Thread 8 Carry on Corona Cohort: GAV give us the CAG?

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Welcome all to the 8th Thread for this year's GCSE cohort the Corona Cohort!

Some of us have been here since I started first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. It is hoped this will continue. Going forward we intend to stay in secondary so any new threads should have 'GCSE Summer 2020 Thread # : Carry on Corona Cohort' in title just to make it easier to find.

From now on our DS/DD may go down various paths so we decided not to be exclusionary and stay right here in Secondary until HQ chuck us
At this precise moment in time we are awaiting GCSE results that seem to have been produced by an algorithm that also takes very little account of Teacher Centre Assessed Grades. There is an appeal process but it was changed yesterday to include mock results and coursework, then taken down again for review.
Trying to protect our young people's mental health.during this shit show , which the government claims is their priority...when they talk about wanting students back in schools/college in September...

first ever thread

previous thread

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53807854

Woo hoo best news yet. Surely they’ve got to follow suit now?

The protest over Cummings just dwindled sadly. It won't happen this time!

Come on England...

Welsh Govt have done a U Turn too....finally. i was mighty peeved at Labour lobbying for England but not Wales!

Great news about Wales!

I just saw about Wales too

So that’s Scotland, NI and Wales having CAGs for GCSEs. Come on England!!

This all feels so surreal

What happens if your mock was higher than your CAG? Quadruple lock??!!

Really hoping now we get some clarity and fairness for our children .. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Breaking!

A level and GCSE in Wales to be CAGs

Haha think you might be pushing your luck there @ClarasZoo

The minute it happened in Scotland it was obvious we would have a repeat. But I wonder if it’s all been drawn out On purpose to fill up all the uni places ....it makes me fear about the sense the government has in making other important decisions, like corona!

They HAVE to go to CAG!

My sis works at RG Uni & relieved she’s not in admissions. She reckons it could work if they lifted the ban on more than 5% increase in students.

I signed the petition for CAG to be used, several different ones in fact.
But from a purely selfish pov I hope they don't as my dd will get far better grades with the unfair system.

Seriously, if BJs lot don't back down now there will be riots!

@singingstones

Haha think you might be pushing your luck there *@ClarasZoo*

But Gav told me we could though!!

I'm not sure what Gav says will carry much weight for very much longer!

An extra line has just appeared on the BBC saying those who were awarded higher grades by the algorithm will keep them.

I'm feeling really sick about this...and I'm not even getting any results. My child actually seems ok about it but I have to keep biting my tongue in order to stop me dragging it up again. I'm boring myself with it now!
They cannot got with the algorithm now can they??? now the rest of uk have got their thinking heads screwed on correctly. !

Great news about Wales
Surely now ....

My daughter's school is in England but very close to the Welsh border. Lots of crossover between universities in the area. So this will be highly relevant for schools in her area.;

Have they released any details re Wales & lost first place offers etc? What happens there?

@AndwhenyougetthereFoffsomemore

I've just emailed school to ask about when and how they are releasing CAGs, and how they are managing admissions. It's a reasonably selective (state) 6th form, and in normal times, ds would be totally safe. This year? Who knows. Btw, are there any Admaths students around? DS has received his results for this (released a week earlier than GCSEs) and got a D: and a friend has had a U: this in a super-selective class, where they only allow very strong mathematicians (expected to get 8/9s at GCSE),and the class historically have received all A and B grades. They don't do a mock, so I suspect there may be nothing we can do about it (have emailed school to ask) but it's not exactly helping mine or ds' confidence at the moment...

Is the advanced maths FSMQ? Ds did that. We hadn't even thought about results for that as I do t even think they did a mock?