To think that for any parents who use this site and have DCs who will only achieve C and D grades it must be soul destroying.

[smokepole]

Fortunately my three DC will ( probably all go to university with good GCSE and A level results) . However, the vast majority of kids and surely many parents on here have children , who will not achieve 'great results'. The parents must feel that they as well as their children have failed. The 'constant' discussions on Oxbridge/ RG universities must make these parents feel like they are living in a parallel universe. The vast majority of kids will not go to either of these institutions , 'modest' or normal universities are continually disregarded on Mumsnet ,( though for many kids, even these universities are unattainable).

I just want to send some support out to those parents and their DC. I want to let them know that despite 'average' results , they can still achieve great things , with or without great exam results.

Erm, re-read your op

The school gets exactly 0% AAB at A level . 3Bs or (1A) is an exceptional achievement from a girl who failed her 11+ massively .

I'm not doubting or knocking your daughter's achievement, I was holding a mirror up to your own behaviour and demonstrate how patronisng it is when you console someone whose children you consider to have 'average achievements' which you arbitrarily decided a C or D is, in contrast to what you described as your high achieving children.

Why not start a thread championing new apprenticeships, or a call for the old graduate schemes then OP? Much better use of peoples time to be learning in work, that building up 27k worth of debt.