Parental death in run up to exams

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My brother has suddenly died... All traumatic.
His 2 kids are about to sit gcses and A Levels... Obviously this has been completely overwhelming and traumatic for them.

School are aware....

This must happen a lot - does anyone know what may happen? I assume if they're close to grade boundary they may be boosted? What would happen of they were unable to sit part of exams?

Their school needs to inform the exam board. They'll need evidence - sorry. Death certificate etc. Their marks will be inflated but by a very very small amount - 5% I think.

Ivory sorry about your loss. That so shocking.

As well as an allowance being made by the exam board I wonder if it might be worth contacting any Unis that the elder child is applying to. Perhaps you could contact UCAS and ask.

The timing is terrible for them.

Poor kids, and sincerest condolences to you

Yes, school will need to forward the certificate to the examining boards.
They sometimes ask teachers to send target grades and take it from there when results are known.
I know they used to do this, but each case could be managed differently.

I believe the teacher who has made the initial referee statement for UCAS should be sending a statement explaining the facts to UCAS, and the Unis student has accepted as firm and insurance choices.

If they do not receive the grades required as originally stated, then they might accept a lower grade. It's too late to bring up the death once the exams are completed and the results known.

It's called Special Consideration and the school applies to each exam board on behalf of the pupils. As already stated it's only a small percentage of the marks but worth it if close to grade boundaries.
If the GCSE student needs particular grades for sixth form e.g. considering moving to another college or school, it is also worth letting them know as well. Some sixth forms may be less strict on entry grades under the circumstances.

You have had very good advice here. (Ex teacher)
But

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I'm so sorry for your loss

On a practical level, you need to inform the exam board and school, and if the children apply to college or university and their grades go against them you also need to make that institution aware of the reason for (potential) poor performance. FE/HE institutions generally do take mitigating circumstances into account, but you have to contact the exam board to explain why first.

Many thanks for all the replies and condolences.

Very helpful!