Vocational schools GCSE results

[sarahw]

Hi

 

Can anyone tell me the arrangements for GCSE results at Royal/Elmhurst /Tring?

 

Specifically can you choose by phone/email as an option? 

 

Thanks!

[Anon2]

Few years since we received GCSE results but option was to phone on day or wait for results to be posted. 

[Dancing unicorn]

Yeh! We’re away when they come out so looks like we’ll have to wait til we get back!  Really thought we could request an email! 

[sarahw]

I will be I think unicorn - just researching first!!

[Lifeafterballet]

Elmhurst last year was by phone. The pupil rang the school x

[sarahw]

Thank you all!

[angel]

We had an email from WL 3 years ago. 

Drove to Hammond to collect last year. Tring this year and haven’t asked yet!

[Dancing unicorn]

Yeh I was wondering how they did it at voc schools! As generally people live away from the school, then the email came today! We don’t have anyone that can call in! So we’re really hoping we could request an email! We’re out of the country so a phone call wouldn’t do either!! 

[Picturesinthefirelight]

I guess it’s going to be a day off work for me though I do appreciate I’m lucky to have that option. 

 

Dh dh is not allowed to drive at the moment but he may be ok to by then. 

[RosaMac]

We rang from the airport as we had just landed in Ibiza.

[Karen]

My daughter rang last year (around 10.00am) and they gave  them to her over the phone (This was The Hammond). Think lots of people did this - it was agreed beforehand. 

[Picturesinthefirelight]

13 minutes ago, Karen said:

My daughter rang last year (around 10.00am) and they gave  them to her over the phone (This was The Hammond). Think lots of people did this - it was agreed beforehand. 

 

We’ve just been told that results will not be released over the phone or by email this year. 

[Picturesinthefirelight]

I wonder if the change is due to GDPR & they are afraid of giving information to the wrong person. 

 

Is there anyone from the other schools with a current year 11 who can tell us what is happening this year?

[balletbean]

Not quite Vocational but at a regular academic school, if a pupil can’t attend personally to receive their GCSE results ie holidays, the pupil provides the school a stamped addressed envelope for the results to be posted to them instead and at an address of choice. At least the results are in writing rather than over the phone which could cause some confusion 

Worth considering. 

[Legseleven]

I second that, results have never been available over the phone at the various state and private schools of which I have knowledge; in fact there has usually been an expectation that arrangements are made for each pupil to attend in person unless absolutely impossible. Obviously at a vocational school where many pupils board and may live some distance away that may have been different. 

[Fiz]

All of our results, O levels and A levels were sent by post. 

[Billyelliott]

My DS seems to think he has to phone the School himself ....

[Karen]

20 hours ago, Picturesinthefirelight said:

 

We’ve just been told that results will not be released over the phone or by email this year. 

That’s not very helpful to those living a distance away. I would have thought that it was relatively easy to have agreed a system of ensuring they are speaking to the right person, so that calls can be made on the day or even emailed to a pre agreed address. Let’s hope it gets sorted for those poor students and their families where it will have significant impact if they either have to travel or wait additional days for the post. 

 

[Dancing unicorn]

We’re going to have to wait til 4th September for our results as we are out of the country on holiday! 😞

[Picturesinthefirelight]

8 hours ago, Karen said:

That’s not very helpful to those living a distance away. I would have thought that it was relatively easy to have agreed a system of ensuring they are speaking to the right person, so that calls can be made on the day or even emailed to a pre agreed address. Let’s hope it gets sorted for those poor students and their families where it will have significant impact if they either have to travel or wait additional days for the post. 

 

 

Indeed. I’m lucky in that I live close enough though I will have to book a day off work as husband is not allowed to drive at the moment but it will be difficult for many.