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Should I go with my DD to collect GCSE results?

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caz123456 · 14/08/2018 17:21

My daughter wants me to go with her to collect her GCSE results as it's my day off work on the 23rd. My DH thinks she should go alone and meet up with friends. What is the norm? Do parents actually go along on the day?

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RottenTomatoes959 · 14/08/2018 17:22

She wants you to go. So you should go.

Themerrygoroundoflife · 14/08/2018 17:22

You should definitely be available. Either at the school or at home waiting. It’s a big day. I would take it off even if my child said they didn’t want me there!

FullMetalRabbit · 14/08/2018 17:23

I took all my children and waited on tenterhooks in the car in the side road for them to come back. They saw their friends inside the school.

Good luck to your DD, I’ve got a year off this year. Next year, A levels and GCSE’s double whammy Shock

Winterbella · 14/08/2018 17:23

Yes I'm going, to be fair I have to drive her but she wouldn't want to go on her own anyway so.

ApolloandDaphne · 14/08/2018 17:24

I took my DD to the school as she didn't really want to be around her friends when she opened her results. We went for coffee and cake afterwards so she could digest her results. There were a number of other parents and teens with results in the coffee shop doing exactly the same.

FullMetalRabbit · 14/08/2018 17:31

Actually I remember my daughter bringing them back to the car and opening them. I had to hold back the tears when she got 7 Cs - she’d struggled at school since she started and those Cs were the most amazing achievement - she passed every single one

pinkhorse · 14/08/2018 17:32

There were no parents around when I collected mine. Dsd is going with her friends this year, she's horrified at the thought of parents going.

Aprilshowersinaugust · 14/08/2018 17:34

I went with ds at invitation. It was lovely to see him sharing good news with friends and to share with them also!! Felt quite privileged to have been asked along tbh!
Go for it.
And get pics!!

apriljune12 · 14/08/2018 17:35

FullMetalRabbit

My daughter for a C for maths and that C was worth any of her i A and rest Bs. She tried so bloody hard for that C and we were both so delighted we both hugged her fantastic maths teacher. He blushed. Grin

Oh op go there are always loads of parents there. Either to console rejoice or just be there. Grin

Original poster
caz123456 · 14/08/2018 17:36

Thanks everyone, I just needed a bit of reassurance I won't be the only parent. It is a big day and I'm wondering if DH has the hump that she doesn't want him there! I know how hard she has worked, so even if she doesn't get the grades she needs to go to the sixth form she wants to go to I'll be there to support her as I know she'll be gutted.

Exciting times ahead for her though :)

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WhirlyGigWhirlyGig · 14/08/2018 17:41

We went when she got hers and had to have our photo taken for the school website and local rag.
We will be going with her on Thursday to get her Alevel results too.

TheThirdOfHerName · 14/08/2018 17:44

Be close by in case she needs you; my DS1 did as his results were higher than expected and he wanted my support in registering for a sixth form he hadn't thought to hope for.

But also try to be fairly invisible so it can be her moment.

Gardenpicnic · 14/08/2018 18:05

We are on holiday when results come out, DS is having them emailed to him.

Bad planning on my part BlushBlush

Aveenobrazeeno · 14/08/2018 18:27

Do whatever she wants.

FullMetalRabbit · 14/08/2018 18:32

apriljune12

Well done to your DD - how lovely to thank the teacher

Doilooklikeatourist · 14/08/2018 18:35

I drove mine ( both times ) to collect the results I stayed in the car in the car park , thDC came back to the car to tell me how they did , and then they went off into town with their friends to celebrate ( and get their 6th form ties )

Leeds2 · 14/08/2018 18:40

My DD got hers by email, so no need to go to school at all.

If she had had to go in, I would have driven her and waited in the car (rather than actually go into school). I would've encouraged her to bring the envelope, unopened, back to the car to open in private and not have to put on a brave face in the event of disappointment. If all went well, she could've gone back into school to celebrate with her friends!

Ansumpasty · 14/08/2018 18:45

If she asks, you should go. Perhaps suggest she should check if her friends are going in a group first?

Nacreous · 14/08/2018 18:48

I remember getting my results: I got results a lot of people would have been pleased with - but I knew they meant I could have worked harder. I was so glad to have my mum there: to be unjudgmental in the face of both my results and my disappointment.

MumW · 14/08/2018 18:51

I took DD1 down to school and waited outside in the car. Will be doing the same with DD2.

It's b!**dy horrendous waiting for them to come out.
You won't be the only parent.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 14/08/2018 18:53

I'm going with DD for A level results on Thursday but I'll wait in the car for her unless she changes her mind and wants me to go in with her.

GummiberryJuice · 14/08/2018 19:01

I went with my dd, she would have been gutted if I hadn't, there were loads of parents there.
she gets her AS levels on Thursday which she can get online but she still wants us to go to school to get the paper copies.

ForalltheSaints · 14/08/2018 19:01

You have been asked, so go.

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