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GCSE Results Day 2017

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justmumof1 · 21/08/2017 06:45

Hard to belive that I was here 5 years ago sweating it out for the results of his secondary school offer!

Only a few days now bwfore the GCSE results come out. DS is starting to get nervous....as am I!

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tiggytape · 23/08/2017 14:23

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s4rah19 · 23/08/2017 14:34

That's a really interesting article, thanks for the link. In the past I've heard student say they were one mark off the next grade etc, how would they know? Do you get a score as well as the grade?

Witchend · 23/08/2017 14:37

Tiggytape apologies, it may have, it was one offer on the list we had last year, but I only glanced at it.
I know they can't change opinion in subjective subjects, but in maths say, can't you have that remarked?

There's an Edexcel maths boundary "leak" out. Anyone know if it's genuine? It looks low if true, which is mean if someone's made it up as people will be getting hopes up.

Goingtobeawesome · 23/08/2017 14:42

I'll be waiting in the car while DS goes in to get his results then taking him to carry on his NCS. He wants to go to a party after. Still waiting to see if the parents know about it as no adults are expected but alcohol will be there. If the parents don't know he is not going full stop.

Any tips for when people text to ask how he's done and he or I don't want to say? He got excellent mock results but there is someone who I feel will lecture or spoil the moment if he drowns, or even if he does get all A stars

Numbers and symbols won't come up. Grr.

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TheFrendo · 23/08/2017 14:55

Wicthend, what is the source/link and, more importantly, what are the numbers?

Goingtobeawesome · 23/08/2017 14:56

I've just realised I'm going to have this three years running.

Witchend · 23/08/2017 15:02

TheFrendo I'm reluctant to link to it, as I suspect it's not genuine, so I don't want to promote it.
Someone told me it had been leaked, so I google searched for it to have a look.

unfortunateevents · 23/08/2017 15:09

Phew, managed to find you all! Between holidays, the desktop (with saved passwords) going kaput, and not being able to remember any of the details for the email account I use for MN, it has been a quiet few weeks from me!

DS2 is helping at a special needs camp at the moment so I have to collect him about half an hour away and take him to school tomorrow, then back to camp afterwards. He says he is really excited to get results and have it out of the way, regardless of the grades. I, on the other hand, will be awake half the night, and because of allowing for traffic etc will probably end up having him at school shortly after dawn!

Results could go absolutely any way! He worked really hard but that isn't always a guarantee of success with him and his grades could be anywhere from A-C on nearly all of his subjects. Maths is the big worry, I am just praying to all the saints that he passes. A 5 would be great and a help for A levels as he wants to do Psychology but a pass will do fine.

Does this every get any easier for us parents?!

TheFrendo · 23/08/2017 15:13

I have seen it on another thread in this topic. If true, those numbers are much lower than I expected.

noblegiraffe · 23/08/2017 15:14

The official reason that the grade boundaries were not released to students today was to not cause them additional stress regarding their results tomorrow, so bear that in mind before you look at any leaked ones.

Piggywaspushed · 23/08/2017 15:17

My understanding is that remarks are now called 'reviews' : it's not a clerical check (although we had several clerical errors one year!!). It reviews whether markschemes were correctly applied (within an annoying tolerance) . If they weren't then a remark will be done. Marks can still stay, go up or, watch it, down as a result of this process.

CiderwithBuda · 23/08/2017 15:20

Took DS to pick up a friend of his who lives at school - it's a boarding school. Friends dad is a housemaster and science teacher and he knows the results! Science ones anyway. Weird! He didn't say anything and won't I know but DS was saying that he is sure he looked at him funny. He is a funny guy and we know him well and he obv knows the issues DS has had.

It is weird to think he knows and we don't.

The boys are nervous. Counting down the hours,

Our get emailed and DS doesn't want to go in but we may have to.

No plans for after. I can't see him wanting to go out as I'm sure half the restaurants in town will be full of people celebrating.

Justchillaxing · 23/08/2017 15:25

We're nervous here too. Dd was ill a lot and dropped a few subjects so it's important she did well in the ones she took to get into sixth form. She's very pessimistic

Redsrule · 23/08/2017 15:28

Only the Head-teacher and exams officer are allowed to know the results today, if your son's friends dad knows the results, the school would be guilty of malpractice, so he probably doesn't! It is probably just nerves on your DS part. I am an assistant HT and HOD English and I won't find out until 6am tomorrow when I can log onto the AQA website?

MsHarry · 23/08/2017 15:30

I'm confused, what does Tara mean?

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 23/08/2017 15:33

No idea, glad you asked MsHarry

Quadratilla · 23/08/2017 15:34

Goingtobeawesome last year my friend just told people that she and her husband were delighted with her sons results and were very proud of him. They didn't mention grades at all. I thought it was a brilliant way to handle it

HardcoreLadyType · 23/08/2017 15:35

This.

The boundaries for one of DD's boards were leaked last week for her A levels. They were particularly high for that subject, and she was very worried overnight that she might go down 2 whole grades from what she expected, missing out on her university offers, etc.

As it happened, she did get her grade, but she would rather not have known. (The boundaries were posted on a group chat - something to be wary of!)

Witchend · 23/08/2017 15:37

But are they real noblegiraffe?

no I don't really expect you to say

Dd1's due back shortly, I think I'm going to tell her that I've heard the leak is a fake anyway. Because I don't want her feeling all relieved then finding it's faked and upset. She's desperate for maths to be the one she does well in (doesn't care in English as long as she's passed) particularly as the Ad maths boundary went up so much.

I totally agree with not publishing grade boundaries. I think it has stressed them out much more-given them a feeling that they can almost be in control of their results iyswim. I wish they would publish them at 6pm so they can't be up trying to see them early before they can get their results.

MrsEricBana · 23/08/2017 15:41

Please can someone tell me how some schools can still get all results as A*-G ie no 1-9 for maths and English?

Witchend · 23/08/2017 15:43

I think iGCSE and Welsh GCSEs are still entirely alphabet.

TheFallenMadonna · 23/08/2017 15:43

If they do the (unreformed) IGCSE. So no mainstream state schools, unless they are prepared to take a massive hit on their headline measures.

MrsEricBana · 23/08/2017 15:47

Ok thank you!

MsHarry · 23/08/2017 15:50

Not sure if DD knows about being able to look up grade boundaries at 6am and I'm not going got tell her as if they are high she will get in a state, possibly unnecessarily.

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