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I think one of the pieces of evidence schools will be able to use in appeals is the historical step up from mock to final exam. But if they have kick-up-the-arse marked the mocks obviously that is unlikely to be much use as a fallback position.
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Well, there's only a few hours to wait for child 2, so we'll see. The other unknown is how universties will react if students have missed offers by a grade here or there. Apparently Russell Group universities have a lot of unallocated places, so clearing will be interesting. Mine has added to the confusion by deferring...
Markyboy
I obviously can't speak for where you teach but, having had three kids at three different secondary schools/sixth form colleges in three different London boroughs, the one thing that has been consistent is that they have taught students to pass exams, at the expense of a more holistic or course-based approach. The evidence that I hope will be inluded is the previous cohorts who have performed when they were told it mattered - the exams - even if their course work was not of the same standard.