Y10 GCSE Results - what do we think?

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DD1 sat 5 GCSEs this year Maths (A) History (A) Art (B) ICT (B) and Product Design (C)

We are proud of her results, she's at a grammar school and she and her peers have got mainly B's/C's - very few A*'s.

I think though that maybe they were too young, and have been 'let down' by being pushed to sit 'em too early.

How have other Y10 parents found the experience?

The evidence shows that students who are entered early for GCSEs do worse than if they had sat them at the end of Y11, even when you take the opportunity for resits into account. The DfE specifically advises against doing this for this reason.

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