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Early maths Gcse

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Phoenix4725 · 27/02/2010 16:13

Ds is academic and he is starting new school next week after move and they talked about him doing his maths in Y9 anyone any experiance of this ,his last working towards was 7.6 end Y7

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chocices · 28/02/2010 09:28

My dn took her gcse maths exam a year early expecting to get A and the early class all got A. The school then made them retake the maths exam this November when to ensure they got A.

I personally felt this was too much pressure, and meant they were worrying about this exam, when it should of been behind them enabling them to focus on any weaker subjects.

bloss · 28/02/2010 07:00

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Phoenix4725 · 28/02/2010 05:11

thank you will ask .yes in maths ds is pretty much figured to get A* even sat early , he just finds can manuiplate numbers very easy.But will talk to the head of maths asap

Intresting becuase know ds school they are starting modules in year 9 chossing rest of options now in y8 mind not that ds is complaing becuase means he can drop French and art becuase in that at least takes after his mum
and know plan is for fair few take the exams Y10 so not sure what they do year11

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mnistooaddictive · 27/02/2010 19:45

It iv one of ,those, issued in Maths Education. More and more school are going for early entry but unless they get an A* it can be a mistake. They may mean start the modules in year 9 which can be successful. I would ring the school and ask for the head of Maths and ask for more info. If it is early entry you don't have to agree. He could be put in another set as long as it won't be too much of a compromise.

MmeBlueberry · 27/02/2010 19:36

Is the maths course a modular one? If so, then it may be a case of doing some of the modules in Year 9 and finishing the course in Year 10.

I wouldn't recommend it unless they were guaranteed an A. They need to have at least 7A at GCSE to get into a top course at a top university.

However, if the school is putting all their top set in for the exam early, then there is little you can do but go along with this. I think they are thinking about their own marketing rather than the needs of their students though.

goinggetstough · 27/02/2010 19:09

No problem taking the exam early but never sure personally whether it is a good idea unless the student is definitely going to get an A* as many universities look closely at GCSE grades. Plus what Maths do they then do in yr 10/11. Do they do additional maths GCSE and/or start AS maths early? If not then it might be difficult to start again AS maths in the sixth form if your son wanted to continue it.