The Sixteenth Republic - waiting on the GCSE results show!

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U TURN!!!

CAGs standing 😵

U Turn

Making Ofqual take the responsibility, I note...

This does make parents realise all the dodgy standardisation that goes on with exams (and coursework) now, I think.

Out of genuine academic curiosity I will want to see on Thursday what Ofqual was going to award but I bet we never know...

Wish I hadn't been honest on CAGS now but seriously CAGS should have been given with schools who look to have overinflated results been scrutinised.

GCSEs not delayed. All hands on deck I bet.

FFS! Don't blame Ofqual - it's your fucking mess, Gav!

Where does this leave all the students that didn’t get their university offers and lost their places? Presumably a lot of those places got filled at the end of last week be pupils who got higher than expected.

What a complete fuck up.

Omg, what a mess. What happens to the odd kid who got a higher grade than their CAG, does that stand now?
( namechanger, sorry)

Will any pupils get lower grades now?

I believe that stand Kashtan.

What about the kids who accepted their insurance offers and now want their first choice back?

I saw Lewis Goodall on twitter saying that non-Russell Group unis are worried this will leave them without any students.

I want to know about whether students can choose GCSE CAGs : it would be unfair if A Level can and not GCSE.

Ah well at least teachers can now be blamed if there is a difference between CAG and UCAS.

Ffs

@noblegiraffe - polish up your cv there is a vacancy in the offing. Probable start date October.

Not happy at the buck for deciding which kids have to resit their maths GCSE entirely stopping at me.

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Ah well at least teachers can now be blamed if there is a difference between CAG and UCAS.

Ffs

@noblegiraffe - polish up your cv there is a vacancy in the offing. Probable start date October.

The U4T lot keep telling me to quit teaching.

How can U4T have any faith in the Government in getting schools back safely after this?

@noblegiraffe - Perfect! You can tell them that you have taken their advice and found a new job opportunity, sit back and watch the meltdown

win win for us teachers

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@ineedaholidaynow

How can U4T have any faith in the Government in getting schools back safely after this?

they dont want schools they want childcare

@Piggywaspushed

I want to know about whether students can choose GCSE CAGs : it would be unfair if A Level can and not GCSE.

From what I’ve seen reported I think they can. Like A levels they’ll be able to take the highest of the CAG and algorithm.

Which presumably means in an attempt to avoid grades being inflated, the government have somehow managed to inflate them higher than they would have been if they’d just used CAG.

Will this impact next year’s exams?

Yes... could be awkward for us some of this...

Not happy at the buck for deciding which kids have to resit their maths GCSE entirely stopping at me.

That’s my worry now too. I suppose we just have to remind ourselves (and possibly others) that the CAGs were based on the evidence of our students’ work, not plucked out of thin air. However, I’m absolutely certain some parents at my school are going to kick off.

Just got in from a walk...
OMFG!!!!