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Gcse remark

I am 2 marks away from getting a grade 5 in English and my school highly recommended me to do a remark, is it possible for my gcse English grade to lose 8 marks and get to a grade 3?

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DataVenia

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Original post by Oasis1011

I am 2 marks away from getting a grade 5 in English and my school highly recommended me to do a remark, is it possible for my gcse English grade to lose 8 marks and get to a grade 3?

Possible? Yes. Likely? No.

In 2022, only 1.9% of remarked papers lost 5 or more marks (they don't provide data for those losing 8 marks). In 2019, that figure was 0.7%. So you'd have to be very unlucky to lose 8.

Have you and you teachers seen your marked paper via your exam boards free Access to Scripts service? If so, then your teachers should be in a good positions to advise you as to the likely outcome of a Review of Marking. (Note that the deadline for requesting the Access to Script service is tomorrow, 7th September.)