Y11 2023/24 thread 5 - results!

Sitting outside the school now...

@BlackBean2023 well done to your DD great set of results!

DD has done well with a string of 9s and 8s so is comfortably into 6th form. It’s a bit of a mixed picture at school, though, with some tough results and close friends not having made their conditional offers. Congratulations to all those celebrating, and thinking also of those for whom this morning brings disappointment.

Reassurance to those with young people gotten less than expected. I got the equivalent of 4s and 5s at GCSE, didn’t do great in my a-levels either but now have a 2:1 undergraduate degree and a first masters degree. Some simply don’t flourish at GCSE and that’s ok! 🙂

4's are equivalent to a C grade or standard pass aren't they? This would have been considered a brilliant result in my old school (going back a couple of decades now admittedly!)
Are kids today under pressure to get higher than 4's now if they want to go on to further education? That doesn't seem fair somehow.

Yes he gas an interview for A Levels at college, but called and spoke to them about doing a vocational course as an alternative. A couple of his friends are going to college too.

Well done to everyone's DCs just getting through this stressful year. Good luck to those waiting to see if they can move on to heir college choices.

All good here, 9s in his A level subjects so feel relieved about him moving on with those. Eng Lit lower than expected though which we might review.

Five 4s
and two btec passes here

appointment at 1 pm for college to see what happens next .

its about what we thought she would get.

praying it’s enough to get her onto the level 3

DD did amazingly including some suprise grades higher than expected but is upset over a few that were lower than expected. Nightmare over accessing the portal and got her results by phone in the end - a very stressful start. Now working out all the grade boundaries and she was very close for the main disappointments so may go for a remark.

High drama but we are so proud of her. Now off to work but out for dinner this evening.

good luck to everyone still waiting

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

Really makes you miss people doesn't it? You must be so proud of your daughter xx

Annoyed I have meetings until 10am and dd gets results at 9.30 but she’s promised to send a photo and I’ll call as soon as I’m off meetings. She’s worked so so hard I’m just really hoping it’ll show in her results. Mocks were a bit of a mix.

@DramaLlamaBangBang 4s and 5s are fine grades, just probably not for A Levels. He'll find his place yes, and should hold his head up high, but you know that, even if he doesn't, right now.

Good luck to everyone's DC's today. It barely seems 5 minutes since DS was collecting results last year. I remember the nerves well.

Just waiting to go to school for 9.30. Dd expected to do very well and she’s worked so hard, but she’s very nervous now. Just want to get these results in hand

All good passes here including 9 in A level subjects. Phew!

Results out for my DS but the little bugger won’t get up to access them. Totally understand the desire to avoid looking in case they are disappointing, but my BP is rising by the second!!

WOW - what an achievement! Well done to your DD!

Waiting for DS to get ready ... fortunate in that he has been accepted at his first choice college regardless of results and they offer English and maths resits so that's one less thing for me to keep thinking about

He's home, and grades are disappointing, worse than mocks in pretty much everything except blooming Spanish.
School are asking for Maths and English Lit remark.
Good enough for 6th form, so OK, he is fine. I'm a bit sad

Oh I'm sorry, it's hard when they think that something is the end of the world. I hope he perks back up again soon.

My DD isn't sharing her grades with friends because comparison is the thief of joy!

FUCK ME!!! STRAIGHT NINES HERE!!!!

Had to post here as I’m banned from sharing anywhere else until she’s told all the people she needs to tell

I can’t believe it. I knew she would do well but never this week.

just had a moment with a photo of my Deceased mum and grandma and sobbing like a baby alone in the house as DH is in the office today.

Sat here waiting for my ds to wake up an get sorted to go collect his results. None off us have given them a second thought since gcse finished, then I woke at half 4 this morning and can't stop thinking about them. My guess is it will be atleast lunch time before he goes so I will keep myself busy scrolling on here.

We are just about to leave for school, i've had a crap nights sleep, but i'm optimistic my son will get the grades he needs for his college course.

DS did worse than expected. He's devastated and is saying all his friends have done well and are going to sixth form apart from him. He's saying things like ' I'm so dumb I must have half a brain'. He was expecting 5's and 6's but has dropped all subjects from his mock results and has got 4's and 5's, even in subjects like English and history where he thought he did really well in the paper he's got 5's where his mocks were borderline 7. and has to resit maths. Im so upset for him as he worked so hard. He has the grades to get into college to either do A Levels or a vocational course but is upset at the moment.