GCSE Results Day 2022 - Retake and Remark Information

Hi everyone!

GCSE Results Day isn’t too far away and many of you may be wondering what you need to do if your results aren’t what you were expecting. We’re all rooting for you to do well, but as with most exams, there will be some of you that unfortunately feel a little disheartened.

If you’re unhappy with your results, the first thing we recommend that you do is talk to your teachers, as they are best suited to giving you tailored advice, as they’ve seen your progress and academic ability first hand. However, if you’re curious about reviews of marking and retakes, or your teacher suggests one of them, then the details below should help you understand them better!

The purpose of this thread is to give you all the information you need if you’re considering getting a review of marking or retaking an exam. I'll try to cover as much as I can and I’ll focus on the most common questions that come up, but if you’re still a little bit stuck then feel free to comment, and one of us will get back to you.





If you didn't do as well as you hoped then here are some general questions answered here



Good luck to everyone

Hi I've got a question. I got 2 7's in chemistry and physics and I checked the OCR grade boundaries because that is my board and I was only one mark of a grade 8 so is that a good reason to get it remarked??

I did bad in English language and I have to re take it now. Since I want to do English will top university care that I had to re sit English language since my degree I want to do is engineering

Hi everyone!

GCSE Results Day isn’t too far away and many of you may be wondering what you need to do if your results aren’t what you were expecting. We’re all rooting for you to do well, but as with most exams, there will be some of you that unfortunately feel a little disheartened.

If you’re unhappy with your results, the first thing we recommend that you do is talk to your teachers, as they are best suited to giving you tailored advice, as they’ve seen your progress and academic ability first hand. However, if you’re curious about reviews of marking and retakes, or your teacher suggests one of them, then the details below should help you understand them better!

The purpose of this thread is to give you all the information you need if you’re considering getting a review of marking or retaking an exam. I'll try to cover as much as I can and I’ll focus on the most common questions that come up, but if you’re still a little bit stuck then feel free to comment, and one of us will get back to you.





If you didn't do as well as you hoped then here are some general questions answered here



Good luck to everyone

hi! I was 1 mark away from a 9 in maths and 2 marks away from a 9 in further maths. Should I send it off for a re-mark? Thank you!

Was this Edexcel or AQA? I'd send for a priority copy of your papers and look to see which papers if any are worth sending for another look

Yep, it definitely is. I'm literally in the same situation (1 mark below an 8 in Chemistry) and will get a remark. There's nothing to lose because even if you get nothing out of it it'll still be a 7. Hope you get the extra marks

Hi everyone!

GCSE Results Day isn’t too far away and many of you may be wondering what you need to do if your results aren’t what you were expecting. We’re all rooting for you to do well, but as with most exams, there will be some of you that unfortunately feel a little disheartened.

If you’re unhappy with your results, the first thing we recommend that you do is talk to your teachers, as they are best suited to giving you tailored advice, as they’ve seen your progress and academic ability first hand. However, if you’re curious about reviews of marking and retakes, or your teacher suggests one of them, then the details below should help you understand them better!

The purpose of this thread is to give you all the information you need if you’re considering getting a review of marking or retaking an exam. I'll try to cover as much as I can and I’ll focus on the most common questions that come up, but if you’re still a little bit stuck then feel free to comment, and one of us will get back to you.





If you didn't do as well as you hoped then here are some general questions answered here



Good luck to everyone

I just got my GCSE Results back and I was 1 mark off a 9 in Physics, 1 mark off a 9 in chemistry, and 1 mark off a 9 in English Literature. Would you recommend that I get all 3 re-marked? I'm doing Physics A Level so I want a 9 in physics especially.

How often is it that grades go up on a remark? Do you think they might be more lenient the second time around and allow you a mark or two (considering a remark in chem where I was 2 marks away from the next grade)?

Any papers which are Edexcel or AQA you can get back a priority copy of for free. This will allow you to look and see if it's worth sending a paper or two back. It's probably not worth looking for English Lit because you won't know if another mark is to be gained but definitely worth it for physics and chemistry!


No they are not more lenient the second time - it is literally a check that the judgement of the original marker is reasonable.

Would you say I should get maths and further maths remarked? 1 mark away from a grade 9

I'd get a copy of your papers back (if AQA or Edexcel) and look for if there's somewhere the mark should be gained and only send that paper back

Cool! Would you say it’ll be easier to find a mark in maths papers?