| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them 14:05 - Aug 23 with 1972 views | Mullet |
"They're easier now" or any other dismissive sh1t, make sure they are ignored.
Higher than expected grade boundaries in my subjects, and others, big gaps in the middle grades for what's considered pass/fail too. Experimental specifications, poor communication from the government and exam boards and all sorts of hurdles. This year's kids have had it rougher than most ever will.
So whatever they got, well done and I hope loads of you are toasting successes tonight.
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:14 - Aug 23 with 1922 views | Bluefish |
At least they will have it easy to buy houses though, not like today's 30 year olds |  |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:28 - Aug 23 with 1880 views | judespiveyg |
Thanks Mullet, got mine today and was glad my hard work paid off as I passed everything with at least a 6. |  |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:30 - Aug 23 with 1871 views | DanTheMan |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:28 - Aug 23 by judespiveyg |
Thanks Mullet, got mine today and was glad my hard work paid off as I passed everything with at least a 6. |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:43 - Aug 23 with 1830 views | sotd78 |
This is going right back to the old O level grades. Anyone who got 1 to 6 was considered to be a pass mark. getting grade 1 or 2 was very difficult. Needless to say I got grades 3 through 9.
This year's changeover kids have had it very tough indeed. |  |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:44 - Aug 23 with 1830 views | clogger |
Agree totally, mixed bag for the kids that I tutor and the classes I got to teach since Christmas, but my own lad got 6,s 7,s and two 8's so over the moon!! |  | | |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:00 - Aug 23 with 1794 views | Mullet |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:43 - Aug 23 by sotd78 |
This is going right back to the old O level grades. Anyone who got 1 to 6 was considered to be a pass mark. getting grade 1 or 2 was very difficult. Needless to say I got grades 3 through 9.
This year's changeover kids have had it very tough indeed. |
Yep, first this and then Brexit, and Gove is still walking around out there. A mad world indeed.
There are some positives at least, in that professionals got to shape a lot of the content eventually but the process has, in my opinion been criminal from the government's attitude of "it did me no harm, so must be best for everyone". | |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:01 - Aug 23 with 1786 views | Mullet |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:44 - Aug 23 by clogger |
Agree totally, mixed bag for the kids that I tutor and the classes I got to teach since Christmas, but my own lad got 6,s 7,s and two 8's so over the moon!! |
Well done to him, make sure he picks a northern University with grades like that after A levels.
Makes a handy base for away games as my old man will attest! | |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:22 - Aug 23 with 1753 views | itfcjoe |
How does the grading work now? This talk of 6s and 7s is confusing me in my early 30s.... |  |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:24 - Aug 23 with 1743 views | DanTheMan |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:22 - Aug 23 by itfcjoe |
How does the grading work now? This talk of 6s and 7s is confusing me in my early 30s.... |
Basically this
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:28 - Aug 23 with 1726 views | itfcjoe |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:24 - Aug 23 by DanTheMan |
Basically this
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Be interested to see how a 'C' came out which was always viewed a s a pass for me - is it a 4, a 5, or a 4.5......?!
Letters seems so much better than numbers for grades, numbers just don't sit right and will confuse - "I got 5 6s and 6 7s, or is it 6 5s and 7 6s....!"
That's enough of me musing - hopefully everyone who got their grades today is happy with what they got! | |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:57 - Aug 23 with 1655 views | Mullet |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 15:28 - Aug 23 by itfcjoe |
Be interested to see how a 'C' came out which was always viewed a s a pass for me - is it a 4, a 5, or a 4.5......?!
Letters seems so much better than numbers for grades, numbers just don't sit right and will confuse - "I got 5 6s and 6 7s, or is it 6 5s and 7 6s....!"
That's enough of me musing - hopefully everyone who got their grades today is happy with what they got! |
You're where we were a couple of years ago!
The idea being that a 9 would be an A** and didn't exist previously so the top 5% in the country are recognised. The rest then correlate down with 4 and 5 meaning there is more room for a pass.
What seems to have happened this morning is they have just made it harder to hit that 4 and then once you do the grade above are slightly more squished so every mark becomes vital. | |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 16:04 - Aug 23 with 1628 views | TractorWood |
"Children get handed every thing now"
Steve, 42 who didn't pay a penny for his 3 year degree. |  |
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| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 16:04 - Aug 23 with 1628 views | Pinewoodblue |
| If you or your kids got their GCSE results today and anyone tells them on 14:28 - Aug 23 by judespiveyg |
Thanks Mullet, got mine today and was glad my hard work paid off as I passed everything with at least a 6. |
New grades confused me. When I went took O levels you aimed for 1,2 or 3. Why do they feel the need to change things every so often?
Remember when eldest took her exams her school was involved in a test run for GCSEs. She got both GCSEs and O levels at the same time. |  |
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