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AQA GCSE English reviews

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WhereAreWeNow · 23/08/2024 13:46

Quite a few of us in the big GCSE results thread are looking at getting AQA English reviewed.

Starting a new thread in case anyone wants to share updates about the review process or have a bit of a moan about AQA!

DD got 8s and 9s in mocks and all classwork. She's an avid reader and writer and she knew the texts inside out. She felt the exams went well. But she got a 6 in Lang and a 5 in Lit. School is definitely asking for Lang to be reviewed.

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Toucan2 · 23/08/2024 14:59

Does anyone have any idea of how likely it is for a review to result in a change of grade? My daughter has been one mark off a 7 in two subjects, this Eng lang paper being one. Is it very common for it to go up?

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WhereAreWeNow · 23/08/2024 14:46

Interesting that you've had similar experience with Edexecel @Gandalfsdaughter and @OhNoBumblesStolenAToy

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Stylinson · 23/08/2024 14:41

Daughter thought she’d done well on AQA English Language. Got a 5 - one mark off a 6. School are requesting a review.

MysticCatLady · 23/08/2024 14:33

Predicted 9s and got 7s yesterday, DD is gutted and we've asked for the English literature papers back to look at. If the teachers think it's worth submitting for review, I think I'll ask for both literature and language to be looked at.

Gandalfsdaughter · 23/08/2024 14:28

Edexcel Lit surprise mark for my dd.
Mocks were 8/9 and she came out of the exam feeling positive. She got a 6 and felt gutted yesterday.

Evvyjb · 23/08/2024 14:19

Lang does seem to have some real surprises this year...

postitnot · 23/08/2024 14:17

DD missed an 8 by one mark in language. Its not something she's doing at A level so I'm wondering if it's anything to worry about? They have to draw a line somewhere...

I've requested the paper from school but obviously I have no clue if it's been reasonably marked- waiting for her English teacher to feed back to me but I think he might be away on holiday so might have to wait til term starts again.

parietal · 23/08/2024 14:16

My DD also did much worse than expected in AQA English and we are requesting a remark.

OhNoBumblesStolenAToy · 23/08/2024 14:09

Ah, we're getting an English Lit review but ours was edexcel. Do you mind if I tag along?

My DS got a 3 and was 3 marks away from a 4. Very unexpected, was predicted a 7, got a 6 in mocks. Came out of the exams telling his teacher that he thought it had gone really well!!

DramaLlamaBangBang · 23/08/2024 14:03

Following. Also asking for a review of Lang.

Scattery · 23/08/2024 14:01

In a similar boat here, going to ask for a review in Lang.