ks3 rs was okay, but gcse has wayyy too much content and difficult to get hard grades...
my gcse target is an 8 so here's a summary of my grades from year 9 to now (we began it in year 9):
autumn term y9: 5
spring term y9 : 4
end of year9 : 3
autumn term y10: 5
so you can tell its going great