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On Thursday 9th February year 11 pupils were given the results for their recent mock exams that they sat (along with an estimate of the GCSE grade they would have earned with this mock result combined with any coursework). A copy of these results will be sent home with their Spring 1 report for you to see.
Many pupils would have been pleased with their results as they reflect the hard work they put into their revision and preparation. For others they would have been disappointed as they had not prepared adequately. Over the next few weeks we will be working with year 11 on effective revision and we will be giving them strategies they can use (in and out of lesson) to build upon these results, good or bad.
As a word of caution, when you receive the mock results/grades please be aware that these were calculated using 2016 grade boundaries. As you may be aware these grade boundaries change every year to reflect the difficulty of the paper they sat in each subject. As a result, what was needed to get an A* in their mocks will more than likely be different in the summer.
In addition this is the first year of the new 1 – 9 GCSEs in English and Maths so no previous grade boundaries are available to concert pupils’ marks to the new grades. Therefore the grades on the pupils’ reports are based on the best estimates of where the grade boundaries are likely to fall.
If you have any questions regarding your child's mock results then please do not hestitate to contact their class teacher who will be able to answer them for you.
Mr Gibson, Assistant Headteacher and Raising Standards Lead said:
"The next time our Year 11 have this experience will be when they open their real results in the summer. We are sure there will be even more smiles and celebrations then!"
