So it doesn’t matter, although you’ve clearly taken it as a ‘wake up’. 👍
Talk to the teacher, it suggest going in with:
That result didn’t meet what I was aiming for therefore:
What went wrong?
What should I personally be doing to get on?
Is there any extra assistance that you/the school runs?
I intend to get grade ‘X’ come what may..
Think of it from the teachers perspective, that’s absolute manna from heaven to hear from a student and I’m sure he/she will spend some time to get a well motivated student onwards.
Without knowing the circumstances as a starter perhaps just reflect on what exam preparation you did. What material did you review and crucially how much did you do in the line of practise exams.
Generally, even if you’re doing well, practise exams will help protect you from those unexpected and therefore difficult on the day problems. Without significant exam practise you can be vulnerable there to the variations in real world exams.
In no way worry though, you’ve got a full year and fundamentally you’re clearly in a great place. Obviously some changes to be identified with the teacher just. They’ll be very receptive.