r/GCSE • • Aug 20 '26

Results Day Post Results Support/Guidance/Review Of Marking Etc.

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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.

What can you ask for when you get your results?

  1. Access to scripts
  2. Clerical recheck
  3. Review of results (wrongly called a remark)
  4. Reviews of moderation

Explanation of each:

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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:

  • A student has to give consent for this to happen.
  • Some schools pay for their reviews, other schools ask the students/parents to pay. The charge is PER PAPER and is around £50. The review of marking is free of charge if the overall grade changes, NOT just the marks.
  • MARKS CAN GO UP OR DOWN DURING A REVIEW OF MARKING. So in theory, you could have an 8 reviewed and it go to a 7. It does happen.
  • There will always be some freak cases where someone gains 20 marks and goes up 3 grade boundaries. The examiners can make mistakes. Please don’t assume it will happen to you as it’s insanely unlikely.
  • In the last 9 years, the average success rate in my school for a grade increase is 13%. Not great odds.
  • At my school, anything higher than AT MOST 4 MARKS from the next boundary we don’t submit for a review. If it’s a unique scenario where we’ve accessed the scrip and can see something has been missed by the examiner we may consider higher than 4 marks away, but it’s very unlikely.

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 • • Mar 12 '26

Announcement Exam Access Arrangements

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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

https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/JCQ-Computer-reader-reader-24-25_FINAL-1.pdf

Scribe Info

https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/JCQ-Scribe-24-25_FINAL.pdf

Managing Student Requests Advice

https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/Managing-parent-carer-or-student-requests_2025.pdf

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 • • 5h ago

Results Did your grades sound better in letters or numbers?

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I got 999866665 which is 4 A* and 5 Bs (or 4 Bs and 1 C). I think it just sounds better in letters.


r/GCSE • • 2h ago

Meme/Humour Lowkey failing the mocks🥀

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r/GCSE • • 2h ago

Tips/Help GCSE Quotes

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how many quotes should i remember for each character and theme in:
An Inspector Calls
A Christmas Carol
Romeo and Juliet
Power and Conflict poetry

I’ve done that so far (for AIC) but I feel like that’s too many quotes but i’m scared that if i don’t have lots of quotes i’m gonna struggle in my exams😭😭


r/GCSE • • 11h ago

Pre-Exam EXAM PENCIL CASE

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those clear pencil cases. yk the ones. i beg you peeps to not even try to bend the rules w exam stationery, they are 60p in the tesco!!! there is no benefit to buying cutesy pencil cases, unless you already have one and genuinely have not got the time to get anything else. when asking "is this ok for exams" assume NO and find a better option. more importantly talk to peeps from YOUR SCHOOL- friends who have done the exam with your school's invigilator or your teachers!!

i say this bc a girl in my year (actually multiple people but theres an example) was disqualified from multiple year 10 mocks for using a pink opaque pencil case. THRICE. dont even risk it dude omg

sincerely a cutecore loving enby

ps zips come in many colours and 30cm(?) ones are £1

r/GCSE • • 3h ago

Meme/Humour GCSE traitors update! DAY 6

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Day 6 is here!!! sorry for not posting about days 4 or 5 i was busy 💔

Mickey has been banished, and eddie is convinced that fred and hyde have something to do with it?

Sheila and Juliet’s feud is getting worse - they both accuse eachother of being a traitor, whose side will the cast choose?

What drama will the rest of the cast get up to? 👀

(i put the link in the comments to the channel if you wanna join! it’s anonymous and u get to vote on who to banish)


r/GCSE • • 3h ago

Question Revision

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Genuinely how do I find time to revise? By the time I get home from school I’ve lost all motivation/energy to do a my school work and even if I try I cannot concentrate properly. Does anyone have any advice?


r/GCSE • • 2h ago

Tips/Help Do you cross them out?

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When do english papers question 5 and make a plan around your answers, are you supposed to cross them out or leave them?


r/GCSE • • 5h ago

Revision Resources Is this enough revision for my mocks?

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Obviously I'll keep revising till my mocks but this is what I've done so far. For context I don't have a literature mock which is why I'm not revising literature


r/GCSE • • 1d ago

Question Would I be allowed this in exam?

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It’s like a mesh material and mostly see-through


r/GCSE • • 2h ago

Tips/Help Making a revision timetable

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r/GCSE • • 4h ago

Question How to get answers in this website?

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Does anyone know how to get answers in this websites? it only shows me the past paper questions but not the answers.. wesbite name: revisegcsemaths


r/GCSE • • 21h ago

Question Anybody else scared to tell their A level options to people?

