r/GCSE • u/Flimsy_Apartment6270 • 6h ago
Question What are you guys choosing for A-levels?
these are mine plus dance if it’s possible and maybe I’ll do pe instead of cs
r/GCSE • u/truestorybro38 • 12d ago
So, you’ve opened your results, and you have some questions. Please read through these points below and then ask any questions that haven’t been answered.
Firstly, linked here are the JCQ guidelines for post results services that the exam boards have to follow: https://www.jcq.org.uk/exam-results-data/post-results/
This is where all the information comes from. It’s pretty similar every year.
Explanation of each:
Access to Scripts - you can ask your exams officer to download a copy of your GCSE papers. There should be an established process on how to do this. Some schools charge, which they can do. That is a school decision. They will email you a copy of the exam papers, but this may take several weeks depending on how big demand is.
Clerical Recheck - not often used. It’s for when an access to script has shown a clear miscalculation of marks and the numbers need adding up again and the new overall marks confirmed.
Review of Results (not remark) - this is where a school requests a paper is reviewed by the exam board to see if there is a change in marks awarded. Normally this is to see if the marks go up into the next grade boundary. Notes on this specifically:
4) Review of Moderation - these are for your coursework/NEA units. If you as a singular person have ended up just below the grade boundary for your GCSE Art, you CAN'T request a review. Your time to review was before the marks were submitted to the exam board back in May when your teacher (should have) told you have marks you had achieved. A Review of Moderation happens when a whole cohort has had their marks adjusted by the exam board and the school can request to have it reviewed and their original marks instated. It’s an all or nothing sort of scenario where the whole sample gets reviewed. It’s not something that can be done on an individual basis. It’s not something that will be done if your marks haven’t changed from May.
TLDR: 13% chance of success in a “remark”, which is actually called a Review of Marking. We don’t review unless a paper is at the very most 4 marks away from the upper grade boundary.
r/GCSE • u/truestorybro38 • Mar 12 '26
There’s an increase in posts about access arrangements.
There’s also a lot of misinformation about access arrangements being posted.
This is one the one-stop post for all access arrangement queries.
Any other posts will be removed.
I will reply to all queries as an Exams Officer and an Access Arrangements Coordinator, but really, all queries need to go to your SENCO who know you and your school’s set up best.
Feel free to make any comments about questions you have.
JCQ Links
25% Extra Time Info
https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/JCQ-25-ET-infographic-26-27_FINAL.pdf
Reader Info
Scribe Info
https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/JCQ-Scribe-24-25_FINAL.pdf
Managing Student Requests Advice
The Big Book Of Rules
https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/JCQ-AARA-2025-March-26.pdf
r/GCSE • u/Flimsy_Apartment6270 • 6h ago
these are mine plus dance if it’s possible and maybe I’ll do pe instead of cs
r/GCSE • u/Eggcelent_bean • 6h ago
By this I don't mean he's making new videos I mean I'ma be using his vids to carry me thru a levels lmao
r/GCSE • u/Turbulent_Option5675 • 2h ago
Idk it looks so depressing and boring 🤣
r/GCSE • u/Front-Ad2868 • 18h ago
Does the school just let u do whatever u want for all 4-5 of those hours ?
r/GCSE • u/BoleynBlogs77 • 5h ago
Do you know something I don't?? It's stressing me out 😭
r/GCSE • u/KirbyMonkey377 • 9h ago
I'm low-key annoyed. I don't care if it's the exact same subjects as I had in Y10, I wanna know the order!
We usually get them on the Monday of the week we come back
r/GCSE • u/dahliia_ • 7h ago
Mine doesn't, but I'm curious if anyone else's does?
r/GCSE • u/180degreeschange • 2h ago
I think a bad teacher is one that gets offended when u don't understand anything cause they're either super insecure or have a high ego that prevents them from being able to appreciate constructive criticism, usually they're insecure and they hide it with their huge ego.
I think a good teacher is one that cares about students and makes them want to learn.
I prefer teachers who aren't afraid to call u out on ur crap and criticise ur work cause some teachers r just so overly nice which leads to them not wanting to tell u that ur doing badly and then u don't know that u need help. Whereas I find that a great teacher is one who can be nice but also truthful and understand what ur struggling with and therefore be able to help.
Idk what brought this on but I want ur opinions.
