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my teacher hasnt been in to teach us!

I'm in year 12 and currently have two teachers for RE, one three times a week and one two times. However, our main RE teacher hasnt been in for over half of our course so far, and I'm starting to think the worst. She wasn't in AT ALL last year either, and I'm absoloutely terrified for how long this is going to last.

So far, I have been working at a grade U/E in this subject, a stark contrast to my grade Bs and Cs in my two other A Levels'- the teacher's absence is really affecting me.

While I'm only in year 12 and might be thinking too far ahead; I'm worried this will affect my UCAS predicted grades for uni applications. For the most part, I need to achieve a BBC, but at this rate I'm really doubting I can even get a C in RE.

I would really appreciate any help, positivity or advice on this situation. The other teacher is doing her best to help me, but only having her Tuesdays & Fridays and doing online work every other day instead of actual lessons makes it difficult for her to be able to help.

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by star☆
I'm in year 12 and currently have two teachers for RE, one three times a week and one two times. However, our main RE teacher hasnt been in for over half of our course so far, and I'm starting to think the worst. She wasn't in AT ALL last year either, and I'm absoloutely terrified for how long this is going to last.
So far, I have been working at a grade U/E in this subject, a stark contrast to my grade Bs and Cs in my two other A Levels'- the teacher's absence is really affecting me.
While I'm only in year 12 and might be thinking too far ahead; I'm worried this will affect my UCAS predicted grades for uni applications. For the most part, I need to achieve a BBC, but at this rate I'm really doubting I can even get a C in RE.
I would really appreciate any help, positivity or advice on this situation. The other teacher is doing her best to help me, but only having her Tuesdays & Fridays and doing online work every other day instead of actual lessons makes it difficult for her to be able to help.

UCAS predicted grades should commence in may. So you have official AS exams that determine your predicted grades?

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by Ariale
UCAS predicted grades should commence in may. So you have official AS exams that determine your predicted grades?


I'm not really sure 🤔 my teachers have only mentioned UCAS predicted grades once so I don't really have a clue as to if we have official exams to determine them or what. We have official mock exams in early June which might be the same thing

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by Ariale
UCAS predicted grades should commence in may. So you have official AS exams that determine your predicted grades?

No, thy are tackled in different ways by each school.

Reply 4

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by star☆
I'm in year 12 and currently have two teachers for RE, one three times a week and one two times. However, our main RE teacher hasnt been in for over half of our course so far, and I'm starting to think the worst. She wasn't in AT ALL last year either, and I'm absoloutely terrified for how long this is going to last.
So far, I have been working at a grade U/E in this subject, a stark contrast to my grade Bs and Cs in my two other A Levels'- the teacher's absence is really affecting me.
While I'm only in year 12 and might be thinking too far ahead; I'm worried this will affect my UCAS predicted grades for uni applications. For the most part, I need to achieve a BBC, but at this rate I'm really doubting I can even get a C in RE.
I would really appreciate any help, positivity or advice on this situation. The other teacher is doing her best to help me, but only having her Tuesdays & Fridays and doing online work every other day instead of actual lessons makes it difficult for her to be able to help.

Hi there!

I was in the same position as you - but for GCSE Physics - do other people feel the same way? At parents evening pretty much every student bought up his inability to teach and we got a new teacher. It might be good to inform your tutor and head of year, and perhaps get your parents to write to your school to sort this as it is affecting your grades.

I do hope this helps!

Kind regards, Jenifer (Kingston rep)

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by Kingston Jenifer
Hi there!
I was in the same position as you - but for GCSE Physics - do other people feel the same way? At parents evening pretty much every student bought up his inability to teach and we got a new teacher. It might be good to inform your tutor and head of year, and perhaps get your parents to write to your school to sort this as it is affecting your grades.
I do hope this helps!
Kind regards, Jenifer (Kingston rep)


Thanks! Other people do feel the same, however, they are still managing to get at the very least C grades so arent quite in the same position as me.

I spoke to my head of year and my mum even had a meeting with the headteacher about it a month or so ago, but it seems nothing has changed despite all of this

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by star☆
Thanks! Other people do feel the same, however, they are still managing to get at the very least C grades so arent quite in the same position as me.
I spoke to my head of year and my mum even had a meeting with the headteacher about it a month or so ago, but it seems nothing has changed despite all of this

Sometimes, it's good to put pressure on them to do something - I am so sorry you are going through this! It may be good if your mum could have another meeting again with them saying that you still haven't made progress because your teacher is absent - mention all topics you have taught yourself to emphasis the loss. For RS, I would recommend learning from a textbook (the majority of my lessons were directly from a textbook) - you can find the PDF versions online. I really do hope this helps!

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