Y10 mocks

We set two thirds of a paper - so it's impossible to grade accurately and fairly useless to predict from.

The important thing is not the mark but the feedback.

Agree with @noblegiraffe as so often.

We cannot really say what the mocks mean. It is likely be that the school has set a GCSE-style exam using the elements covered so far (so two books in Eng lit, half the topics in Spanish) and then marked it with GCSE grade boundaries.

It's tricky tho as there is much work still to do. My subject is MFL and at this stage it is not easy to set a mock that gives a truly reliable indication. I would certainly expect an MFL grade that was assessed in year 10 as I describe to improve – simply bc during the next 10 months more grammar will be secure, more vocab will be learned, more structures will be known and used in written and spoken exams. But of course this will only happen with continued effort. And it might not be as simple in more topic-based subjects – your ability to analyse Eng lit will not necessarily improve when you study further texts (though it should).

Those are solid strong grades and if she improves a grade or two she could be looking at 77666555 or even more. A tutor should help tho is not essential; what will (definitely) help is targeted and careful revision in a way that works for her. Search GCSE revision on this board for lots of ideas.

It depends on what those results mean.

At my school we would use the mock result to predict a GCSE grade for Y11, we wouldn't give a grade to the mock itself. This prediction is obviously going to be affected by how the pupil works in Y11, but should give you a ballpark estimate.

Some schools give a grade to the mock - i.e. 'currently working at a grade 5' in which case you would expect to see an improvement of a grade or two over the next year.

Either way, there is always room to improve - a prediction is not a promise.
There's also potential to go down grades if effort is not applied!