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Support thread for parents of teenagers

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LindsD Aug 2020 9:58pm, 15 Aug 2020 39,771 posts	Quote Pin LindsD That was my route
LindsD Aug 2020 9:59pm, 15 Aug 2020 39,772 posts	Quote Pin LindsD (Plus some evil interviews)
WA Aug 2020 10:05pm, 15 Aug 2020 7,308 posts	Quote Pin WA [I did the exam in U6 too and was offered a place at a college other than I wanted. I declined and went to Bristol instead]
ThorntonRunner Aug 2020 7:48am, 16 Aug 2020 3,680 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Took Oxbridge 7th term - worked at a local company in the 3/4 year break, and am still working for them (on the same software suite) 37 years after graduating...
DocM Aug 2020 8:07am, 16 Aug 2020 36,187 posts	Quote Pin DocM hubby did the 7th term thing and as a result doesnt seem to get how the system works (or in this case doesn't) when you get results and have to sort everything out really quickly
ThorntonRunner Aug 2020 8:25am, 16 Aug 2020 3,681 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner The current system is a mad scramble that gives neither student nor university time for considered decision making
swittle Aug 2020 8:41am, 16 Aug 2020 66,954 posts	Quote Pin swittle Ofqual seemingly ploughing more of its own furrow, apparently without sharing its plans with DoE. bbc.co.uk
Meglet Aug 2020 9:46am, 16 Aug 2020 21,176 posts	Quote Pin Meglet What a mess. Scotland managed to get it right though it did take them nearly two weeks. The ones I can’t understand are the ones that have been downgraded by two or more grades. How and why does that work? Daughter says two boys in her year were both predicted AAA*. One had that. The other got something like ABD. (Same subject too). Doesn’t make any sense. And this is a fee paying school-obv not exempt from downgrades.
Rosehip Aug 2020 11:30am, 16 Aug 2020 17,383 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip From looking on here and also experience of friends' teens the idea that it's only the inner city large 6th form colleges that have been downgraded seems a bit innacurate.
Minnie Mad Aug 2020 11:41am, 16 Aug 2020 2,298 posts	Quote Pin Minnie Mad Yes I've heard a story of a student who has been downgraded who went to an independent so there must be other factors in the algorithm. Also the teen now knows that one of his grades was downgraded from the CAG although he didn't seem bothered about appealing. It doesn't affect his Uni place but on the other hand his grades are for life.