as on a higher course than we thought and she passed her English Language with a 5! And English Literature with a 4! A 3 for maths but considering we were expecting 1’s and 2’s for all she has done great.

Pass :)

I assume this is English language. It's the spoken bit.

Whoop!!!!!!!!

Can it come back with a lower mark on a remark? And does it affect the final grade?