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I failed GCSE double science because i missed 1 of the 5 exams i had due to a flu, i even had a doctors letter (i was bed-ridden for about 3 days). 4 years of learning to get an easy A-Grade (science was my best topic) all wasted.
Not that it made any difference to my life fortunately.
I wouldn't worry too much about GCSE's unless they have an effect on college entry.
>> Edited by scorp on Monday 20th June 13:58
Not that it made any difference to my life fortunately.
I wouldn't worry too much about GCSE's unless they have an effect on college entry.
>> Edited by scorp on Monday 20th June 13:58
My ex-stepdaughter (work it out!) was horribly sick on the day of her Maths GCSE. The school insisted she take it as there were no resits for months. She went in, and tried, but had to quit, and it can't have done much for the other pupils' concentration either.
Eventually the school decided to give her the mark she got in her mock exam, which was a B. She might have got an A on good form, but seems OK with the B.
Eventually the school decided to give her the mark she got in her mock exam, which was a B. She might have got an A on good form, but seems OK with the B.
Youth Gone Wild said:
Get her doctor to give her a medical certificate
She went to the doctor earlier today and still has to do the exams according to the school.
My father-in-law was the examinations officer for a local school for donkey's years. If you want I can ask him his opinion.
If I recall the conversations we have had on this in the past, you need to contact the examinations officer at the school, and get him or her to contact the boards concerned for their judgements.
Most likely to be the exams to be sat under usual exam conditions under "quarantine" in a separate room.
Please feel free to email me the details of the exam boards etc, and the timescales until due to sit,and I'll pass them on to my F-I-L
Best regards
Chris
Youth Gone Wild said:
Get her doctor to give her a medical certificate
She went to the doctor earlier today and still has to do the exams according to the school.
Not the point I was trying to make. The exam board have quite a lot of leeway but don't like using it for obvious reasons.
After the exam the parents will deduct their opinion of little jonnies performance with that of reality and look for causes for the shortfall. The exam officers will usually get inundated with dissapointed parents after the fact.
Truth is that a medical certificate before the fact is worth ten after the fact. Give the exam officers a chance to let your child sit the exam, with the certificate showing she is under performining and my experience is that her grade is likely to be 'upped a little'.
I have seen children put in a different exam board at a different school two weeks or more weeks later when the reasons have been compelling.
And I have seen parents decide to delay the child six months and then go to a place in london that seems to do nothing but sit exams.
But most requests to exam boards are from jonny not done well, rather than for genuine reasons so you can't blame the exam boards for being a little difficult to win over.
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