A levels 2023 - Results day and beyond

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Hi all. I thought I’d make a new thread as the countdown one is filling up.
Results day is here and I’m sure we will all value each others support, today and for the next stage of their journeys.

Definitely worth a re-mark. Priority costs more but should be back within a week.

Thanks everyone.
I am so relieved and so is he. The atmosphere in the house has changed in minutes.
The degree apprenticeship is with Rolls Royce. They have multiple apprenticeships, each with over 100 people who were offered a place. From what they said there were far more people below the requirements than they had expected so I guess it taking a while for them to decide what to do.
We're pretty sure he'll be a no because he missed the points by a fair bit.

You might want to check your sources. I can assure you that my role requires that I look at level 2 and 3 results the day before they are released. Schools don’t just put results in envelopes. We work hard to get students where they need to be in terms of next steps / transition.

My source is I am a teacher! Absolutely no sight of results til 8am.

Is that legal? A level results stay on their CV for years. I wonder if groups of parents could overturn the decisions made to make adjustments?

Things do take ages to update through the hub. Did she give her clearing number to her preferred choice university course? Does it have it listed as clearing accept? Or confirmed firm? Or waiting for university to accept?

If your role is HOSF or SLT or exams officer, you are allowed. Otherwise, no.

I mentioned to other thread. I wonder if groups of patents could start the petition to this unfair grade boundary this year.

Right! The original question was 'do teachers see results before the students?'.

I'm so proud of my daughter today, she got 2 Cs and and a D, she's now waiting to hear if it's enough for the nursing degree she's applied for.

@SlightlyJaded Hull university has geography in clearing. I think it’s human geography too. I don’t want you to feel confused and overwhelmed but if I was your dd I would definitely have a serious look at it.

Big Congrats to your son!

my DD is dyslexic and studying maths too (just going into 2nd year - it was such a long road to get there. So great to hear that other dyslexics have done well!!

I’m so proud of Ds and relieved. I had my first gulp he’s moving out moment today.

It was a government decision to move over 2 years back to pre-pandemic grade boundaries. Most educational experts are on record as saying that doing it so quickly is a mistake. Of course pandemic adjustments and mitigations can’t go on forever but this has been too abrupt!

What has happened with the grades this year? Seems quite a few eg A* etc then getting lower grades

Yes

Amazing. Fantastic girl - what a vocation. Big thanks.

Thank you so much.x I'm thrilled!

JCQ (the joint council for qualifications) explicitly released guidelines last year saying results files are confidential to "head of centre, exams office staff and senior members of teaching staff".

It also explicitly said "results must not be divulged to or discussed with other teachers".

So no, if the centre is following the rules, regular non SLT staff should not have access to the results.

https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NoticetooCentres-ReleaseoffresultsJunee2022FINAL.pdf

I work in a school in a role related to exams and data. Other than Head of College and Deputy Head, teachers absolutely do NOT get to see results ahead of students. In a large school maybe 2 support staff are involved with downloading and printing of grades on pre-results day. There is an exam results embargo for all but the select few staff, which we do not lift until 8am on results days.

I'm sorry but the predictions might be slightly optimistic. At my DS's school, almost everyone got as predicted (thus, we argued thier strictness of predicted grades, but the school didn't change.)

For avoidance of doubt:

Research intensive universities have only a small amount of leeway in the academic calendar. The UK cannot get out of sync with the international research rhythm. By tradition many of the most important international conferences, meetings and working groups take place over the summer.

It would be impossible to maintain our research reputation if term time included July or August, at minimum.

I know some PPs understand this.

I have not noticed any posts from teachers offering to re-organise the high school calendar. My working groups also produced viable ways to do this (which we doubted stakeholders would much like, and did not feel it was our place to promote).

Yes, thanks. I know this. I wasn't asking the question. Someone else did. Someone said yes, and I said no, we don't!

But am grateful for evidence and back up!

@SlightlyJaded it took over 24 hours for ds' place to confirm on UCAS after he realised they didn't have his grades. I hope you get some clarification today.

I noticed @LaDeeDa123 mentioned Hull. Ds visited Hull too. They were pretty impressive actually. They pride themselves on looking at the whole person for admission not just grades. The campus is lovely too. And they were really welcoming. Worth a look maybe.