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  • StubleyAddick
    StubleyAddick Posts: 2,552

    Happy with results. Chuffed with an A in english, will have to keep it up with all the grammer police on here!

     

    ;o)

    Well done Dartford...were you off to now?
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587

    Happy with results. Chuffed with an A in english, will have to keep it up with all the grammer police on here!

     

    And I didn't think the youth of today understood irony.....

  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    Whats this ICT? Have we got a fixture with Inverness Caledonian Thistle? Seriously well done everyone!
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    good luck to anyone's kids eagerly awaiting their results this morning

    my first experience of this with my daughter, she certainly worked her socks off and fingers crossed gets what she deserves
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    Mine too just got to the school with a very nervous 16 year old 🤞 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,345
    Hope you all get the grades you deserve and worked for. 
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,109
    edited August 2023
    My lad got 3 E's so he doesn't care about his future. He's just dancing and gurning.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,814
    edited August 2023
    all 'old school' 3 A's, 2 B's and 4 C's.....phew
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,827
    Elthamaddick said:
    all 'old school' 3 A's, 2 B's and 4 C's.....phew
    Well done Eltham, I reckon you outperformed with those 3A’s :-) 
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,804
    Elthamaddick said:
    good luck to anyone's kids eagerly awaiting their results this morning

    my first experience of this with my daughter, she certainly worked her socks off and fingers crossed gets what she deserves
    Not many teenagers on charlton life themselves…?!
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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,038
    Elthamaddick said:
    all 'old school' 3 A's, 2 B's and 4 C's.....phew
    Great grades! 
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    Stressful morning and got to do it all again next year…

    Thankfully all the A’s and B’s (well 7’s and 6’s in the modern world) in the right subjects to get into the sixth form at her school as it’s quite a high bar they set to get in 

    Well done to your daughter Eltham.
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,455
    I thought GCSE grades went up to 9?
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    They do

    But it’s a strange system where a 7 is effectively an A and a 4 is effectively a C or a pass in old money

    Thats my understanding anyway, the old way was a lot simpler 


  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,455
    Southendaddick said:
    They do

    But it’s a strange system where a 7 is effectively an A and a 4 is effectively a C or a pass in old money

    Thats my understanding anyway, the old way was a lot simpler 


    So what are an 8 and a 9 then? A* and....?

    Obviously O Levels are long gone, but an A was 80 to 89% not 70% - is this what they mean by grade inflation?

    It must be so confusing for educational establishments and even more so employers. I've read to day that NI and Wales still have the additional grade inflation for covid but not in England. So someone in Wales or NI is likely to have get higher grades than someone in England - how are employers meant to keep track of who got what grade inflation when depending on where they went to school and when??


  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,494
    PrincessFiona said:
    Southendaddick said:
    They do

    But it’s a strange system where a 7 is effectively an A and a 4 is effectively a C or a pass in old money

    Thats my understanding anyway, the old way was a lot simpler 


    So what are an 8 and a 9 then? A* and....?

    Obviously O Levels are long gone, but an A was 80 to 89% not 70% - is this what they mean by grade inflation?

    It must be so confusing for educational establishments and even more so employers. I've read to day that NI and Wales still have the additional grade inflation for covid but not in England. So someone in Wales or NI is likely to have get higher grades than someone in England - how are employers meant to keep track of who got what grade inflation when depending on where they went to school and when??


    9 = A**
    8 = A*

    I don't think the old O Levels were garded by reference to marks. Instead the to 10% got an A, the next 15% a B etc. 
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,536
    edited August 2023
    Good luck to all waiting on grades that are wanted, I just feel for those poor souls who are left with poor results and not feeling great, what with all the over emphasis on A's given in the media and news programs at this time of year, stay strong...
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,256
    Great to read

    my GCSE year was 97/98

    My dad was pulling me out of school for all of our away night games, and the week of the play off final was half term before all my exams started.  I spent the week putting together clippings of all the newspapers and rewatching the final.  That’s how you revise and prepare 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,455
    Jints said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    Southendaddick said:
    They do

    But it’s a strange system where a 7 is effectively an A and a 4 is effectively a C or a pass in old money

    Thats my understanding anyway, the old way was a lot simpler 


    So what are an 8 and a 9 then? A* and....?

