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Y11 2025/26 The Final Stretch

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UncomfortableSilence · 16/04/2026 15:07

New thread to see our wonderful DC through their exams and onwards.

Come and join for chat, support and solidarity.

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Crispsandwich25 · 14/05/2026 12:11

DD also did Edexcel higher and hoping to do A level maths. It went “Ok” but she couldn’t do 2 of them. Hoping she can still get an 8.

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/05/2026 12:07

@Stowickthevast I’ve been reminding DD of that too, this isn’t about the last few months of revision you’ve been learning this for years and it’s all in there.

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UncomfortableSilence · 14/05/2026 12:05

DD left me hanging while she went to get food but has finally text and Edexcel Higher, all good. One funky question on Histograms and the last circle theorem question she couldn’t remember it off by heart but said she worked it out. Hoping to do Maths A Level so fingers crossed.

Keeping everything crossed for all your DCs, I think we’ll need another thread soon!

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cherrywhite · 14/05/2026 11:59

AQA higher paper maths feedback..... "mid"

JustOneMoreMargarita · 14/05/2026 11:54

The waiting to find out is hard… DD is unlikely to message until after school as the phones have to stay in the pouches. Definitely need to chill

Callmejudith · 14/05/2026 11:33

TheGodWorm · 14/05/2026 11:12

These past 2 hours have been looooong

Sooooo long. I need to chill out.

Stowickthevast · 14/05/2026 11:14

DD did AQA and is quite optimistic, 2 hard questions but the rest was ok.

Tebheag · 14/05/2026 11:14

DD messaged Maths higher aqa went OK bit annoyed as missed one 4 mark question as forgot to look it up last night even though she told me she had hopefully still hit couple of marks. Currently being questioned by mates what answers she put down!

MabelsBeats · 14/05/2026 11:13

DD’s was AQA.

TheGodWorm · 14/05/2026 11:12

These past 2 hours have been looooong

Beachforever · 14/05/2026 11:10

DD just called to say edexcel higher maths was a good paper. She feels she did really well and had 30 mins to check all her answers.

Caddycat · 14/05/2026 11:10

TheGodWorm · 14/05/2026 11:09

That's good. My DS is also Edexcel, but iGCSE. I don't know if there's also a GCSE version. Still waiting on him messaging

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Ours is GCSE, not iGCSE. I hope he messages soon, the wait is awful...

TheGodWorm · 14/05/2026 11:09

Caddycat · 14/05/2026 11:05

DD just called to say Edexcel higher went well, 2 questions she didn't get to the answer but thinks she got some marks due to the workings but the rest was very good and she even managed to do all of the "9" questions, so she was pleased.

@myladyjane we had a laugh on sunday with DD and younger DD about her use of "foreshadowing", so your DD's comment made me laugh...

That's good. My DS is also Edexcel, but iGCSE. I don't know if there's also a GCSE version. Still waiting on him messaging

Caddycat · 14/05/2026 11:05

DD just called to say Edexcel higher went well, 2 questions she didn't get to the answer but thinks she got some marks due to the workings but the rest was very good and she even managed to do all of the "9" questions, so she was pleased.

@myladyjane we had a laugh on sunday with DD and younger DD about her use of "foreshadowing", so your DD's comment made me laugh...

MabelsBeats · 14/05/2026 11:05

DD found maths ok, apart from the last question (four marker on surds I think she said?).

larkandowl · 14/05/2026 10:54

Joining this chat today - thanks for starting it.

Bit late to the party but my DD found the iGCSE (triple science) Edexcel Biology paper ridiculously hard on Tues; think their student friends thought the same.

And that is her strongest subject regularly scoring in the mid 90s (including in the mocks). So that was a real downer. But I've today heard someone say that the grade boundaries for a lot of the exams were very high last year so maybe they're trying to adjust grade boundaries downwards [clutching at straws...].

Maths iGCSE today. Good luck to anyone else sitting exams today.

TheBeatlesWhoarethey · 14/05/2026 10:53

myladyjane · 14/05/2026 08:36

@clary I did just remind dd1 of this so thank you. A 6 would be great, a 7 amazing for her. Bless her heart she really doesn’t like maths at all but is signed up to do core maths in 6th form to help with the bio a level which I think is properly mature of her. Irony is she’s fine at it, she just clashed a lot with her teacher and lost confidence

dd2 had another wig out which doesn’t bode well.

dd1 just messaged me - she’s just had to step over some roadkill on her way to school and has decided this is foreshadowing of her doom. It’s not bloody English lit child. She is at least happy her hair looks great today so that’s a relief……

@clary your roadkill comment had me laughing!

childoftkty · 14/05/2026 10:48

Edexcel higher maths was apparently Good. But this is from the only child who thought AQA combined biology higher was amazing so not sure it’s a reliable indication.

Callmejudith · 14/05/2026 10:47

Caddycat · 14/05/2026 10:41

haha, I was about to say, Reddit is starting to get busy. It's 50/50 complete disaster/way too easy...

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Oh gawwwdddd

Caddycat · 14/05/2026 10:41

Callmejudith · 14/05/2026 10:36

I think our timetable is wrong just to make them be on time - it says beginning at 8.15. I will stop refreshing Reddit

haha, I was about to say, Reddit is starting to get busy. It's 50/50 complete disaster/way too easy...

Callmejudith · 14/05/2026 10:36

I think our timetable is wrong just to make them be on time - it says beginning at 8.15. I will stop refreshing Reddit

Caddycat · 14/05/2026 10:32

Callmejudith · 14/05/2026 10:23

@cherrywhite post exam sweets sounds great!

They must be out by now???

DD started at 9.15, so finishes at 10.45.

Callmejudith · 14/05/2026 10:23

@cherrywhite post exam sweets sounds great!

They must be out by now???

Caddycat · 14/05/2026 10:20

I'm waiting too @36and3 although at home. First thing DD does is to message me how it went. I realised in my panic late last night I said she was doing AQA maths, but she's doing Edexcel. All the other exams are AQA except this one. I wonder why...

36and3 · 14/05/2026 10:15

I’m waiting impatiently for dd to come over post maths. We’re at the same school so she’s been coming to see me after each exam. I can tell straight away by how she approaches: slow walk or skip!