Poor teaching, reflected in exam results

Hi, I'm just wondering whether there is in fact anything I can do about this situation or not...

Basically, I was predicted A's and A*'s in my A levels (Geog, Politics, Philosophy) and my educational history can back this. However, it came to the attention of myself and about two months ago that not only had our teachers left out pretty fair chunks of the course, what they had taught had been taught either wrong, or rather badly. Thus, I had to re-adapt my revision schedule to accommodate for the new material that had to be learnt and spent a total of eight weeks re-writing the course content and trying to understand it- which anybody who takes Philosophy can agree, is not always the easiest of tasks.
Thus, by the time the exam arrived, although I had covered the majority of the content to the best degree I could, I was short on time to actually 'revise' it and had also not been able to practise any exam questions efficiently; this proved detrimental in the exam when trying to respond to 12 and 25 mark questions- although our teachers had provided some level of approach regarding how to answer them, their approaches varied greatly. In fact, when I actually did had in a 25 mark question (in which I knew the content was right as it was drawn from text books), it was marked down because my teacher had not understood the content to credit it; one thing she corrected made the statement a fundamental contradiction!
So obviously the exam did not go well; I definitely have not got the A I should have done but moreover, since I had to spend so much time focussing on Philosophy, I've not performed nearly as well in my other subjects which I haven't been able to dedicate adequate attention to.
I've always been someone who cares about their grades and was aiming for a straight set of A*/As in my A levels- as can be demonstrated with my A* (post-standardisation) EPQ which was complete before this all came to light. Thus, I'm just really disappointed that it may impact me getting to university, for which I only needed AAB, but now it seems like I'll be falling a detrimental amount from that. Obviously if I were to miss out, I'd just re-sit the exams next year because I'd rather end up in a university that I match up to academically, but I wasn't sure if there was anything I could do now, perhaps to let the university know the situation?
My reservations are rooted in the fact that I don't want to seem like I'm just justifying a bad exam, which is why I haven't considered it this seriously until now. Not only that, but as bad as my teachers were, they were two of the most lovely people I've met in my life and if anything, I feel guilty criticising their work when evidently they've had to go through this hell at one point to get to where they are.

If anyone had any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated, but I understand that my best bet at this point is probably gritting my teeth and dealing with it on results day and accepting that's life :' Cheers

A) If your teachers were bad, then you should have reported this to either; Subject Leader, Head of Department, Head of your Sixth Form/College, or Assistant/Deputy Headteacher who is responsible for teaching and learning.

B) Your grades will only be taken into consideration from your uni if everyone's results over all 2 or the 3 subjects you said that were taught badly were horrendous like you point out.

C) You can get a priority recall of your paper (but you'd have to pay a lot as they only really do this if it's a whole cohort of papers have bad results), and go through the paper with a more senior member of staff in the same discipline subject such as Head of Department/Subject Leader.

D) Go through clearing at uni.

E) Or you're just worrying about your results which is understandable, but futile anyway.

F) ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!

Completely unrelated to the post but how did you become a community assistant?

I applied to become a Study Helper for the English Forum and was accepted after considerable thought.

And a few years later, I was offered the position by Official TSR as an English Specialist Community Assistant.

A) If your teachers were bad, then you should have reported this to either; Subject Leader, Head of Department, Head of your Sixth Form/College, or Assistant/Deputy Headteacher who is responsible for teaching and learning.

B) Your grades will only be taken into consideration from your uni if everyone's results over all 2 or the 3 subjects you said that were taught badly were horrendous like you point out.

C) You can get a priority recall of your paper (but you'd have to pay a lot as they only really do this if it's a whole cohort of papers have bad results), and go through the paper with a more senior member of staff in the same discipline subject such as Head of Department/Subject Leader.

D) Go through clearing at uni.

E) Or you're just worrying about your results which is understandable, but futile anyway.

F) ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!

Ohhh alright thanks, also how do you get the title of "Very Important Poster"?

I wasn't aware it said that. Because I'm part of the TSR Community, my layout is a little different from a normal member. It's a bit more admin-looking so I can't see my profile in the same light as normal posters!

