Brandon Smashes his GSCE's

An early start for Brandon today to anxiously headed into school for 9am to collect his GSCE results and see whether he had done enough to secure his 6th form placement for A-levels. He wanted to go on his own so me and Tina had to nervously wait at home until he messaged/called us with the news. 

Anyway there was really nothing to worry about as Brandon absolutely smashed his exams passing all 10x GCSE's/BTEC's with his lowest mark being a very respectable 5 and his highest a couple of D2's (Distinctions). He fully expected to fail French as he hated that subject and hardly revised at all for the exams, yet amazingly he got a 5 in his French. Likewise he really struggled with statistics as he was clashing a bit with his teacher thus not going to interventions and extra study periods, yet he got a 7 in this subject.

So overall he easily got the grades he needed for 6th form starting in September (which is lucky as we went out to buy him a load of new clothes for 6th form this Monday just gone!) and can move on to the next chapter in his education. For 6th form he has signed up to study Sociology, ICT and Economics. We motivated him with a financial incentive for his GSCE grades (like we did with Joshua) and thus I now need to pay up (ouch) - that is the downside of him doing so well. Hopefully tomorrow we will get out for a celebration lunch or dinner somewhere as we just didn't have time today.

Very proud of Brandon for passing ALL of his GSCE's and securing his place in 6th form.

Proudly wearing his class of 2025 fleece.

Search hard enough and you will find his name in the '25' somewhere.

The picture he sent us from school once he opened his results.

Great results passing all 10 with a lowest mark of a 5.

AQA results.

More from his results.

His navy and white hoodie that we ordered (Joshua's last year was black).

And of course the end of year book for 2020-2025 students.

This was Brandon's form, class 11TH. Brandon 3rd row down, 3rd from the left.

Something to go in his collectors box.