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It’s so fucking stupid lol, and I think this is more for people who are really good at STEM but don’t want to do it in the future. Literally everybody thinks I will do the usual bio, chem and psychology or maths, but I’m planning on doing Philosophy, English lit and psychology.

I feel like people who are really into humanities and arts are stereotyped as stupid so I kinda feel like everybody will look at me as if I’m stupid even though if I wanted to, I could do STEM.

If anybody else has older siblings who did the STEM usual, how are y’all surviving here bc it’s so hard.😭😭😭😭😭

What makes it worse is that literally every single teacher (apart from my English teacher) thinks I’m going on to a really niche scientist or whatever just bc I get really good grades for all my subjects.

And while I’m on this, any grade 9 students getting the subtle comments from people about getting all grade 9s? Literally finished my mocks yesterday and when consoling people that did bad, the amount of “oh but you can’t say anything you’re going to get all 9s”.

Like bish-


r/GCSE • • 19h ago

Rant/Lore I found out Im missing my prom and I already have a dress

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So to explain me and my family got me a prom dress in the summer holidays because we found one for £45 and I liked it. Then we booked a holiday to Cyprus, pathos and it's a morning flight lol.

So I found out on Tuesday that I'm missing my prom because it's on that same day I go on holiday. I got lowkey so annoyed. Because my prom will be 24/6/2027 and that's when I go on holiday. I'm planning on taking the dress with me on holiday but I wanna know to all the year 12s, 13s and higher or if you're a year 11 and know you're missing prom and you wanted to go, did yall ever miss prom and for what(UNLESS IT'S PERSONAL THEN DON'T SAY) and also did you wish you got to go?

Edit: I'm not upset about missing it lol I'm excited to go on holiday, I was just curious of people's experiences if they can share them(if it's not too personal)


r/GCSE • • 3h ago

Question Practice test

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I’m currently teaching myself gcse biology and I did a paper 1 past paper and got 71/100

Is this result a grade 9 ? As 142/200 is a grade 9 for both papers?

I’m a bit confused. I’ve just finished paper 1 content so am I still able to get a grade 9 for both papers???


r/GCSE • • 20h ago

Question Am I dumb

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I got 160/160 in my English lit gcse but I didn’t pick it for a level🫩🫩 my teacher said I’d be dumb for not picking it but like idek why I didn’t pick it. I do History Politics Chem Maths and like I just picked those four cuz they sounded interesting and they open the most doors for the future but I feel like I’ve made a mistake


r/GCSE • • 4h ago

Question Suggestions for presentation topic?

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Hii

I have to give a presentation for my English class about anything and i have no idea what to talk about


r/GCSE • • 21h ago

Meme/Humour Sounds about right

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Psychology gcse was hell don’t recommend (but I did get an 8 so AMA)


r/GCSE • • 6h ago

Tips/Help Looking for a good worksheet website

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Hi everyone!!! I’m looking for a really good Maths worksheet website which has plenty of Pythagoras worksheets and algebra. I use Corbett maths which is absolute amazing, but has limited worksheets regarding 3D Pythagoras. Thanks everyone!! :)


r/GCSE • • 6h ago

Question EMERGENCY QUESTION

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r/GCSE • • 22h ago

General English teacher social experiment

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so my english teacher is really harsh score-wise to everyone, and even the highest scorers in the class only score like 18/30 when they got 8s in y10 mocks. On the other hand, i have an 'english form' where pretty much the same english class practise poems and whatnot in the morning, and everyone loves the english teacher we have for that. I want to carry out a social experiment where i give the same essay question on macbeth or whatever to both english teachers, and prove that my actual english teacher just doesnt believe in 9s. What should i write about?


r/GCSE • • 2h ago

Tips/Help Relaxing is another way to study effectively.

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It's true. I said it so that moderators don't ban this post because they may see it as irrelevant (plz don't ban meee)

Anyway. Who has realised these days that YouTube, tikrok and social media in general is becoming boring? I don't watch TikTok, Instagram anymore, I only watch YouTube and it staryed to be boring, heck even using my phone started to be so boring.

What do you do to do have fun? I realised since I have exams near (around May 2027 and have a heavy study heavy relax schedule) I want to focus on having the best of the times at home y'know.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS FIND EVEN FUN ANYMORE! How to find your interests?


r/GCSE • • 17h ago

Question Can I write in Python OCR GCSE Computer Science

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For paper 2, is it fine if I write in python, over pseudocode


r/GCSE • • 14h ago

Tips/Help AMA got top in my year in gcses!

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ask me anything, as someone who didn't do a whole lot of studying....
i did english lit/lang, maths/further maths, bio, chem, physics, geography, irish, music and religion!