I thought as much really- I would have reported my teacher but by the time I found out I felt it was a) too late and b) I couldn't bring myself to be the reason they lost their job- which obsiously is never going to help my own case :/ I reckon I'll take point B and C into account but if not, and all does go as I expect, I reckon I'll just take a gap year and re-sit; it's only one year of my life and it's my own fault for not realising the poor standard at which we were being taught and doing something about it sooner!!! Cheers man

Your one doesn't say it lol Sorry for making you think that, I saw someone else have it and I was really curious.

Oh, I was going to say!

I know what/who you mean. They are the Offical TSR. So if it was a job scenario, they would be my boss basically. You only get that title when you are in control of a whole section of a forum like a person in charge of the University/Personal Statements Forum and so forth.

C) You can get a priority recall of your paper (but you'd have to pay a lot as they only really do this if it's a whole cohort of papers have bad results), and go through the paper with a more senior member of staff in the same discipline subject such as Head of Department/Subject Leader.

Ohhh I want to be that I feel like my posts are "very important"

Remember depending on what A-levels you do and if it's mostly humanities (I know you took Philosophy), the new reforms are in place and technically, if you wanted to resit, you'd have to take the full A-level (i.e the whole two years to try and get a better grade at the full A-level)!!

It is open to anyone who took an A level paper and costs £10-13 depending on exam board. Papers come back very quickly (often within the hour for Edexcel). However, if you do this you can't then go for a priority re-mark.

Hi, I'm just wondering whether there is in fact anything I can do about this situation or not...

Basically, I was predicted A's and A*'s in my A levels (Geog, Politics, Philosophy) and my educational history can back this. However, it came to the attention of myself and about two months ago that not only had our teachers left out pretty fair chunks of the course, what they had taught had been taught either wrong, or rather badly. Thus, I had to re-adapt my revision schedule to accommodate for the new material that had to be learnt and spent a total of eight weeks re-writing the course content and trying to understand it- which anybody who takes Philosophy can agree, is not always the easiest of tasks.
Thus, by the time the exam arrived, although I had covered the majority of the content to the best degree I could, I was short on time to actually 'revise' it and had also not been able to practise any exam questions efficiently; this proved detrimental in the exam when trying to respond to 12 and 25 mark questions- although our teachers had provided some level of approach regarding how to answer them, their approaches varied greatly. In fact, when I actually did had in a 25 mark question (in which I knew the content was right as it was drawn from text books), it was marked down because my teacher had not understood the content to credit it; one thing she corrected made the statement a fundamental contradiction!
So obviously the exam did not go well; I definitely have not got the A I should have done but moreover, since I had to spend so much time focussing on Philosophy, I've not performed nearly as well in my other subjects which I haven't been able to dedicate adequate attention to.
I've always been someone who cares about their grades and was aiming for a straight set of A*/As in my A levels- as can be demonstrated with my A* (post-standardisation) EPQ which was complete before this all came to light. Thus, I'm just really disappointed that it may impact me getting to university, for which I only needed AAB, but now it seems like I'll be falling a detrimental amount from that. Obviously if I were to miss out, I'd just re-sit the exams next year because I'd rather end up in a university that I match up to academically, but I wasn't sure if there was anything I could do now, perhaps to let the university know the situation?
My reservations are rooted in the fact that I don't want to seem like I'm just justifying a bad exam, which is why I haven't considered it this seriously until now. Not only that, but as bad as my teachers were, they were two of the most lovely people I've met in my life and if anything, I feel guilty criticising their work when evidently they've had to go through this hell at one point to get to where they are.

If anyone had any suggestions that would be greatly appreciated, but I understand that my best bet at this point is probably gritting my teeth and dealing with it on results day and accepting that's life :') Cheers

The OP is not doing subjects where the linear A levels have started yet and could re-sit any/all units in the subjects she has chosen in 2017 or 2018.

Haha, you've got to work your way up to my level, then their level!!

I moderate you, and they moderate me! It's a lot of pressure I tell you but looks so good on your CV though.

I am assuming Philosophy is Religious Studies but you are right if it is Philosophy. I forget which are the other subjects!