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Ds gcse results gone awol.

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youarenotkiddingme · 29/08/2019 12:46

Ok, probably not actually awol but can anyone help.

Ds took 1 gcse this year in year 10 by due to being in holiday couldn't collect results and asked school to send them.

School confirmed this.

Arrived home last night and not here but of course school shut and voicemail is full.

I'm sure you can appreciate he's extremely disappointed.
I've obviously played it down and explained result will be the same whether he knew last Thurs, yesterday or when he goes back next week.

Ive emailed school but I have no idea when they will open office and get around to reading it.

Is there any other way I can find it out for him? Contact exam board direct etc?

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Teachermaths · 29/08/2019 13:30

Our office staff aren't in over the holidays. I'm assuming the head is monitoring emails but you'd have to have their specific address.

OP sorry to hear about your sons difficulties. That must all make this so much more difficult.

You might just have to be patient if there are no staff in school, you've tried most things!

findthespanner · 29/08/2019 13:31

Well op, according to pp it seems to be your own fault for going on holiday 🙄. Who knew?
Some right dicks on this thread today.

Hope you find out soon.

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youarenotkiddingme · 29/08/2019 13:31

Really pumpkin Shock my friends DD had her PE results posted. Plus it was the lady who sorts exams who said she'd get them sent! Thanks for a measured and informative post. I was starting to get upset by some of the previous ones.

No he wasn't a private candidate. School entered him. And seriously no one was at school. We went down there.

Feel so sorry for ds. He's been so excited after many years of learning to cope with school and he was really excited to inform my mum and dad how he did. Of course they rang last night to ask. In his head it's been a big thing too as my mum being so ill we've no idea if when he gets the rest next year she'll be here.

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Foxyloxy1plus1 · 29/08/2019 13:31

I thought that many of the Year 11 students could log in to find their results. Or am I wrong? Perhaps if he’s Year 10 it doesn’t apply. Could you go round to the school? I’m pretty sure there will be people there, but they may not be answering phones officially, before the beginning of term.

rainbowunicorn · 29/08/2019 13:33

It must be very hard for him having to wait. We are in Scotland and I did not realise that the results system was so different. The kids can sign up to a text service where they are sent their results at 8am on results day.

herculepoirot2 · 29/08/2019 13:33

I usually hate it when people talk about teaching resilience, but this is one of those situations where you can’t do anything about his disappointment, and it’s a good opportunity for him to learn how to manage his frustration.

meyouandlulutoo · 29/08/2019 13:33

I can really understand any 15 year old being anxious to receive his GCSE results - it is not nothing despite what some people think, to him it is very important and disappointing that he doesn't have them. He has been through a really hard time, I hope you can get some help to find his results.

Aragog · 29/08/2019 13:34

. Office staff will be there

Not necessarily. Not all schools have office staff working this week.

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youarenotkiddingme · 29/08/2019 13:35

Don't worry Hercules me and parents have said the results will be same whenever you get them line.
He obviously has no idea I'm on MN seeing if I can help.

It would just have been nice to say "here they are - sorry you waited".

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sd249 · 29/08/2019 13:38

School will likely be open but won't look it.
Our school is closed to public - staff can get in as office staff are working however there is no one on reception etc.

The best thing you can do is email his form tutor/head of year / teacher for this subject and the exams officer. They MAY get back to you however.... this is their holidays so they don't have to. They might be away.

And "don't know when he will get them" you just tell him he will get them the day he starts school next week. Then he will know.

shellysheridan · 29/08/2019 13:38

Op, what time did you go to school? The staff might be on reduced hours such as 10-2? Might be worth another visit

Aragog · 29/08/2019 13:40

Why are so many posters being deliberately unpleasant? Its getting worse on Mn from what I can gather! Its just not needed, nor helpful.

For those incapable of reading - the OP has stated at the start she had tried to contact the school in different ways. And why be so snarky as to claim the OP isn't interested in the results just because she was away on results day Hmm There can be reasons why this happens, and very very few are to do with not caring as I am sure posters are aware if they really think.

OP - there should hopefully be someone in on Monday. Hope your DS's result turns up - I assume someone just forgot to post it - and he gets what he is hoping for.

BanjoStarz · 29/08/2019 13:44

OP unfortunately I think it’s going to have to wait until the school is open.

But, I don’t understand how posting a persons exam results, in a named envelope to them can’t be done because of a GDPR issue? If it’s a GDPR problem we would never get any mail surely?

Spingtrolls · 29/08/2019 13:44

Round here our schools look closed. Either because they are. Or they just look it. But they are closed to random visitors.

Someone will be looking over emails and deal with high priority ones.

Even if you managed to get someone from the school, they might not be able to help.

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youarenotkiddingme · 29/08/2019 13:45

Thanks for the nicer posts.

Yes I'm assuming they forgot to post. We went down at 11.30am. Reception open but office locked.

Of course he'll get them next week. He knows this. And he'd have been fine if he'd known this from start. Or made another alternative arrangement if he/we could.

I just feel for him. He's a young 15 (only turned 15 last week but developmentally is 11/12.) doing a gcse has been a big deal for him.
He should comfortably get a 6 but he'd like a 7!

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C0untDucku1a · 29/08/2019 13:46

He will definitely get them next week when he returns to school.

Spingtrolls · 29/08/2019 13:48

I'm confused about the GDPR thing.
I get letters posted all the time from school. Last term it also included end of year report and other stuff.
And because he requested it to be posted surely this would fall in line with the gdpr anyway?

C0untDucku1a · 29/08/2019 13:48

I think the issue is a lot of people actually dont know what gdpr actually means Banjo

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youarenotkiddingme · 29/08/2019 13:49

Well the school post his echp annual review and updated echp to me. I'm surprised they can do that if Gdpr is in play here? It has far more personal detail!

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Weepatchesoflove · 29/08/2019 13:51

Would it possibly be at the postal sorting office?

I’m in Scotland, so maybe different, but our results letter/certificates are too big for the letterbox and our postman wouldn’t fold or squish them, but take them back to the depot.

Might be worth a phone call to check?

GetUpAgain · 29/08/2019 13:51

How frustrating, firstly at not getting the results and secondly at getting a load of crap responses here!

Well done to your DS whatever the score, he has done amazingly to get to this point. Hope someone at the school gets them to you very soon.

And whoever interpreted GDPR as making it impossible to post exam results, needs to go back to school themselves. It really really doesn't. What a crazy policy.

mushroom3 · 29/08/2019 13:54

I would suggest looking on the school's website who the Exams Officer is and emailing them. They are normally around and busy this time of year eg sending in for remarks for people who have narrowly missed grades for Uni or sixth form. They may be able to email you back his grade.

TeaForTara · 29/08/2019 13:55

YABU.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 29/08/2019 13:57

Is it possible to check with others who might have had their results posted to see if they turned up? If they did it would suggest they were posted and I'd be trying the sorting office to see if it had ended up back there.

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youarenotkiddingme · 29/08/2019 14:01

I've told ds to ask his peers if anyone who didn't collect has results. He's not really got many friends though and not many numbers and so far everyone has results as collected them.

Also told him to check school email but it won't let him log in Confused

Fantastic idea about exams officer mushroom. That's exactly why I posted hoping someone would have an idea I hadn't thought of.

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