To think that even for a super selective grammar school to ridicule a B grade in maths gcse.

[morry1000]

i have just got off the phone from a friend who's DD is a pupil at a super
selective school. She is expected 8As and 3Bs one of those Bs is in maths, this has led to one or two girls smirking at her or laughing at her.
Friends DD came home a few days ago very upset by the smirking and laughing. Friend rung the school up to complain she managed to speak to the deputy head, the deputy head said that friends DD was nearly 16 and should grow up and anyway a B grade in maths is a poor grade for this school.

Previously friends DD has been happy at this school and is aware of the unofficial 6th form requirements of 7As.

My friend is very upset but she does not want to damage her DDs chance of a 6th form place next year therefore is not prepared to take this any further.

I wanted to get this off my chest because friend wont because of fear for her DD.

I want to know if you think this is horrible on the part of the school.

If the Dd concerned is going to get A grades in the subjects she wants to do for A level what's the problem. I don't think the requirement for Sixth Form will be 7As, just As might be required to study the subjects, she wants to at sixth form level.

As for a B grade not being good enough, you could in theory be able to teach Maths GCSE with a B grade .

Thank you everybody. Friends DD School: Out of 120 Girls for Maths 93 got A* 26 achieved A only 3 got a B. Nobody got below a B . in fact across all GCSE subjects the school only had 11 C grades.

"Talk about pressure to succeed".

"Talk about pressure to succeed."

I'm not trying to be snarky but surely your friend knew this when she sent her child to not only a grammar school, but a super selective one!

Morry I agree with candy
This is what this school is 'about' the pressure to succeed obviously works

Morry - how do the girls know what your friend's dd is predicted? Reports should be between the school, parents and student - nobody else's business. If she's telling other girls what her grades are then maybe she needs to be a bit more careful what she says in future.

To be honest, she doesn't sound like she's in the right school. My kids go to an ordinary selective (nothing 'super' about it) and her predicted grades there would be OK (although most get a min of A in maths) but nothing to write home about.

And I'm sure there's nothing 'unofficial' about the sixth form entry requirements. These will be published by the school and 7As min sounds about par for super selectives.

Longing for Sleep. The school only requires As for the subjects that the pupil
wants to do in the Sixth Form. My friends DD has no intention of doing A level Maths . she would like to do:

English/Chemistry Politics/ Latin next year.

Well then there is no problem is there?
Or am I missing something?

All schools have set selection criteria for sixth form. These have to be applied to internal and external candidates alike. I would be very surprised if a super selective only required 4 As, ie in the subjects being taken to AS. Our selective requires 7 Bs but As are required in harder subjects like Maths and Chemistry. Our nearest super selective requires a minimum of 7 As.