A level mocks 2021

My school is taking a completely different approach to most other schools. The school decided not to go ahead with online exams due to the probable occurrence of cheating which they have no control over. It would be unfair for all students if the grades from these online exams influenced our final A level grade.

As a consequence, my school has hinted that there may be exams that we will sit once school reopens - this will be around March time if the government does not extend the current lockdown. My school is also considering doing another set of exams at a later date too to give us students multiple chances to get a good final grade.

My school has planned on no mocks and we will only do exams if we need to in the end of the year

My school is taking a completely different approach to most other schools. The school decided not to go ahead with online exams due to the probable occurrence of cheating which they have no control over. It would be unfair for all students if the grades from these online exams influenced our final A level grade.

As a consequence, my school has hinted that there may be exams that we will sit once school reopens - this will be around March time if the government does not extend the current lockdown. My school is also considering doing another set of exams at a later date too to give us students multiple chances to get a good final grade.

No mocks at all? How will your school give students the grades they deserve? Apart from mock exams from year 12 and end of topic tests what evidence does your school have?

We were told to come and collect our papers, sit them at home in exam conditions and then return them next week. There's the option to sit in school in an empty classroom to take them if you have distractions like younger siblings at home, but aside from that they're just trusting us not to cheat. I think people will though

we've been told the same thing. a full set of mocks in march but do you really think schools will reopen?

I don’t think they’ll use mock exams from last year as that data is really old. They’ll just use topic test grades and student effort most likely. There’s no point in doing mocks. Everyone will cheat. Everyone. Every student has joined a class group chat on Snapchat so everyone will just share answers so there’s no point.


Precisely

I highly doubt that schools will reopen after the February half term. The government as in the first lockdown will probably just extend the lockdown for another couple of weeks. We could be back in school by April at the latest, I hope.


What if some people did poorly on those topic tests? I know a few people who didn't put 100% effort into studying for those exams as they believed that they had a chance when summer exams come along. But then again, those have been cancelled...

our two years have been wasted lolol. Its a case of it is what it is. But honestly the pressure of these mocks are crazy because nobody is ready for them now. I mean we've all been struggling with the new content from online school. How are we revising all of the content from two years, when we didn't even get the whole two years. just a tiny fraction.

whatever happens isn't a reflection of us- the setbacks, the mental problems- and its funny because teachers are also putting the pressure to still achieve grades that will reflect our best ability. that's not possible lol.

to be honest, as much as educators are sympathizing with us, at the end of the day they still expect us to excel and achieve amazing results, so their sympathy only goes so far. They will actually look surprised and angry if we wont perform well.

But the thing is pre-COVID year 13 was already spiraling students out of control and giving them issues because of how demanding the content is and how difficult it is to get what you need to be accepted into the schools, and all the application processes, the personal statement writing and the content. It was already stressful. But now with COVID, all of these extra issues brought about are being overlooked, we are expected to plough through it, with twists and turns brought by the government. And then if we don't do well, we are looked down upon as if to say 'everyone went through it, why couldn't you get something decent as well'.

Saying you went through circumstances as a way to explain why you fell behind is no longer special, because everyone is going through it. But honestly why is everyone holding these unrealistic expectations that we are okay right now. Just because this is a national problem all students are facing, does not mean that we all simultaneously evolved into these super students and that haven't been affected. When we aren't. But the fact that its everyone struggling right now automatically means you don't get the luxury of admitting your hardships because there cannot be national sympathy.

just a thought to share really. That the government have caused so much damage that even Boris admitted that to fix it would need about a year. But us final years don't have that. its either get the grade and mentally hurt yourself trying, or fail the grade and get rejected by your Uni's, seen as a failure and go through hell again knowing that now you have two sets of A-levels.