GCSE English Lit and Language review of marking

Completely agree. We had the bizarre situation where DS picked up his results on his 16th birthday. They were a good set of results, but there was one he was particularly disappointed with and he had five where he was within a point or two of the higher grade so we were putting in reviews. It meant that everything felt very up in the air. We ended up with three upgrades (including the one he was particularly disappointed with) and it would have been nice to have those grades on the day itself.

Same. We weren’t able to celebrate an otherwise great set of GCSE results because DC was under-marked by half of a grade and (temporarily) left their old school, whilst awaiting the re-mark. If they had been marked correctly in the first place, it would have been big celebrations on the day. I feel like they’ve stolen that from my DC (a bit dramatic, I know.)

My daughter had paper 2 reviewed. The school have submitted a complaint. We requested paper 1 to see if she could scrape an additional 2 marks to get the 7 but her teacher felt that one was fairly marked.

And another AQA review, DT, went up three marks and grade changed.

Well quite
While Ds's mates celebrated (mostly) we were in a big queue at his new (hopefully) college seeing if they would take him on his English result when he was 1 mark off what was required. They did but it was 2 hours of stress we didn't need.
1 week later and 8 marks increase - good news but his GCSE results experience could and should have been very different and he could have been scrambling for a college place as the remark result came the day before he started college

Another AQA review of marking here (PE) and went up 2 marks and grade change. We were sent the comments on the 2 missed marks and they corresponded with what I thought looked like good answers (although no mark scheme to check against), so it was certainly worth doing.

Doesn’t seem right that these marks aren’t correct in the first place. These kids should be celebrating on results day, not weeks later after a costly review! Imagine all the ones that don’t get reviewed!

Great news! But a disgrace all the same... Did you request a review of both papers? I'm interested to know which one you put through if the school recommended just the one?

Oh wow! Good news 🎉

Yes because we have to "write" on it when marks are changed.

Daughter was predicted a strong 7 / low 8 for her English lit (AQA) Came out with a 5 - 1 point off a 6.

she was genuinely mortified. Had never dropped that low over the 2 years of study. Her teacher immediately emailed us suggesting we asked for a review. We did and the assessor had missed 14 marks off her paper! She went up to being just a couple of marks off a 7.

In my school, the exams officer doesn't download the new paper- I think that's the problem!

Thank you. I don't understand the lack of detail received on a review; they aren't cheap!

Reviewers have to write a comment for every changed mark.

They may also comment on questions where marks do not change.

I assume the exams officer downloads the "new" paper in the same way as the "old" one.

DC said they haven’t seen where they gained the extra mark. I don’t know if they will do or not?

Just had paper 2 AQA back and it went up one mark so DC went from an 8 to a 9. This is after paper 1 (which had the lower score) was reviewed and stayed the same. I guess it shows you just never know…
Anyway, like others on here, DC seems to be a bit non plussed by it all and has already moved on (more worried about university entry already!)

I am pleased to hear so many have increased grades following a review of marking. I am curious about the feedback you have received. My students are being given very little detail other than the total mark before and after (usually unchanged). Have others been sent the paper with comments/ the changes on each question etc? Either AQA offer very little for the £43 they charge, or my school exam officer is not giving parents (or teachers) the full picture. Either way, as an English teacher trying to support the students, and understand where marks have been lost or gained, it's frustrating.

OCR Computer Science review received yesterday having only been submitted on 12th September, The review noted that the mark scheme was not applied correctly for five answers.

Needed 2 extra marks in total to go up to the next grade, 3 extra marks awarded but 2 then deducted so no change to overall grade.

DS’s AQA history was sent start of last week and came back later on Thursday, no change. We are waiting for biology which was sent on Friday.

We sent ours off on 11th. Not heard anything back yet.

It was AQA

We’re still waiting for AQA Eng Lang here. Edexcel maths back and he was awarded 2 extra marks so has gone up from 6 to a 7.

Ohh congrats 🎉

Which exam board? We are waiting on Pearson Edexcel, although not one am really thinking about…

Not English, but we sent our History for a review last Friday and just got back today with the grade bumped from 8 to a 9. Needed 2 marks, got 3

If DC keen, school want to do it/ paying and close to border seems worth it (has been my thinking!)