GCSE Support - nervously waiting

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Hopefully everyone from GCSE Support The Final Frontier can find this new thread!

Woohoo!! That's fantastic.

Oh dear. Need to go back a page or two and read about it. 😬

Are you me?

Well done - fab news! 🎉

Hurrah!

Congratulations!! 🥳

Omg NOW I'm so nervous! I feel really ill. Got to wait at least another 40 mins as in person results are given at 9am and shortly after they will be online.. DD was still asleep last time I put my head around the door.

Well done! Delighted for her (and you) 👏🏼

Well done to those that passed!

We won't know until after 10am.

I've woke with an upset stomach. Hope it's nerves and not a bug or I'm gonna have to not go with him!

His dad is coming to collect us as I don't drive and we have both took time off work. Been divorced 12 years but we are civil, lol, ish....

Oh how just seen on sky news something about schools minister saying these children have "undoubtedly suffered" .

Sitting outside DD’s school waiting. Might be a long wait as she wants to see all her friends.

This was on bbc news
"But the drop will be steepest in England, where - unlike Wales and Northern Ireland - grades are meant to return to 2019 levels this year"

I don't understand the unfairness of the system?

I don't either, we live in Wales but go to a school in England so it seems particularly unfair. (We moved home but left kids in school)

I feel sick sat waiting for DD to ring, especially seeing the doom and gloom over grade boundaries. She needs at least 8s in maths and physics.

DS got 4a 4 band a c ( in old money) Into sixth form. I'm shocked at how well he has done. Good luck everyone.

I’m hating this wait. I don’t care what the numbers say as long as they are happy with them because they worked really hard. I’m hoping they get to learn the life lesson that hard work pays off, but they might not and I don’t know what that would mean for them.

It only really affected the north-east significantly with A level results as the formula is more likely to affect students in more deprived areas.

My DD got all 9's - above predictions and a complete shock. She is in tears.

Some selfish thinking there!

Selfish why?

Wow. Amazing. Well done.

Congrats.

Unfortunately thats us. North East in a deprived area 🙈

DS sat several GCSE exams last year papers which have been graded which go towards this year qualifications- other schools will have sat that paper this year. I assume it's harder to readjust down so dramatically with that configuration than with England which just has end of 2 year course exams.

They are different qualifications with same name basically - which I don't think is clear to the media and it's a result of a devolved education system.

Did hear someone from Government saying it didn't matter as they compete in their area but that ignore the kids along the boarder - some at the college my DC attend do come from England as they can and prefer AS/A-level system - so I do think it's a potential issue even if colleges are aware.

We've had no e-mail yet but have found hidden on school webpages when school is open.

@Fluffycloudsfloatinginthesky congratulations that's amazing - same to @BobBobBobbin and everyone else who has good results.

Phew - DS really happy, thank goodness.
Hope everyone gets what they need/want.

Mixture of 7’s, 8’s and 1x9 for Dd. 2 marks off an 8 in one of her A level choices so think we might have it remarked.