    Obviously O Levels are long gone, but an A was 80 to 89% not 70% - is this what they mean by grade inflation?

    It must be so confusing for educational establishments and even more so employers. I've read to day that NI and Wales still have the additional grade inflation for covid but not in England. So someone in Wales or NI is likely to have get higher grades than someone in England - how are employers meant to keep track of who got what grade inflation when depending on where they went to school and when??


    9 = A**
    8 = A*

    I don't think the old O Levels were garded by reference to marks. Instead the to 10% got an A, the next 15% a B etc. 
    I thought that too, but looked it up and you needed at least 80% for an A. It looks like A* wasn't introduced until 1994, so hard to compare like for like
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,323
    Been any word from @Foxycafc of late... Hasnt he taken them this year? 
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  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,859
    It’s hard to compare like for like with the numerical grading system. Ultimately a 9 is like an A** - awarded to only the top 1-2% of those sitting exams. An 8 is akin to an A* a 7 is an A, 6 a B. A 5 is like a high C and a 4 a low C.
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,494
    My nephew got 8 x 9s and 1 x 8. Pretty impressive when he couldn't get into any of the Kent grammar schools. 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,455
    sirjohnhumphrey said:
    It’s hard to compare like for like with the numerical grading system. Ultimately a 9 is like an A** - awarded to only the top 1-2% of those sitting exams. An 8 is akin to an A* a 7 is an A, 6 a B. A 5 is like a high C and a 4 a low C.
    It is good that the top and very top marks get rewarded. but that next A***, then an A is more like a C. Hard to keep track for educational establishments and employers. Seems unfair pupils in Wales an NI still get increased grade inflation than students in England whose grades could be 1 grade down in every subject when they got a pretty much equivalent grade
  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,859
    PrincessFiona said:
    sirjohnhumphrey said:
    It’s hard to compare like for like with the numerical grading system. Ultimately a 9 is like an A** - awarded to only the top 1-2% of those sitting exams. An 8 is akin to an A* a 7 is an A, 6 a B. A 5 is like a high C and a 4 a low C.
    It is good that the top and very top marks get rewarded. but that next A***, then an A is more like a C. Hard to keep track for educational establishments and employers. Seems unfair pupils in Wales an NI still get increased grade inflation than students in England whose grades could be 1 grade down in every subject when they got a pretty much equivalent grade

    It is complicated but the boundaries are set after the papers are marked - then the boundaries are decided. They are not the same every year but represent the ability of the national cohort and are set accordingly to ensure that the number of 9s is similar each year.
  • CarltonAthleticDance
    CarltonAthleticDance Posts: 181
    Jints said:
    My nephew got 8 x 9s and 1 x 8. Pretty impressive when he couldn't get into any of the Kent grammar schools. 
    Very impressive set of grades there!

    son#2 (at a grammar) got a smattering of 9s and 8s. Mainly 7s and then a couple of 6s for his least favourite subjects. He’s reasonably relieved as was getting wound up beforehand by overall correction from Covid years and likely grade boundaries.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Different subjects have different thresholds for the grades.
    The amount of perfection needed to get a ‘top’ grade in Drama for example (which I believe is over 92%) is way higher than in Mathematics where you can get a ‘top’ grade for a percentage in the sixties (maybe lower).
    My ordinary level maths achieved back in the day is probably the equivalent of a double first from Cambridge University now😀
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    It used to be the every year it would be on local news as a kid opened their grades.  The suspension would raise and then they’d invariably get straight A’s necssue they were hand picked.
    nowadays it seems a badge of honour to have done shockingly bad and to boast about it on TikTok.  
    Strange how the world changes isn’t it 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,455
    Swisdom said:
    It used to be the every year it would be on local news as a kid opened their grades.  The suspension would raise and then they’d invariably get straight A’s necssue they were hand picked.
    nowadays it seems a badge of honour to have done shockingly bad and to boast about it on TikTok.  
    Strange how the world changes isn’t it 
    I was a little surprised to see how openly supportive Peter Andre was of Princess' results. Considering she goes to a private school. But maybe she did actually work as hard as he said and her results were good for her personally
  • Curbsgoldenera
    Curbsgoldenera Posts: 3,211
    Congratulations 🥳 Foxy those are terrific results.
    Hope you have a plan to celebrate, I imagine you put in a lot of hard work and it’s certainly paid off.

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