Where's that maths and English prediction thread?

[AtiaoftheJulii]

I want to see how accurate those school target grades were!

DD's predictions were spot on - 8 for maths, 7 for Eng lang & lit.

In her mocks sh got 7 in maths and 8 for Eng lang and lit, but predictions were kept the same as above. She found maths exam horrendous and thought she'd dropped to a 6.

We had a few surprises either way, but our predictions for our students were broadly in line with outcome. Literature were a bit closer than Lang, but I suspect following some remarks that gap will close. Overall, as an English HoD, I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief.

DD they refused to predict 9 s at her school as they said they were not confident enough of the new syllabus.
She was predicted.
Maths 8
Eng Lang 7
Eng lit6/7

She got
Maths 9
Eng Lang 6
Eng lit 8

She's still amazed by Eng lit. She'd like to see the paper, but doesn't want to draw attention to it. Her teacher said more likely to get a 5 than an 8.

dd's were:

maths: 6 mock, 7 prediction, 8 actual
eng lit: 7 mock , 8 prediction, 9 actual
eng lang: 7 mock, 8 prediction, 8 actual

So pretty accurate I think.

The school actually had a better 9-4% than they did A*-C% last year. They got 43 9s, six students got 9s in maths & English & two got three 9s.

I love that that "only three people getting three 9s in the entire country" bloke was so wrong

(Also I need the thread because I can't actually remember what ds was predicted, lol!)

That "one person " applies to next year, when they're all reformed, doesn't it?

Atia...,
IIRC, that prediction was for next year when (pretty much) all GCSEs are 1-9

Advanced search is your friend
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/2894184-Do-you-have-a-Year-11-doing-GCSE-this-summer

I'd had a couple of failed attempts earlier, but just found it too

Atia the three 9s in the whole country is next year not this year....

Ds' predictions pretty close actually (Maths predicted 8, got 8, Eng Lit predicted 7, got 8 god knows how, Eng Lang predicted 6, got 7).

Rest were Bs so the new papers worked well for us!!!!

they say 2000 have got three 9s ... I've cooked breakfast for a (very hungover) couple of those ;)

It seems to have worked okay for the more academic kids. dd's school have said this is the best set of results they've ever had, but that is from a very able cohort (coincidentally, as it is a comprehensive).

Atia the three 9s in the whole country is next year not this year....

Yeah, that's what the two posters just above said! I'd got the wrong impression from that TES article then I guess.

Yes its all 9s next year rather than 3 x 3 nines . They revised it anyway to be possibly up to 1,000

DD was predicted 7 at maths and got an 8; predicted 7 for both English language and literature, scraped a 5. She's pleased she achieved well in maths so she can do it at A level but disappointed she didn't do as well as expected in English. I'm immensely proud of her.

She's at an academy in special measures - just 3 grade 9s in the entire year, all in maths.

Yes its all 9s next year rather than 3 x 3 nines

Someone should probably cancel the cheque too