| A Level results 08:32 - Aug 13 with 9959 views | MrSheen |
Good luck to anyone else going through this today. Fortunately my youngest has got what she needs for exile to Chilly Jocko-Land (c. J. Greaves). |  | | |  |
| A Level results on 19:08 - Aug 14 with 1883 views | Ranger_Things |
Private schools results boosted by 4.7% and state schools downgraded.
Levelling up in action. |  | | |
| A Level results on 19:19 - Aug 14 with 1861 views | dezzar |
| A Level results on 12:46 - Aug 13 by stowmarketrange |
If they’d gone to Newcastle uni they could’ve been playing poker with houses in the west end of the city as chips.
I’ll match your Joan St and I’ll raise you Adelaide terrace.Although I think they don’t give change and it’s impossible to cash your chips in at the end of the game.I also think that the Newcastle edition of monopoly has to have the whole of the west end as Old Kent Rd.And they still ain’t worth the £60. |
How dare you diss the west end sir , ill have you know its now rejuvinated and an up and coming area . We only send a hand full of kids down coal mines but its better than sending them up chimmneys .Apart from annoying delusional NUFC fans its a suburban paradise.Mind you i did once live on Canvey Island |  | | |
| A Level results on 19:29 - Aug 14 with 1850 views | Watford_Ranger |
| A Level results on 18:39 - Aug 14 by CiderwithRsie |
A headteacher was on the radio yesterday making this exact point. The algorithm insisted someone in her school had to get an E. No-one had this year, they had a good cohort, but their lowest B was downgraded to E.
I don't care what people say about teachers inflating grades, chopping a kid down from B to E is not credible. Yet this is being promoted as being more academically rigorous than teacher assessment. It isn't. |
They could have easily ensured nobody got bumped down more than one grade. Can’t honestly work out if this is incompetence or a cruel government being cruel because it can.
University of Life brigade loving it on the Twitter. [Post edited 14 Aug 2020 19:32]
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| A Level results on 23:29 - Aug 14 with 1756 views | Northernr |
| A Level results on 18:20 - Aug 14 by CiderwithRsie |
My daughter has just been on the receiving end of this and had her grades reduced for the crime of deciding to go to 6th Form in the local comp rather than staying in grammar school which she wasn't enjoying.
Fortunately she has outflanked the bastards by taking the entrance exam for the uni of her choice back in January (her idea, not mine, and I'm both proud and relieved she had the nous to find out about it) which she aced and as a result got an unconditional offer plus a "merit award' of £1k. |
Fcking good for her and well done. Sounds like she’ll go far. |  | | |
| A Level results on 00:01 - Aug 15 with 1738 views | baz_qpr |
Nephew was downgraded from 3 A* to 3 A had taken step for maths as well with a high pass. Lost Cambridge and UCL places was offered a place at Bristol, email directly by university with offer accepted it this morning thus closing off any other offers, received rejection via UCAS at 5pm for place that had been confirmed. Now without anything.
Highest attaining student at a pretty poor school, self taught himself further maths as no teacher to do it.
Of course no student at school had ever attained A* at maths at this school impossible with this algorithm to have achieved it.
Its an absolute shit show |  | | |
| A Level results on 05:04 - Aug 15 with 1700 views | nadera78 |
| A Level results on 16:19 - Aug 14 by Cliff |
have you evidence of this? Because I thought the adjustment made was to bring the number of passes AT EACH LEVEL into line with previous years. |
Don't know how to link tweets, but have a look at the BBC's Faisal Islam on Twitter.
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| A Level results on 10:53 - Aug 15 with 1595 views | LazyFan |
So in-short we can deduce that this govt are Kuntz. |  |
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| A Level results on 11:00 - Aug 15 with 1586 views | E17hoop |
Keen to see what happens next week with GCSE results. With a minimum C required in English and Maths for every job or college place, if a similar algorithm is applied there will be LOTS of unhappy 16-year-olds next week. |  |
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| A Level results on 19:46 - Aug 15 with 1487 views | CamberleyR |
Shamelessly nicked from Twitter but ABBA were disappointed to learn that they're now DFEC. |  |
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| A Level results on 10:41 - Aug 16 with 1425 views | Drewster |
To have a system that didn’t take into account teachers predicted grades and mock results is frankly nothing short of criminal, and using an algorithm that takes into account your school location and status underlines this government’s attitude to working class.
