Talk Hearts Daily News Thread

[Big Physical Acey]

School just got back in touch: Appeal rejected for my daughter.

"This is a clear, comprehensive and unanimous decision. I am absolutely delighted that our approach has been vindicated throughout, following an intense period of legal scrutiny and review."

[Felix]

[Kashinda]

School just got back in touch: Appeal rejected for my daughter.

That's shite. Is it the school that submits their recommended grade or do they not have a say in it?

[Big Physical Acey]

Glad she already had her unconditional.

[Cheeky Gnando’s]

Aye that's an arbitration panel job likes - appeals haven't even been submitted, let alone rejected. There's a plot hole somewhere in this story

[Big Physical Acey]

I did think that was remarkably fast for submitting an appeal (along with half the country, by the sounds of things) and having it assessed.

[Charlie Kelly]

Schools just instantly binning appeals on receipt is quite the addition to this scandal :

[Felix]

Aye that's an arbitration panel job likes - appeals haven't even been submitted, let alone rejected. There's a plot hole somewhere in this story

Not really - the school says we have to appeal via them, so we did.  It was school that came back and said unsuccessful.

No plot holes.

[Cheeky Gnando’s]

I think you're missing my point - I'm not saying there are plot holes in *your* story...

What they've told you doesn't make sense - that's not how appeals work.

[Felix]

I think you're missing my point - I'm not saying there are plot holes in *your* story...

What they've told you doesn't make sense - that's not how appeals work.

Ah. I did wonder.

Copy of email above.  Very odd wording the way they say "not eligible for a review".

We wanted to appeal two subjects for my boy, who got an A in his prelims but they awarded B's.

[Big Physical Acey]

Ah. I did wonder.

Copy of email above.  Very odd wording the way they say "not eligible for a review".

So they're not eligable for appeal for some reason, as opposed to "appeal refused". Not that that sheds much light on the situation.

[Sarkozabal]

Was going to say, I appealed one of my Highers and was well into the next school year before I actually got the result back (successful, of course ).

Are the school only allowed to make a certain number of appeals or something? Seems a bit strange to say straight away they're not eligible.

[Cheeky Gnando’s]

That letter is bollocks likes

The SQA are allowing free appeals this year (appeals were scrapped a couple of years ago except for exceptional circumstances), so cost isn't an issue, and the only criteria as far as I know are that the pupil consents to an appeal, that their result was lower than their estimate and that there is evidence to support the estimated grade. Therefore, if your daughter did genuinely get a C in a valid prelim, that is evidence that her original estimate was accurate and the school should be appealing.

Possibilities why the school is refusing to appeal: the prelim wasn't valid; she didn't actually pass the prelim; they've lost the evidence; they can't be arsed with the paperwork. I genuinely can't think of any other reasons when it doesn't cost the school any money, and I would think none of them are acceptable reasons to you. Even if it was a pass by a single mark, there is nothing lost by trying. I'd be going back to them likes.

[Felix]

That letter is bollocks likes

The SQA are allowing free appeals this year (appeals were scrapped a couple of years ago except for exceptional circumstances), so cost isn't an issue, and the only criteria as far as I know are that the pupil consents to an appeal, that their result was lower than their estimate and that there is evidence to support the estimated grade. Therefore, if your daughter did genuinely get a C in a valid prelim, that is evidence that her original estimate was accurate and the school should be appealing.

Possibilities why the school is refusing to appeal: the prelim wasn't valid; she didn't actually pass the prelim; they've lost the evidence; they can't be arsed with the paperwork. I genuinely can't think of any other reasons when it doesn't cost the school any money, and I would think none of them are acceptable reasons to you. Even if it was a pass by a single mark, there is nothing lost by trying. I'd be going back to them likes.

Yeah, once I've peeled the wife down from the rage cloud she's currently stuck on - I'll be pushing for an explanation.

[Walter Sobchak]

Yeah, once I've peeled the wife down from the rage cloud she's currently stuck on - I'll be pushing for an explanation.

Don't push for an explanation, get them told to submit the appeal. End of story.

[CritchSmile]

Don't push for an explanation, get them told to submit the appeal. End of story.

Correct. What use is an explanation? It's a scandal.

[Big Physical Acey]

https://twitter.com/jackson_carlaw/statu...14432?s=21



Predicted an A for English, got a C (nap).

[Felix]

Clearly she won't be eligible for an appeal.

[CritchSmile]

The SNP's long term shitshow regarding educaton will fuck independence. We really need to make a distinction between the independence movement and SNP HQ as the gap in reality is growing.

[Jeff Resnick]

Seems the rest of the UK will be doing the same as Scotland with exam grades:

https://twitter.com/FactCheck/status/129...83332?s=19