The GCSE results thread

I work at a school that's currently at the end of it's first year of special measures....good news here as results are up 15% on GCSES A-C, huge leap on last years poor results! :D
 
mrbios said:
I work at a school that's currently at the end of it's first year of special measures....good news here as results are up 15% on GCSES A-C, huge leap on last years poor results! :D
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Since you will rise through he league tables your school should now receive more funding..:rolleyes:
 
LateX'Dog said:
24th year in a row where GCSE results have increased.

My partner who is a PhD student at York Uni tells me that the first year students coming into Uni are appalling. They are taught how to pass exams and not about the subject. They rely heavily on too much help.

Are kids really getting more intelligent or are the schools tailoring the classes to increase pass rates for league table results.
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I'm a phd candidate. The point is gcses are almost irrelevant to higher level studies. I could find a d student who has genuine passion for a subject and bring him up to a high standard who is willing to work 9am - 11pm, but i could also find a gcse 'a' level student only doing it for the grade, and he/she would be hopeless. I could probably teach him the math required for the subject, how to right cleanly written reports and the random latin words researchers like to use, if he really really wants to be a researcher willing to go through the pain to get there.

The point is, they're measuring the wrong thing. Looking at gcses and a-level which are closest to computer science(ICT, Computing) is just lol worthy. They're tricky jump though hoop questions, with hardly any relevance to real world research and i'm guessing real world work. I tell you what though, high grades do at least measure work ethic, and how much they willing to put up with bureaucracy.
 
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Got a B in IT. Got 2 choices for year 9 two for year 10 and another 2 at year 10 along with my English and maths results etc. Not telling you my Geography as I was in hospital most of the time.
 
5A's 4B's

Biology = 1 Mark off an A*
Geography = 2 Marks off an A*
History = 2 Marks off an A
English Lit/Lang = 1 mark an A
German = 1 Mark off an A

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My teachers also over-marked all my science my coursework so I lost quite a few easy marks because of them! CBA to get them re-marked as it's only GCSE!
 
I find it funny how people are moaning about how GCSE students are being spoon fed information... if there was a problem with it, the exam boards would make the exams harder or change the exam in some other way.

Also, how do you know if GCSEs are so much easier now? When was the last time you sat a GCSE exam?
 
Tingle said:
I find it funny how people are moaning about how GCSE students are being spoon fed information... if there was a problem with it, the exam boards would make the exams harder or change the exam in some other way.

Also, how do you know if GCSEs are so much easier now? When was the last time you sat a GCSE exam?
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Less than 3 years ago, On a serious note, the Science GCSE'S are easier than what they used to be 6-10 years ago, tried one of the older papers from early 2000's much harder + more in depth

But well done to those that got the grades. :)
 
I have no idea what any of this information means or what to do with it.

Why couldn't they just give you a piece of paper with all your subjects and your results on it?
 
If your results table is the same as mine then the letters in capitals down the right hand column are your grades for that subject. The lower-case letters are the grades you got for tests etc. ;)
 
For the majority of you, as long as you get good enough GCSEs to get into A-Level study, the actual grades will matter little.
 
Scythian said:
If your results table is the same as mine then the letters in capitals down the right hand column are your grades for that subject. The lower-case letters are the grades you got for tests etc. ;)
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Yeah, but some of them are for modules, some of them are for subjects, some of them that should exist don't, i only have like half the certificates... and all of that requires effort to decipher, and i may be many things but i'm NOT a morning person ;)
 
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