My kids are older and thankfully we haven’t had to go through this but I feel so sorry for the kids and families who are experiencing this.
Williamson has a lot to answer for, but as usual I suspect he’ll wriggle out of it and find a way of blaming someone else.
Meanwhile the Tories refuse to suspend the MP who is under criminal investigation for rape and he will be allowed to return to the Commons to work... |  | | |
| A Level results on 10:41 - Aug 16 with 1423 views | OldPedro |
| A Level results on 11:00 - Aug 15 by E17hoop |
Keen to see what happens next week with GCSE results. With a minimum C required in English and Maths for every job or college place, if a similar algorithm is applied there will be LOTS of unhappy 16-year-olds next week. |
My daughter is waiting for her GCSE results this week. I'm fearful of the outcome having seen what has happened with the A level results last week and the articles suggesting that the GCSE results are going to be based on school performance and peer ranking.
Fingers crossed she gets what she needs for 6th form college. |  |
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| A Level results on 10:53 - Aug 16 with 1407 views | CiderwithRsie |
| A Level results on 00:01 - Aug 15 by baz_qpr |
Nephew was downgraded from 3 A* to 3 A had taken step for maths as well with a high pass. Lost Cambridge and UCL places was offered a place at Bristol, email directly by university with offer accepted it this morning thus closing off any other offers, received rejection via UCAS at 5pm for place that had been confirmed. Now without anything.
Highest attaining student at a pretty poor school, self taught himself further maths as no teacher to do it.
Of course no student at school had ever attained A* at maths at this school impossible with this algorithm to have achieved it.
Its an absolute shit show |
Upvoting this post seems wrong so just wanted to sympathise.
Can't work out what the hell's happened with that UCAS thing, doesn't sound intentional - surely anyone with three A's ought to be good for a decent uni whatever you might think of the downgrade from A*
Sounds a bit like the UCAS system is crashing under the strain. Which would be bloody typical. | | | |
| A Level results on 10:54 - Aug 16 with 1406 views | Drewster |
| A Level results on 10:41 - Aug 16 by OldPedro |
My daughter is waiting for her GCSE results this week. I'm fearful of the outcome having seen what has happened with the A level results last week and the articles suggesting that the GCSE results are going to be based on school performance and peer ranking.
Fingers crossed she gets what she needs for 6th form college. |
Fingers crossed.
As you say they used the same/similar prediction system so I fear it’ll be carnage. | | | |
| A Level results on 12:34 - Aug 16 with 1345 views | NorthantsHoop |
| A Level results on 10:41 - Aug 16 by Drewster |
To have a system that didn’t take into account teachers predicted grades and mock results is frankly nothing short of criminal, and using an algorithm that takes into account your school location and status underlines this government’s attitude to working class.
My kids are older and thankfully we haven’t had to go through this but I feel so sorry for the kids and families who are experiencing this.
Williamson has a lot to answer for, but as usual I suspect he’ll wriggle out of it and find a way of blaming someone else.
Meanwhile the Tories refuse to suspend the MP who is under criminal investigation for rape and he will be allowed to return to the Commons to work... |
I totally agree, my children are well passed the period when they took exams, but can remember the anxious wait 9 years ago, when our youngest was waiting for her A level results and gaining a place at University.
