Requesting re-mark for ds' English paper

[HiccupHaddockHorrendous]

DS (yr10) has recently had his English Lit results. He got a C. He seemed happy enough with that and I was happy too.
At parents' evening this week, his teacher has recommended we apply for his paper to be re-marked and is confident his mark will be lifted to a B.
Obviously, there's also a chance that it could go down to a D and he will then have to re-sit and neither of us want that.
This is all new territory for me and I have no idea how common it is to request a re-mark and how likely it is that the grade will go up.
If he'd got a D, I'd be far more likely to go for it but with a C already, I'm very undecided.
Anyone have any thoughts on this please?

[MrsWhiteWash]

If your DS is B/C/D borderline, why is he taking the exam in Jan of Y10?confused

Seems a very common thing in Wales.

We've come from England - and bit taken back how many "early" exams the secondary school does and our children will face not just the top sets either.

[fruityb]

Allows for a retake at the end of year 11 If needed. We used to to literature at the end of year 10 as they couldn't be awarded language without it. That grade wasn't seen as as important as the language as that's the one colleges want.

[MollyHuaCha]

@Hiccup Yes, school suggested it as DC was one mark from the boundary. Grade went from a C to a B - last summer's IGCSE. I guess the closer you are to the boundary grade, the higher your chance of going up. Good luck if you go for it!

[catslife]

You can get a copy of his script and the teacher could go through it to see if there is genuinely enough reason for a remark.
For GCSEs this is only possible for a limited number of subjects and exam boards. I think WJEC only offer this for English Language.
Although we are in England, dd took GCSE English Language and Literature with WJEC last year. English Lit was 2 papers plus coursework. I think the school did put in some remark requests but most stayed the same grade! Has he finished the qualification or is he taking the second paper in May/June?

[Bluntness100]

Totally do the remark, he won't lose enough to get a d, and there is a very good chance he will get a b. Worst case is you lose s few quid and he stays a c.

My daughter had one of her history AS papers remarked. She had got a b in it , was predicted an a, got an a star in the other paper, , but was a few marks off an A on this one and got the b, it was remarked and lifted to an a and quite significantly into an A too.

Of course we were warned it can go down as well as up, but the school said the same as yours, it's highly unlikely she could drop a whole grade. My daughter of course panicked till the new mark came in thinking it would drop.🙄

The school also requested a copy of her paper so they could also view it and how it was marked.

It's worth doing, go for it.

[LIZS]

Last year there wouldn't have been time to request a copy of the paper and then a remark. It was either/or.

[FozzieMK]

Last year my DD was 2 marks off a B in Eng Lit GCSE so we went for a re-mark. Her mark came back the same and I assumed the new criteria for just checking the marks added up was to blame. She has just got a Grade B in her AS Level mock exam.

[user1490123259]

we had a paper remarked and it went down.

[TeenAndTween]

DD1 was 2 marks off a B for English Lit a couple of years ago. We pondered asking for a remark, but she didn't need the higher grade, and to drop 18 marks and end up with a D would have been terrible (however unlikely) so we left it.

[ElizabethBennettismybestfriend]

Before deciding to go for a re mark it would be worth googling OFQUAL guidelines for examiners or ask the school as the rules have changed for remarking and at my daughter's school we were told of this before we made the decision.