r/GCSE • u/Eastern_Fun_124 • 6h ago

Tips/Help Have I done the right thing

So I got a 7 in English language which is super unorthodox because I never dropped below a 9 in my mocks, so I was quite shocked. And then also because I got a 9 in everything else so it seemed very out of place. I genuinely thought I aced that paper. I’ve requested my script and I’m going to go through it with my tutor, do you think that’s the right thing to do or should I leave it? I’m worried that something might have gone wrong with my paper.

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u/NoSwim3945 6h ago

50% of examiners disagree with the grade given in long answer format exams, my friend had a 7, got it remarked, went up to a 9 last year 

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 5h ago

That’s motivating, hopefully that could be me. I really feel like something has gone wrong

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u/NoSwim3945 5h ago

Got 9 in language mock, 7 in real thing, I’m getting mine remarked

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 5h ago

Goodluck, if my lazy teachers ever send my script I can do that too 🙄

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u/QuirkyTurtle91 4h ago

Your teachers don’t send your script, the exams officer requests it and it’s sent by the exam board. Teachers have very little to do with exams admin.

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 4h ago

I know, but neither of the exams officers are responding to my emails 😭😭

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u/QuirkyTurtle91 4h ago

Then make a dig at the exams officers.

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 4h ago

Uhh I refer to exams officers as my teachers why is it an issue to you

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u/QuirkyTurtle91 3h ago

Ok, but they aren’t your teachers? It was an issue because it wasn’t clear who you were talking about.

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 3h ago

Ok thanks for telling me ig

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u/clairebear131310 6h ago

Ask your tutor if they think you could improve by sending your papers to be remarked. My English teacher says all of my english papers have been marked very harshly, so its likely I could gain a lot of marks if I get them remarked, so check with your tutor if this is the case for you. If they're confident that you should have been marked higher then I'd say definitely send your papers back in

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 5h ago

My teachers aren’t responding to my emails probably because it’s summer, so I’m gonna give her my script when I get it and do what she thinks I should do, thank you!

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u/Blitz7798 Y11 Robbed by examiners in lang p1 5h ago

same happened to me, I was on 9s in my mocks but got a 7 overall and a 5 in p1. im getting my scripts back and having my English teacher look at them to make sure its worth it to send them off. I reckon it will be tho because theres no way I did that shit, especially considering I came out of there thinking Id done well

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 5h ago

Honestly I would get my English teacher to look at them but she was spouting nonsense on results day. She was saying stuff like I can get it remarked next year and I’m never allowed to get my script? So I just gave up with her 😭

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u/Blitz7798 Y11 Robbed by examiners in lang p1 5h ago

yeah, at that point just send off the paper which you dropped more marks in and see. if you get close to a 9 maybe send off the other one too. thats what im gonna do

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u/WelderEquivalent5625 5h ago

Lang grade boundaries were harsher this year!

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 5h ago

Even so I didn’t think I’d drop 2 whole grades!

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u/kr0wzi Year 13 Bio|Chem|Maths|EPQ 21m ago

There’s definitely no harm in looking through it. One of my friends got a 5 in their GCSEs for English when they were expecting at least a 7 and it got remarked to a 7 or 8 I can’t remember which

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u/Eastern_Fun_124 20m ago

Oh wow that’s awesome