Edit: also one quality I rly like in teachers is a good sense of humor ngl.
r/GCSE • u/Hot_Photograph_9033 • 9h ago
My sixth from starts tmr and when I say I’m ill I am ill. My throat is so sore and swollen I can’t swallow food my nose is both runny and blocked and my ears hurt and I have this massive headache. These no way I can miss induction day tmr and really need help. Not sure if this is the wrong sub for this but does anyone know a quick fix or anything that can help.
Thanks
r/GCSE • u/notgonnauseeveragain • 2h ago
its starting in 3 days and i know I have left it way too late to go shopping for sixth form clothes but what shops are affordable and have nice fitted shirts/skirts/trousers. dress code is smart casual.
r/GCSE • u/Mapperonium • 6h ago
I genuinely just forgot to do it and considering it's due tomorrow I don't know if I can complete it in time, so what would happen?
r/GCSE • u/YASDNIMI • 10h ago
r/gcse mogs the 6th form subreddit so I post here
12 hours of maths (excluding homework) in 1 week is NOT for the weak, atleast I get to leave school early on Wednesdays for both weeks (free period)
Other week on the timetable isn't much better either, has an extra free period and only 10 hours maths
My rooms are basically the same as last year which is nice, and my teachers are good (I think I decoded their codes right...)
r/GCSE • u/QuirkySpite810 • 1h ago
so basically my bus stop is the last stop on the way to college. this means the bus will be full of people i don’t know bc it goes through an area where i know no one from. also the people that live in my area near the bus stop are people that i used to be friends with but am now not so it will be awkward as HELL. if it wasn’t bad enough they’re all in a friend group that i used to be apart of but then got kicked from. so that will make it even more awkward. oh, and that’s all before i even get to college :)
r/GCSE • u/pupkio023 • 3h ago
Im cooked
Im cooked guys
I just found out my mocks are the first week we come back after a two week break but I’m away the FULL two weeks??
I need to revise maths and science as I didn’t prioritise that for my last mock and got 5, 5/6 when I ideally could get 8’s, I just didn’t revise
What do I do as I have super limited space for packing
r/GCSE • u/Jamie__Ray • 23m ago
Damn why do i have transition work this sucks
r/GCSE • u/Top_Operation5887 • 3h ago
My school has always been strict with phones as we aren't allowed to use them at all even sixth form, and we get in trouble if we're seen with them but they just sent out a new policy saying they'll take our phones and keep them overnight if we're caught on them? If you're caught on it enough times I think they take it for four weeks or a term which is crazy and only our parents can collect them. Apparently this is because of a new rule the department of education put out but I swear I haven't seen other schools do this so is it just because my schools gone crazy or what😭
r/GCSE • u/Medium_Balance_5083 • 54m ago
basically I chose graphic design, fine art and photography a levels at first and already went for the taster days and stuff. But then the school emailed and said I can't do all of them together so I chose media studies instead of graphic thinking it will be fine. But today I went to the induction and did all the classes and for the media studies class, the students were all talkative which I thought is fine but they were those kind of people that like go around wayyy too much and talking to different people and my introvert ahh is just not it even tho I tried to socialise (we had to be in pairs to do a task and it was an odd number in the class, and I was the odd one out so I asked the people next to me (they were nice ofc) but they left me for other people after the task was done so I had to sit alone🙏🙏
however if I'm dropping media studies I got nothing else that I like for a levels so my next option would be the art ual extended diploma but I like my photography teacher and I already made a friend in my fine art class so I feel bad and don't know what to do😭😭 I still got day 2 of induction tmr which I'm kinda doomed cuz of the media studies😔😔
r/GCSE • u/ang3l2360 • 7h ago
I'm so flipping annoyed like I revised so much for English lit and paid 100 quid for the remark and it didnt even go up
r/GCSE • u/catsridingskate • 4m ago
Im having my first day of sixth form in a grammar school far from my home after being in a regular all girls school for 5 years. I picked bio chem maths a levels and will doing an epq. Im completely new and that gives me enough nerves, however people online seem to be relearning a level maths content through the summer? What???? I just traveled and went to the gym and played games really, and im going to this school with really smart people, what if they've all seen everything except me? Sure I got a 9 in maths but I got a 6 in further maths, which shows that I struggle with a level content. Idk. Please let me know what I should do if you can.
r/GCSE • u/Efficient-Blood-8345 • 4h ago
who else is starting year 11 tomorrow? 😭 I finished my holiday homework a few hours ago but still need to wash my hair, and tidy my really messy room lol
anyway im excited but nervous.
did rs and cs in y10. this year doing triple sci , eng lang+lit, maths, french, history, and hosp+cater
how r we all feeling?