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Aibu to be on holiday on gcse results day

130 replies

mrsbeeton999 · 27/12/2021 09:08

We’ve really missed going to France and it’s another rainy morning so I’d love to book our summer holiday this morning! With a wedding at home in early august, the best time for us to go is the last 2 weeks of the summer holidays. GCSE results day is 22nd august so there would only be time for 1 week if we wait and go after that. Is it important to be home for this? Obviously we’ll have internet but not sure if there’s lots to do like confirming results for sixth form college of anything? He’s our eldest so we’re new to this!

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RampantIvy · 27/12/2021 20:48

But I'm sure they email them now.

They may well do now, but they wouldn't even 5 years ago at DD's school. It was in person or via post only.

Roselilly36 · 27/12/2021 20:51

@RampantIvy

That's A levels isn't it *@Roselilly36*?
No, GCSE results, needed to be confirmed on ucas for college place, as dependent on GCSE results.
itsgettingweird · 27/12/2021 20:53

I was in France for mine! Back in the 90's.

Many of us same age there. Pre internet etc. most of us had neighbours with keys who went in and got results and we phoned them.

I would imagine with WiFi etc it's much easier!

My parents didn't even ask me. Doubt I'd have turned down our annual 3 weeks camping in S France anyway!

littledrummergirl · 27/12/2021 20:53

We were on holiday when ds2 results were available. We had to give advance permission for my mum to pick them up on his behalf. She photographed them and sent them to him.
We were confident that he had his place in sixth form though as it was attached to his school, he knew the teachers and we had discussed alternative subjects depending if results weren't as expected.

Ds1 school and choices meant he needed a minimum of 8 As to sit his chosen A levels there. As he had another school as back up we needed to be there just in case things didn't go to plan (they did).

I think you need to evaluate carefully and make the right choice for you.

RampantIvy · 27/12/2021 21:36

I had no idea that UCAS was for 6th form. I thought it was for university/higher education only.

worriedatthemoment · 27/12/2021 22:25

We did but my ds didn't care about going into get his results - school emailed us
Also it would 't of ruined holiday , whatever the results as we just expect ours to try their best and thats all
He got his results , read them we said well done ( they were ok ) then forgotten about and we enjoyed our holiday

worriedatthemoment · 27/12/2021 22:26

My ds didn't have to go to college to enrol on results day at all

worriedatthemoment · 27/12/2021 22:29

@Roselilly36 UCAS for gcse since when ??

worriedatthemoment · 27/12/2021 22:30

@RampantIvy my ds had his emailed 3 years ago we had to request in advance though

worriedatthemoment · 27/12/2021 22:31

@Roselilly36 what kind of college did they go to ? Update ucas are sure your not mixing up a levels and gcse there is no ucas for any colleges my dc have been too?
About to do a ucas application for ds for uni now

worriedatthemoment · 27/12/2021 22:32

Ask your son if he doesn't mind thats all that matters not what anyone on here thinks is right or wrong , not all kids go in to collect them or want to

PurpleFlower1983 · 27/12/2021 22:34

I was in Florida when I got mine, they gave me them over the phone, didn’t think twice about it but it was a long time ago now!

RacoonRocket · 27/12/2021 22:36

Do you mean 25th August?

londonmummy1966 · 27/12/2021 22:38

DPs did this to me. From the time I knew that my O level envelope was on the doormat I was absolutely on edge. It was a horrible journey home and my "revenge" was to take the envelope upstairs and lock myself and a book in the bathroom for 2 hours just to inflict a bit of the stress I'd been through on her.

Don't do it.

mrsfeatherbottom · 27/12/2021 22:52

My parents went on holiday and left me when I was getting my A level results. I didn't get anywhere near the results expected so it was very stressful and I was on my own (my brother was around but fairly useless). Would never do that to my kids.

Whatafustercluck · 27/12/2021 23:04

Your results were presumably what you expected and what you needed so that creates a wonderful day and a lovely memory. Had they been different I expect it would have been a far less happy memory for all concerned. If you had no email because no one had email it is very different to having no email because you are in the depths of France whilst everyone else is busy snapping up all the available places via email.

They were, yes. But being with my family somewhere nice would have taken my mind off things if they hadn't been. Snapping up spaces only applies to uni, they were GCSE results so I was going straight to sixth form. A levels were a but different, agreed. I wouldn't have wanted to have been out of the country for those - celebrating (or cooperating) with friends by having a few drinks (legally) would have been important. But the op is asking about GCSEs.

Whatafustercluck · 27/12/2021 23:06

*commiserating not cooperating!

averythinline · 27/12/2021 23:07

Dc moved school and we needed to go there physically on the day to enrol and sort his courses out due a timetable clash ...was very stressful and no idea what would have happened if we weren't there..... I would check with his new sixth-form see what their enrollment process is...

Roselilly36 · 28/12/2021 06:49

[quote worriedatthemoment]@Roselilly36 what kind of college did they go to ? Update ucas are sure your not mixing up a levels and gcse there is no ucas for any colleges my dc have been too?
About to do a ucas application for ds for uni now [/quote]
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Aibu to be on holiday on gcse results day
RampantIvy · 28/12/2021 07:58

That doesn't tell us anything though. Isn't UCAS for higher education ie degree level rather than further education?

You don't need to go through UCAS for 6th form as far as I know.

icedcoffees · 28/12/2021 08:23

I was in Austria when I got mine - mum went to collect my results for me and we had to ring her from a public phone in town to find out my grades Grin

It was fine. I didn't feel like I'd missed out on any weird "rite of passage".

For A-levels I just checked the UCAS site to see if I'd been accepted (I was) and then we went to brunch!

hidinginquote · 28/12/2021 08:29

I don't think I would, my family were on holiday (but only Cornwall, lived in London) when I got my gcse results some 18 years ago and my mum took me on the train all the way up for the day to pick them up and it's always been a special memory. I wasn't particularly involved with school and didn't like it but I would have been very sad to miss that!

AlwaysLatte · 28/12/2021 08:30

I'd go for a week. I wouldn't miss the results day.

BatshitCrazyWoman · 28/12/2021 08:37

I'm ancient, but I was on holiday with my parents for both O and A level results. Nothing would have stopped my father going on his beach holiday.

I don't think going to get results was a thing back then.

RowsOfHolly · 28/12/2021 09:03

Holidays don’t have to come in 7 day increments! Go for 10 days. Or 12.

(Doesn’t he want to go straight off to Leeds or Reading festival?)

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