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Originally Posted by Jagmate
(Post 14032493)
We did the same with both English and Maths tutoring during Year 11. Didn't want to rely on school to give him the confidence that he needed that he could pass those subjects first time. His English tutor is also an examiner for one of the boards and when we rang him he told us that he'd been ever more fearful as he'd been marking the papers as he felt that they were so difficult and the marking guidance that they'd been given meant such a small percentage of kids were going to be able to access the top grades so he told DS he'd done absolutely brilliantly to get an 8 and even more so for your DS with a 9! He said he felt that too much A'Level expectations and subject matter had crept in to GCSE papers.
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Ah that's interesting. My son's English tutor is an ex-examiner and obviously did a good job teaching him! He only had an hour a week since February but it also gave my son the confidence.
My son has spoken to a friend from school now, they do give out ties but charge £7 😂 |
