how does predicted grades actually work

Original post by harishni14

are predicted grades like one more than whatever we got for mocks or what? or are they exactly what u get for mocks.

thanks

It's up to your school / college to establish how they're determined.

UCAS say here that they should be "in the best interests of applicants, aspirational but achievable, determined by professional judgement, and data-driven". On that last point they say, "while each school will have its own process, you should look at past Level 2 and Level 3 performance, and/or internal examinations to inform your predictions".

That's all a bit vague, unfortunately, so you need to ask you own school / college how they go about determining your predicted grades.

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datavenia i fear im so cooked

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Original post by harishni14

datavenia i fear im so cooked

Why so?

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Because I want to get into a grammar schl, and idk I low-key match their requirements but LILE barely? You get me I know ppl with 9s for like every subject but I’m getting 8s and 7s as of around now and I thought if they give me one more then what I got it would of looked nicer

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Original post by harishni14

Because I want to get into a grammar schl, and idk I low-key match their requirements but LILE barely? You get me I know ppl with 9s for like every subject but I’m getting 8s and 7s as of around now and I thought if they give me one more then what I got it would of looked nicer

OK. To he honest, when you asked about predicted grades I assumed that you were talking about predicted A level grades. Now I realised that you're talking about predicted GCSE grades.

Are you saying that your predicted grades meet the requirements of the grammar school you want to attend (presumably for sixth form?), but that you feel that the are so many people applying with much higher predicted grades, that you won't manage to secure a place?

Have you spoken with your current school to ask what evidence of your ability they would need to see in order to them to feel comfortable updating their prediction? Schools do change predicted grades - but they tend to like to see evidence that their original prediction is out-of-date.

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I asked my deputy head and she said that it depends on the teacher as to what you will most likely will get, usually teachers leave into consideration that the average grade increase a student can have is 1 more then what they are getting now
My maths teacher specifically said that she has created a system where there is a percentage for each grade and how likely a person can reach that grade based of stats of past years. But I believe that’s maths only doing it like rhat

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