GCSE result day - what happens?

[kathyseldon]

Do DC tend to go into school by themselves? Or do parents go in with them?

(DC is autistic and doesn't have an opinion on this. I don't want to be the only parent there!)

Our school aren't having students come to school this year. Just emailing the results.

If your school are having students come in, from past experience I'd say about 90% come in on their own or with friends. Maybe 10% have parents with them. It really doesn't matter. Whatever your son is happiest with.

In my experience parents don't tend to go in. I didn't go in with any of mine.

When I was a teacher the occasional student would come in with their mum but it wasn't very common. I would suggest going with a mate or two tho.

My school and DDs school are doing email results this year.

In a normal year I hardly ever see a parent come with to collect results.

Our school have said that you are allowed one parent in with you. However, my dd does not particularly want me the be there (I'll be right outside though as I want to be!!)

In my experience parents very rarely go in, can you just ask them to email them to you?

We waited outside in the car. Ds met his mates outside and they all walked in together but didn't open their results together, all went off into a space in the hall and opened them. Ds was opening his and 2 teachers came over. The teachers already know what the students get around 7am I believe. Ds aced his so it was all fine, they knew how hard he had worked. He and his mates all then came together and did the big compare, congratulated each other, saw all his teachers and other students.

Then as he was going to sixth form there was a desk for the sixth form where he took his results over to and confirmed his place by showing his grades.

One of his friends didn't get the grade he needed to do maths A level so he had to choose another A level there and then which was a bit stressful for him but he had the teachers and his mates.

A couple of parents went in with their children, one girl had had a baby so her Mum went in with her for support. It isn't the norm though for most schools. I suppose for your Ds I would ask him what he wants to do, does he want you in?

Great. Thanks all.

I will have to drive DC to school anyway, so I'll just let her get on with it by herself if she's happy to.

Stay with car but be around in case they need you!

I've done two GCSE results days at the same school that were very different.

DD1 she told me she was going to go in, grab the envelope, flee back to the car and we'd drive a distance away before opening.
Reality was she went in, then I got a test saying that she was opening hers with her friends. I sat in the car listening as the screaming that came out of the school gates would be enough to wonder whether you should call the police. After about 3/4 an hour I messaged her to say I would rather like to know her results. She did stop long enough to message them to me.
She came out around half an hour later. Apparently there had been a few parents but not many and were encouraged to stay back (except in a couple of cases which dd suspected meant that they knew the results were disappointing and parental support might be needed.

DD2 was last year. They emailed them out but said they could also go in with a strict 1 parent per child, in half hour slots per form. Most people had a parent with them. The parents stood one side of the field and the students walked over, collected an envelope from the socially distanced desks and then walked back to parents to open them.
DD2 then attempted to bribe me with her results by saying she wanted to go shopping and would tell me one result for each item I bought. It didn't work.

I hope they’re emailed. I have double whammy this year. Both A Level abs GCSE Results for Y13 and Y11 sons. This year, it’s more about house teachers will assess our DC. Yikes😢

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I hope they’re emailed. I have a double whammy this year. Both A Level and GCSE Results for my Y13 and Y11 sons. This year, it’s more about how teachers will assess our DC. Yikes😢

I'm currently expecting DD's school to do them in person.

Parents don't tend to go, but if they have driven their children in they hang around waiting.

I'm hoping DD will go in with a couple of friends but if she wants me there, I'll go (anxiety issue re crowds and other things).