Is there a hand holding thread for Y11 parents and GCSE results yet?

[fatowl]

DD is waiting on GCSE results next Thursday.

She is bouncing around being a teen on Summer holidays (she is off in Ireland for a week with her friend's family)

I am beginning to feel a bit sick.

She is hoping to stay at school and do A-levels, but now the results are getting closer I'm a bit concerned we don't have a back up plan.

How are the rest of you doing?

Thanks Sophie B for your story. Really helping a mum with one thrilled DC and one very disappointed DC.

V proud here too . . . . 9 A 3 A and a B in Res Mat - one of A was maths so a huge massive relief.

I have already posted this on the other thread, so please excuse the repetition if you are reading both .

Firstly, congratulations to everyone's DCs smile.

DS1 has aspergers and dyslexia. When he was 5 years old, his then HT told us that he "would never cope with mainstream school" (without even attempting to support his SENs) and excluded him - with the only options provided for us by the LEA being either a special school or home ed. From the ages of 5-11 DS was at a special school where, whilst the people were lovely, the pupils all had SN - mainly behavioural problems - and the focus was very much on managing behaviour than academic learning. DS1 left there with only very basic English & maths skills.

At age 11, we were advised that DS1 should transfer to a different special school for secondary. We refused as we felt strongly that he could be in a mainstream school and should at least be given the chance to try. Amongst much tutting & "well, we'll send his details on to school X anyway as he will probably end up there" DS started at a local mainstream secondary. I can't pretend for a minute that the last 5 years have been easy (to say the least), but with a lot of hard work & determination by both DS & an absolutely fantastic TA & SENCO he has made it. And today, the child who was written off at age 5 has 3 B's, 1 C, 4 D's & 1 E.

I know that many parents/DCs would be absolutely heartbroken with his grades, but I am over the bloody moon to put it mildly .

DS1 is quite pleased - but more pleased at being invited to a party at the weekend, whilst we were at school collecting his grades!

Sorry for the emoticon fail after "congratulations to everyone's DCs". Doh!

Santas

You have no idea how much hope that has given me for my DS. Thank you.

He's starting secondary barely able to write a sentence but I'm hoping with the provisions, me and somehow getting him to believe in himself he will be as sucessful as your DS.

Well done to your son, *Santa".

I hope the HT sends him a congratulations card!

Huge relief here :) . Looks like the loss of extra time didn't affect him too badly in the end and he got away with his P & E misnumbering . Only slight disappointment was English Language which is 3 ums off A* and a perceived strength, school suggesting possible remark, but overall v. proud.

Is it bad that I didn't wake Ds up until 11:40 so that I have to take him to get results?

Is chuffed with DD
3 x A*, 8 x A, 2 x B, one of which is the English Language that is making headlines.
College enrollment next week and we can relax.

santa that is absolutely fantastic. I'm copying your post to a friend whose DD is currently in a very similar position about to start secondary school. I know she'll find that really inspirational as her DD has also had a very chequered school life so far.

Thank you Leeds2. I actually know where the original HT who wrote DS off at 5 lives (opposite a friend's mum). I find myself hugely tempted to send him a copy of DS1's results with the message "you were very wrong" written in capital letters . I probably won't be brave enough though!

Smiles - I really hope your DS does well too. We owe a lot to the school and, in particular, the wonderful TA who supported DS1 most of the time. It has been hard for all of us (mostly for DS of course) and at times we did think that maybe it was all just too hard for him. Today though, we know that the last 12/13 years of struggles have been worth it. We have a happy DS1 who has a small but lovely group of mates (from school), a confirmed place at college & a good set of GCSE results. The fight for the right support for your DS is well worth it. As a previously non-confrontational person I also became pretty good at contacting subject teachers and questioning their methods (in respect of DS only, obviously) where necessary.

Thank you Morvah .

We had a pleasant surprise, a very bad speller got an A in English this morning. We didn't think it was possible. We were especially pleased seeing as Gove stole the A in the bank from the speaking and listening last year.

My son, who also has AS, has done very well and we are so proud of him.
He's the top student in his school and although it is a secondary modern in a state grammar school area, his results are as good as the top Grammar school students.
The relief is palpable!

Anyone doing anything this evening to celebrate/commiserate?

Well done mygrandchildrenrock 's DS!

That's fabulous.

I find myself hugely tempted to send him a copy of DS1's results with the message "you were very wrong" written in capital letters grin. I probably won't be brave enough though!

Santa this is pretty much what I'm going to do with the HT of the MS school where DS was taught in a corridor because, well, he wasn't going to come to anything really.

I might not be as polite as you though!

DS is a bit confused by his (mostly good) results.

One subject where he thought he had all A or A controlled assessments is listed as two Ds and an A.

Another controlled assessment has apparently been regraded from A to C.

I know things get moderated, but that's quite a leap!

Back from the school. DD got 3xA* and the rest all A's. We are very proud. She is very relieved!

DD did well- two subject she wanted to do for A level she got Bs and a C for English which is a real achievement. Only problem is a C in Biology, teacher saying that as she didn't do chemistry she will find it hard but she is determined she wants to do it, she will just have to work hard.

Capt .

SantasLittleMonkeyButler

Is applied science a respected A level? Maths grade was a C not a B so refused regular science.

Any advice. My sons have both taken their Music GCSE with Edexcel and just missed an A star by one mark each. They are both gutted as they took the exam out of school and my youngest was only 13 when he took it. I think he is wishing he had waited until he was a little older. Do we have it remarked has anyone got any experience with this, one of the boys got full marks on the pieces and composition so it is the theory paper where he needs to gain a mark.

taggyboo.. DS missed out on a B by 3 marks, his performance was originally graded at A* and has been downgraded to a C, so we're going to ask for them to look at it again. You have nothing to lose.