Y11 2023/24 thread 5 - results!

I guess that wasn't as clear as I intended. He can read what he likes regardless of grade. It's just that DS and I were hoping for an adjustment upward (he was two points off a 7), because DS quite likes English, has historically done well in it, was a little disappointed by his grade, and is an avid reader (mainly of scifi/fantasy). After seeing the test and how it was graded, I feel more confused and frustrated than I did during his primary SATs and because of that, my instinct is to shrug my shoulders and move on.

Why can’t he continue to read them if he gets a seven?

Just got DS's two AQA English Language papers back.

I see the marks "high level" interspersed with "low level" and the longer I look, the more baffled I become. I am going to ask politely if one of DS's English teachers will quickly glance over the papers. I worked as a proofreader and am currently an author, so I'm not clueless, but I find the marking scheme esoteric as hell.

If DS stays at a 6 then I'm just going to shrug and let him continue to read the science fiction and fantasy novels he enjoys.

Can the people whose reviews resulted in no change also report back - because otherwise am feeling like it is a let down not to go for review!

@Panic71 my daughter’s CIE English lang was reviewed and went up 11 marks. She was 4 off a 9 and now is a very strong 9. Wondering how many English papers are wrongly marked. One of her questions went from 6/10 to 9/10. Very glad you also had the scripts reviewed.

It depends on the board - mine are pretty instantly accessible once the formal request is in.

The timescale from request to report is twenty days but it's rarely, if ever, that long.

It sounds like she's not up for doing it, to be honest. A lot of people won't be.

@mrshamlet thank you , I absolutely understand it is not her job but I did hope she might offer - I think I will gently push back on the ‘weeks’ then , I didn’t really think that could be true looking at the number of posts on here where teachers have already reviewed them and they’ve got their remarks back!

It's not actually her job to review papers - I do it because a) I enjoy it b) I'm an expert so I'm fast and c) I expect to be cut some slack to do it.

I can't, however, see that it will take weeks to get the scripts. In most cases, it's a download.

DS was 2 marks away from an 8 in FE , I emailed the teacher to ask it was worth reviewing and she’s just replied to say she can request the papers but it will take weeks so I can pay for a review if I want to now , it’s up to me. I expected her to review the papers first or AIBU to expect her to do that?

Well that depends on your definition. None of the 3 will get anywhere so at least I saved their parents £40 each.

"I was x marks off a whatever" doesn't mean the mark was wrong. In these cases, it means they were x marks off a whatever.

It’s kind of ridiculous that it’s necessary isn’t it!
I’ll adjust my expectations to hear next week then. What a system!

I've just done some checking and I think that you'll probably have to ask the centre to download the reviewed script and send it to you - it's not sent automatically.

That's if you want to see it.

Sorry - can't remember who I'm suggesting this to now. It's been a long day!!

Well it's good that the grade has gone up but that's also terrible processing. Congratulations to your DC. 😀
School have looked at DD's English language script and feel that it has been harshly marked and want to submit for a review. So who knows?

Yes!

We only started back today. I've looked at 3 today, around the rest of my job!

It was Language.
His Paper 2 mark was the same. Paper 1 had 12 marks missing

Can I ask was this Language or Lit ?

I've asked for DS Eng Lang script back as 1mark off next grade but not received anything yet (as he's not staying at the school he may not be a priority)

Yes! And back today

Thank you! No idea - I saw the AQA review pop up on my email and just wanted to share - I need to now unpick!

Wow, that's a big difference! Congratulations! How long did the mark review take? Did you request it on results day?

Yes I’d think so as it must take hours! Unpaid too

I’ll certainly ask his teacher
I’ve asked her to review his Literature before sending it off as there are now 3 grades difference between them which whilst not impossible seems unlikely? @MrsHamlet not sure what you think but certainly worth downloading and having a look?

Amazing but again, awful this can happen in the first place !!

Hers will be low priority as it’s not a grade needed to access a course or anything, I imagine they focus on the pass grades first ?

Realistically, when would you expect a teacher to reasonably be able to look at a script? I’m guessing by the end of this week dd should have heard back about whether they think it’s worth a review?