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Target GCSE grades - please make me understand

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loveyorkshiredales · 22/01/2025 18:24

DD in Y8 , received this target and forecast grades, Please make me understand target and forecast. Do they look okay ? DD wants to be able to get into the topmost universities. My education is not from UK, so trying to make a sense of it. Parents meeting is not until next month.

Target GCSE grades - please make me understand
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LIZS · 22/01/2025 18:32

Good grades, Target probably based on SATS, forecast on ongoing tests and classwork. There might be a few subjects where dc is underperforming but it is early to be unduly concerned.

noblegiraffe · 22/01/2025 18:29

In normal language those are mostly As and A*s. A 6 is more like a B.

Charbel · 22/01/2025 18:29

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cansu · 22/01/2025 18:28

To be honest setting any kind of targets in y8 for gcse is a bit pointless.

MrsHamlet · 22/01/2025 18:25

There are only 9 grades, so yes, they are very much okay