Do i have to redo my practical endorsement if i'm resitting Y13?

Bear in mind that whatever the OCR advice is, you school may require everyone to do the full course, practical endorement included - and if thats the case, then you will just have to do it. Often in these situations there is little point in making a Big Fuss as you dont 'win' and all it does is get people's backs up, creating an atmosphere around you and your relationship with teachers. A quiet word with the Head of Science (not a big drama involving parents) is the best way to go, but if its a No, then just accept that decison and move on.

Bear in mind that whatever the OCR advice is, you school may require everyone to do the full course, practical endorement included - and if thats the case, then you will just have to do it. Often in these situations there is little point in making a Big Fuss as you dont 'win' and all it does is get people's backs up, creating an atmosphere around you and your relationship with teachers. A quiet word with the Head of Science (not a big drama involving parents) is the best way to go, but if its a No, then just accept that decison and move on.

If you received an overall grade last year including a pass in the practicals then the practical pass can be carried forward and you don't have to redo the them (but the school will need to remember to enter you with a slightly different exam code for this, e.g. H420C rather than H420A.) However, part of the exams are based on an understanding of the practicals - by doing them you should understand them better and your chance of getting a good grade in the A level should increase. It may be that the Chemistry department thinks redoing them will help your overall understanding.

I just don't care about the practical stuff tbh (like I obviously got know how to do the practicals still incase I get exam questions on them but yeah, practical stuff in general isn't really my thing, would rather just memorise).

The teacher is saying that if I WANT the practical endorsement (which I already have? ) then I need to redo them I.e that I'm not going to get it if I don't redo them (at least that's the vibe of getting when they said that and that I have "no excuses").

Anyways emailed the head of science in my school for some clarity.

Like I want to know if that's means that I can go from a pass to fail if I don't do well this year. Like even the biology department are agreeing with me (asked head of biology and they said correct I.e that I don't have to redo them)... So idk what's with this inconsistency man (I don't do A-level biology but if I did do it I also would not have had to redo the PAGs).

Yeah sorry for the "I can't be bothered attitude" but I just really can't be bothered to redo them to put it frank (especially knowing that I don't have to) and would rather focus on revising content.

I retook chemistry alevel through my school but I sat the exam as a private candidate
As you said OCR resits allow the pass in PAGs to be carried forward ... maybe ask if you can sit as a private candidate so that way you won’t need to redo everything cause it’s a lot and not sure why if you’ve passed the PAGs!!!

The teacher is saying that if I WANT the practical endorsement (which I already have? ) then I need to redo them I.e that I'm not going to get it if I don't redo them (at least that's the vibe of getting when they said that and that I have "no excuses").

Anyways emailed the head of science in my school for some clarity.

Like I want to know if that's means that I can go from a pass to fail if I don't do well this year. Like even the biology department are agreeing with me (asked head of biology and they said correct I.e that I don't have to redo them)... So idk what's with this inconsistency man (I don't do A-level biology but if I did do it I also would not have had to redo the PAGs).

Yeah sorry for the "I can't be bothered attitude" but I just really can't be bothered to redo them to put it frank (especially knowing that I don't have to) and would rather focus on revising content.

Your teacher is wrong, you have the practical endorsement already. As long as you make sure your exams officer enters you for the 'NEA carried forward' option (ending in a C) then your Chemistry teacher won't get the chance to decide whether you pass or not as she won't get the option online to choose your grade.

Yeah the Head of science has emailed OCR as I did the PAGs in an "unusual year" and is waiting on a response from them, hopefully OCR come back and say no 2021 and 2020 Cohort resit students don't have to redo the PAGs. I'm just want to know whether my pass can become a fail if I am made to resit them... can my pass become a fail if I'm made to resit them or will it stay as a pass?

You do not need to re-sit them. You have a pass and the correct thing to do is to carry that forward. It doesn't make a difference that this is 2021. I honestly don't know what would happen initially if the school mucked it up by:

but exam boards bend over backwards not to disadvantage the candidate when the centre has messed it up so I expect they'd give you your pass back if they initially gave you a NC and you appealed.

What does NC mean (non-classified?)? And where does it say that even for 2021 exam students they wouldn't have to resit them? Like I know that I've got that OCR link as evidence but you know 2021 grades were just (way too inflated and high) so even if I did the minimum PAGs or whatever/didn't manage to do some of them does that really not change anything? Do I have to be treated equally/just as valid as my year group had it "tough"/would be discriminatory if I wasn't treated like a 2020 and prior cohort student who managed to to the PAGs without any distruption?

So if I have to redo the PAGs but then I do poorly so the school and/or the school decides to ignore that pass from last year I can appeal my grade and be like "nope the school screwed up, this is their "fault"" and then get that pass? My school is good but when it comes to communication ngl they are just rubbish (my old crappy school has way better communication).

NC=Not classified
It doesn't say that 2021 students don't have to resit them in 2022 (but they havn't issued the detailed guidance for 2022 yet) but they have given you the pass and, based on all the other decisions they've made, they won't take that away from you. Students taking Autumn exams can carry forward the pass and I don't see it will be different next Summer.

The massively overinflated grades people have ben awarded in 2021 (and 2020) can't be taken away from people, why would they treat this any differently?

idk that's something my school should be thinking about (the HoS is the one who thinks that my pass may not 100% be guaranteed to be passed (no pun intended) over based on the fact that I was a lockdown leaver , probs because i didn't do the PAGs in an robust as a manner that the 2020 and prior cohort did even if it's supposed to be "equal", not me). So in short my pass can't be taken away from me even if i redo the Y13 ones and do bad? if that's the case then what an earth is the point of having my backside try to do a 2hr PAG on Monday, that i clearly remember doing last year? Thanks for the help, today need to see if i can actually get some kind of conformation that i don't need to redo any PAGs.

I can't provide any proof for you, but I've been an exams officer (amongst other school roles) for 15 years and I do know how these things work -I cannot see they can withdraw you pass in the practicals. However, if the school is letting you resit Y13 they are doing you a big favour (it's messy but if it's a state school they probably won't get any funding for you) and you need to repay that by being reasonable and not winding your teachers up if you can avoid it

I can't provide any proof for you, but I've been an exams officer (amongst other school roles) for 15 years and I do know how these things work -I cannot see they can withdraw you pass in the practicals. However, if the school is letting you resit Y13 they are doing you a big favour (it's messy but if it's a state school they probably won't get any funding for you) and you need to repay that by being reasonable and not winding your teachers up if you can avoid it