GCSE exam finished early. What can I do?

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DDs GCSE exam was 1 hour and 45 mins. The invigilator asked the kids if they had finished to which DD replied yes, as she had answered all the questions (ASD) but planned to use remain 20 mins to check answers. They immediately took the paper away and ended the exam early as she was the last one to stop writing.
I have made a complaint to the school but they are being dismissive and fobbing me off.
What can I do?

yes this.

clearly not relevant to this situation as op has already explained that her DD planned to go over her answers in the remaining time.

Extra time is optional for the student and letting someone go then is different isn’t it to normal time.

this thread is weird the school should look into it and confirm what happened.
if the invigilator let them go during exam time get better training and procedures in place for that.
document what happened and ask for special consideration.
because the special consideration for me is likely to balance out the loss of time

This, absolutely.

No, the student doesn't have to take the extra time but they to raise their hand to say they have finished. Even then, I asked if they were sure.

It is irrelevant in this case though because she did not have Extra Time. The invigilator asked if she had finished during the actual exam time.

students staying for the duration of the exam is a school rule, not a JCQ rule. I have had an exam finish early as candidates left after one hour and there was nobody left except me.

Not correct.

It is correct - an invigilator cannot just decide its not necessary -only the candidate can do that.

You stated extra time, when awarded, is not optional and is the length of time for that person. It is optional as to whether the candidate wishes to use their extra time. The OP stated her child did not have extra time so extra time and how it’s used by candidates is not relevant to the discussion.

How is that hypothetical option relevant to this post when the invigilator wrongly prevented the child from doing what they wished to do which was continue?

How did they prevent the child from continuing? They asked if she was finished and she said yes.

But it was still with the ACTUAL OFFICIAL EXAM TIME so she shouldn't have been asked at all. It wasn't Extra Time but even then she shouldn't have been asked. Invigilators shouldn't do that.

They shouldn't have asked her anything, they should have left her alone. Not only did they interrupt her work, they took the paper away before she had a chance to say she wanted to check her answers.

It's tediously obvious you can't share anything because you have nothing to share.

Jesus. is this still going?!

Those twenty minutes could mean the difference between grades. I have invigilated before-it can be mind numbing. But you DO NOT finish early. A child could suddenly realise they wrote the wrong thing. This is a breach of regulations. The school is fobbing you off because they know if you pursue they will be in the shit.

I don’t disagree at all that they shouldn’t have asked, just saying that a simple “no” would have shut it down.

But the child is not the one breaking the rules, the invigilator is.

‘A simple no’ is one thing to a worldly adult. It can be quite another to the last teenager in the room who was working. I would be most dissatisfied with a university invigilator asking this question, and the younger the pupils, the worse.

Having worked in a school for a long time, I cant think of any student who would have the confidence to go against a teacher/invigilator. What ever people may think of young ones, the basic respect and manners most kids have means they would do what OP's daughter did.

I can think of many that I know that would
Basic respect and manners isn’t teaching teenagers to people please to give an answer that an adult is expecting to here and I certainly haven’t taught my daughter that way and I would fully expect her to politely and with respect say I haven’t finished yet.

but I can also think of many who would be to shy to say that as well.

manners and respect has nothing to do with this

Exactly
The suggestion that saying she hadn’t finished was somehow impolite or disrespectful is quite something.
I suspect most kids I know (including my own) would have had zero issue with this.

No news from the school OP?

You didn't get my point at all.

Never mind

I’m confused what were you trying to say?