To not believe my friend about DDs GCSE's...

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My friends daughter sat her first two maths GCSE papers (one last month and one yesterday).
After the first exam, she texted me asking about my daughters maths exam, she's claiming her DD was given an AQA paper when the school they're at only offers edexcel.
She also says her DD was given lots of questions based on topics she hadn't studied for.
Is there any way her DD could've been given an AQA paper by mistake? Surely this would have been noticed?
My DD definitely did an Edexcel paper, not AQA....

I can't help but think she is lying about this. Why would the school order one AQA paper by mistake when the exam boards are completely separate!?
She is now writing a complaint!

The exam papers arrive in packs which are only opened in the exam hall. If her school does edexcel there's no way a random Aqa paper (not in a pack) would have ended up there.

Yes, AQA and Edexcel papers could be sitting in the same school at the same time - different tiers, eg one Foundation, one Higher. Also, one could be calculator, one non-calculator.

If a candidate got the wrong paper (and they are usually asked to check by the exam officer/invigilator when they sit down) then she should let someone know and get the mistake rectified.

The school they're at is very professional when it comes to exams, my DD said the invigilators went up and down checking each students paper, their candidate number and name. They're then all ticked off on a sheet.
I find it impossible to believe her DD was given the wrong paper when they're so strict.

She also said her DD's name was on the top of the paper. Surely this isn't possible when each paper cover is blank and gets filled in by the student?

Just a thought, but you don’t think it’s possible that she didn’t think she needed to revise got into the exam an thought “I don’t know any of the answers” so she’s come up with the story about having the wrong paper so when she gets her results she can blame it on being given the wrong paper so her mum won’t be cross.

Her name would not already be on the paper, that's complete nonsense

OP says the school they're at only offers edexcel.

So there couldn’t be a set mix up.

And no, they wouldn’t have written her name on the front.

AQA Maths was sat on Wednesday!

Sounds like bollocks to me. These things are double and triple checked.

At my school higher tier students are doing a mix of Edexcel and AQA (split by set) so it is possible there could be a mix up. However, we have spent MONTHS telling students to check their papers when they get them. The odd thing about this situation is that the students name was written on paper - no way would that ever happen.

Dunno, when I was at school I studied applied maths for A-Level. Got A grades in the modules worth 50% along the way. On the exam day we all opened Pure Maths papers! Cock up between exam boards where the paper worth 50% was a pure maths paper. Some people with lower grades failed, I scrapped a C...

Yes one or both of them are talking utter bollocks. Her DD is lying to her and she is choosing to believe her. Let them get on with it!

sorry Op my first instinct was right. this is total bullshit!

why would have name be on the paper?

I guess you have to decide whether you want to call this "friend" out or not. if you aren't really close to her I guess there is no point bothering. but if you are supposed good friends then I am sorry but I would have to say something.

ask her what she is going to do first and as I said if she wriggles about it then you know. I would be calling it as bullshit but then personally I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who is a liar. they will eventually tell lies that involves you. step away - sooner rather than later.

Well it will be easy for the school to check if it's true.

My cousin says this basically happened to her daughter with her English exam the other day. Seemed to be a different paper to her friends and she's having to work out what happened

@eggsandwich @raisedbyguineapigs
I think you're right. DD messed up and chose to lie about it.
There have been situations in the past where my friend has told me about a something and it has turned out to be a complete lie, she loves drama so jumps at the chance to write a complaint.

Lots of people will give you the same information; it is not possible that a school will have gone with two different boards for gcse. However, she may have been given an AQA paper if the school teach AQA for Alevel and something went seriously wrong. Its unlikely.

@mummymeister
When I met with her yesterday she clearly didn't want to talk about it too much, I think it's because she knows it's all a lie and didn't want to dig a deeper hole.

she must have some other fabulous qualities OP if you are prepared to overlook the lying and still be friendly with her!

aren't you worried that the next lie will involve you or your family and might cast you in a bad light?

There was a poster on here recently pretending to be an anxious father asking about resits for his DD who had been treated 'unfairly' during an exam which had resulted in DD cocking up the whole exam. It was perfectly obviously a pupil trying to get info about options, or practising her story before confronting her DM when the results came out.

@Branleuse
Is it possible your cousin's daughter missed part of the paper? It is not uncommon for students to be discussing questions after an exam and for someone to realise they missed a page.

It's so unlikely that one student would get the wrong paper as it be almost impossible unless every single check in the whole process failed. In my centre if there was only one candidate sitting a paper it might be in an envelope with their name on but it would never happen that the name was on the paper itself.

Papers don't come from the board in the sealed envelopes, the schools does that depending on how many are in each room.

it might be @marcopront It might just be as suggested and that my dn is bullshitting if she doesn't think she's done well. I guess will find out soon enough

That sounds like utter bollocks. I'm a head of department at a secondary. We check the exam entries 3 times for each cohort, at different points in the year. School then orders papers, why would they order just the 1 for her??? And more importantly, most subjects would not bother with more than 1 exam board; the curriculum is the same, but specifications and admin do have some differences, so different specs would be taught by different teachers or in different classes.
At the exam, there is a register, and every student is checked before starting. Also, nobody would write a candidate's name for her.

why would they order just the 1 for her?

Because they're out to get her, of course!

@Anniegetyourgun
That must be it, they always are!