GCSE - Dodgy marking.?

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[COLOR="Navy"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="... Antiqua"]Just received my GCSE's. I got 6 A*'s:D and 5 A's:) and 1 B:S .

Okay, obviously I'm chuffed with this but I really don't feel that I deserved that B after the amount and quality of work I put in. I didn't get on with my Art teacher and we had regular clashes in lessons :fight: but I was not a bad or disruptive student and was predicted A* in this subject. I thought that this clash between the teacher and myself might present problems with my overall grade and even said to my parents, I bet that I'll end up with a 'B'.

I was told that my coursework was of A/A* standard and I must say I produced a h**l of a lot of it. When it came to my exam I decided to base my project around Christianity :jebus: and went on trips to loads of churches and graveyards (which caused me some inconvenience) and took pictures which again were deemed by the teacher of 'excellent' quality and beautifully captured. I produced tons of prep work with the photos, I copied the photos in my own hand with a variety of materials. I looked at at least 4 different artists concerned with Christianity and copied their work and re arranged it. I also drew many different Christianity associated objects and symbols which I then combined with the artist's style to produce two final pieces (more than the recommended one). I really wanted to go with one idea (which my tutor and my parents and my friend's agreed with) for my final piece whereas my teacher pushed and pushed for me to do the other one which no one else liked. I did of course follow my teacher's advice thinking that she would know what the examiner was looking for and in doing so I was told that I was most likely to receive an A. I produced my finished piece on a monumental canvas and was happy if a little disgruntled with the finished look.

Content that I was going to get an A, I was rather flummoxed when I saw the end result to be 'B'. Now I'm not saying there is anything wrong with a B and I would have been happy with such a result if I felt that I had put in the effort or standard of B work but I did not stay up frequently until 4 o'clock in the flaming morning to achieve this result. Sorry about he rant.

Anyway, just rang up the school saying that I would like a remark and was told that my grade was apparently no where near an 'A' and that I only just passed as a 'B' and that there would be no chance of a remark as the whole class must be remarked and it is therefore impossible for one candidate to be re moderated and it would cost in excess of £180!! I must say that it all sounds a bit dodgy to me and even my parents where aghast when I told them of my result as I had been worrying about it all summer whilst they assured me there was no way that my work was of B standard and if it came back as such then they would eat there hat (not literally).

So, I have included a picture of my final exam piece below and await everyone's verdict. Also, really sorry about the long post but I just wanted to fill you all in.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR]

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Answer 1

Firstly, well done on all the great results!

I can understand that you'd be annoyed about this..sounds like you put a LOT of work in.

I got an A in English Language, which I was slightly disappointed about because I was on track for A*. A lot of my friends found themselves in the same position, particularly after coming out of the Eng Lang exam thinking it was the best exam we could have possibly hoped for, and the best one we'd taken.

However, the top grades are based on the percentage of how the whole year group (nationally) does. So, if loads of people did really well, the grade boundaries will be higher. In a really hard paper that the year group doesn't do so well on, the boundaries will be lower. Obviously Art is slightly different.. you can't say it was an 'easy' or 'difficult' exam so easily as you can with a written paper. But if loads of people got really high marks this year for Art, the grade boundaries for As and A*s will have been higher.

I'm wondering if the same thing happened with English Language, seeing as we found it went so well.  

Answer 2

I would be happy with your results, I also just got my results and got a B in Art, which is what I was predicted by my teacher but it surprised me as I did very little coursework compared to some other people on the course and also a couple of my projects were only graded at D/E

Oh well! I'm happy. If you really wanted to you could challenge the result but you might have to pay

Answer 3

don't be so disappointed. Although art might seem like an easy subject to do well in, it is extremly hard to get high marks. My friend worked on his art gcse day and night, infact he skipped all his other lessons to do art and he still ended up with a 'B' and i'm telling you his work was AMAZINGGG. if you see it you would go WOW..if you give him a picture, he would make the drawing look better than the picture trust me his that good.

No1 got an 'a' for art in my school. Did anyone in your school get an 'a'? the standards for gcse art is really high.

My teacher said you can get it re-moderated if you are not happy.your school is probably lazy but i doubt there going to change it.

i think you could get an 'a' if you really amaze the examiners and your teacher with something original and unique, something they haven't seen before.

just be happy with what you achieved, look how good your grades are.

Answer 4

Can't you just be happy with all the A's you got?

Answer 5

i know how you feel. i got an B in geography when i came out of the exam thinking ;that was easy'. when i opened them i thought, 'a B??!! darn'

on the letter that i have it says that remarking coasts £45 not £180. and it is refnded if the results are changed.

Answer 6

Sorry you're unhappy with the mark but it's unlikely that you'll be granted a re-grade. It's also unlikely that your clashes with the teacher had anything to do with the eventual result as she would not have been the one marking it.

Art is one of those subjects which is open to interpretation and what one person may think is A quality may not be the same for another person, you're friends and family will naturally think you're work is deserving of a high grade but the examiners will have specific criteria they have to mark on, obviously your friends will not have known this criteria and couldn't have commented on your work in the same light that the examiners saw it.

If you are really unhappy then perhaps you could take the course again, i know that means all that extra work but if you're work is as good as you say it is then you should have no problem in passing it with an A next time.

Answer 7

Can't see your picture but you can forget any hope of a regrade, it's not going to happen. Sorry

Answer 8

I wouldn't worry about it it. It will make no difference to your life chances.

Answer 9

you have to pay about £50 to get it remarked.

i know how you feel, for 2 years my teacher told me i'd get an A and then she gave me a B :(

to the people telling you to be happy with the As you got, ignor them they clearly don't get it, when you put loads of effort into something and want it so much and are told you're going to get it, yeah you'd be a little annoyed.

Answer 10

I've seen the exactly the same thing (btw your grades are bloody good loool I'd be happy with that), well this is the thing My mate and I were completely schocked when this girl got a C in in art, this girls work was awful. She only managed 2 books out of about 5 or 6(which I think is the required amount this is since year 10) she hadn't even filled the second one.

My friend did 5 books, and filled every page did amazing work to a very good standard she'd done live viewpoints experiments with different media etc. her final piece was amazing and tbh she should have got a B. She just scraped a C.

Not only did this girl do no work she also disrupted the main exam, cursing and swearing at the examiner and at our teacher, she also threw paints and stuff around and she had to be sent to the headteacher, you'd think she'd be disqualified. She wasn't. She got a C for this bad painting that looked like an 8 year old had painted it, it wasn't even quality or quantity. So yeah I agree I think the marking is bad in certain cases.

Answer 11

Work gets moderated after the teacher marks it, so if your Art teacher gave you a grade B and the moderator who doesn't know you so can't be biased gave you a B, you'd get a grade B. However, if your Art teacher gave you a B and the moderator thought you deserved more and gave you an A, all the classes work would have had to have been sent off to change their marks and the exam board would have contacted the school and told them about the "dodgy" marking. Sorry, but it is unlikely that you've been "downgraded" because your teacher "didn't like you". The good news is that you did really well in most of your other subjects so I wouldn't stress about it

Answer 12

omg wise up be happy with what you got some people would love to have a B in alot of subjects

Answer 13

If you feel really strongly about it i would say you can appeal but if you decide to do this be aware that you could be marked down to a C grade (it happened to my mate but on an avce)