The mockery of how this year's exam results are being assessed and the stress this is causing to students and parents is unfair. The obsession with school league tables and trying to apply a methodolgy to reflect the Schools performance over the last 3 years is wrong. It has been difficult enough with the stress of the Covid crisis for these youngsters at a very important time of their educational life. The Scots government have relented after it went wrong and gone back to teachers assessments, the English results should be done the same way. They have 4 days until the GCSE results to rectify this, otherwise more heartache that could at least be softened, by removing the computer says no methodology. |  | | |
| A Level results on 12:34 - Aug 17 with 1232 views | Konk |
I've just been chatting with a neighbour who's a head of dept at a school which consistently produces amongst the best exam results in Bristol. He reckons 25% of his students have been unfairly downgraded by at least one grade, with more than half of those having been downgraded by at least two grades. He's absolutely gutted for those kids. I know the government have been operating in incredibly difficult times, but this is such a huge injustice that it surely can't be allowed to stand. |  |
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| A Level results on 12:53 - Aug 17 with 1209 views | MrSheen |
| A Level results on 00:01 - Aug 15 by baz_qpr |
Nephew was downgraded from 3 A* to 3 A had taken step for maths as well with a high pass. Lost Cambridge and UCL places was offered a place at Bristol, email directly by university with offer accepted it this morning thus closing off any other offers, received rejection via UCAS at 5pm for place that had been confirmed. Now without anything.
Highest attaining student at a pretty poor school, self taught himself further maths as no teacher to do it.
Of course no student at school had ever attained A* at maths at this school impossible with this algorithm to have achieved it.
Its an absolute shit show |
Has he been in touch with Bristol since?
Showing Maths places in clearing with A*AA, or AAB under a "contextual offer". Sounds like he could qualify.
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/entry-requirements-qualifications/c | | | |
| A Level results on 13:34 - Aug 17 with 1177 views | Northernr |
Ditching the whole thing. Going with teacher assessments. Announced at 4pm according to The Times. | | | |
| A Level results on 13:49 - Aug 17 with 1149 views | Drewster |
| A Level results on 13:34 - Aug 17 by Northernr |
Ditching the whole thing. Going with teacher assessments. Announced at 4pm according to The Times. |
Good but what an embarrassment. And chronic waste of money and unnecessary worry. | | | |
| A Level results on 13:49 - Aug 17 with 1149 views | Phildo |
| A Level results on 13:34 - Aug 17 by Northernr |
Ditching the whole thing. Going with teacher assessments. Announced at 4pm according to The Times. |
Unbelievable mess. Has literally tortured kids for best part of a week. Shameful. |  | | |
| A Level results on 13:54 - Aug 17 with 1140 views | Myke |
| A Level results on 10:32 - Aug 13 by MrSheen |
Is that how long they have to wait? I’m just back from Ireland, and we can tell when Leaving Cert day is from all the kids running into the sea in their undies. I wondered why we hadn’t seen it this time. How will the Unis cope with applications in that time frame? Good luck to her, I’m just delighted it’s over. |
The uni year has also been put back a month or so, with the first lot of offers out on the 11th Sept I think. There is a precedent with the uni year being delayed, as the same thing happened in 1981, due to a strike delaying LC results. Ironic because this was the year I did my LC, who would have imagined my daughter would have a similar fate 39 years later? | | | |
| A Level results on 14:02 - Aug 17 with 1126 views | DannytheR |
| A Level results on 13:34 - Aug 17 by Northernr |
Ditching the whole thing. Going with teacher assessments. Announced at 4pm according to The Times. |
Remarkable.
My son is due back at school, 8.30am, Wednesday September 2nd, with no social distancing, no masks allowed and the kids cleaning their own desks before moving between classrooms.
Fully expecting in-school teaching to then be over for the term somewhere around 4pm, Wednesday September 2nd, with the only outstanding question whether he'll have already caught Covid. [Post edited 17 Aug 2020 14:03]
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| A Level results on 14:02 - Aug 17 with 1125 views | Phildo |
Head of UCAS now saying - yes but we have already given out our offers. They are going to have to wheelbarrow cash to universities to increase places but lots of practical problems like accommodation shortages if they do that | | | |
| A Level results on 14:08 - Aug 17 with 1409 views | robith |
| A Level results on 14:02 - Aug 17 by Phildo |
Head of UCAS now saying - yes but we have already given out our offers. They are going to have to wheelbarrow cash to universities to increase places but lots of practical problems like accommodation shortages if they do that |
They can't guarantee places to everyone - they over offer to compensate for students missing grades. It's simply untenable.
What a car crash |  | | |
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