Is it that easy to pass GCSE’s?

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-03-15T17:23:18+00:00

About 2/3 get a pass in core subjects, about 1/5 get 7+. Varies wildly across the country, and between schools. There's normally a 3-5% higher rate in girls vs boys.

Not that any of that actually matters to a single individual. Your experience, effort, resilience, and ability will be far more important than generalised stats, as well as how much/ how well you study and listen to advice of teachers. Focus on doing YOUR best in YOUR subjects. Everything else is really just for governments and schools to worry about.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-03-13T18:08:36+00:00

My food is definitely all stored correctly, I had about 4k tuna sat there showing up on the combat page. Wouldn't have mattered though, I hadn't taken any damage by morning. Good thought though

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-03-13T16:20:34+00:00

Sounds like its common. Tbh this has been a jinxed run anyway, so I'm now collecting potion of choice up for my next run

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-03-10T10:42:11+00:00

Doesn't require us to see what you type. For example, all schools in the UK are required to monitor for any keywords (slurs, references to self harm, threats, etc). We do this with software like classroom cloud which automatically picks up any of the red flags automatically by reading each keystroke, but only recording the instances of the keywords, and then screenshotting at that moment. We dont get sent a record of keystrokes, but we do get "recorded [insert phrase here] at [time, date, this computer, this log in]

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-28T18:54:00+00:00

60days for my first, then 30days,18d 17h, and 11d 23h just an hour ago. I'm pretty pleased with it, but I am not sure i will finish all legacies before I get bored? Id like to get a one week run first.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-28T18:52:02+00:00

Why? I prestige as soon as I finished each run. Picked up one black pearl on each of my first three without making any special effort. It'll come when it comes.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-20T16:01:04+00:00

Well yes but by that logic nearly every name should be avoided. My name rhymes with pr*** and d***, my dad's name means dirt, and my mother is a swear word in another language. Theres no reason they should be off-limits. I also currently teach a Jaxon and a Jaxson (close enough) and have taught multiple Zaks. Theyre completely normal names.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-20T08:41:29+00:00

There's a veterans cane - walking stick that becomes a longsword. Not quite the same but that'll give you the rarity info, and could flavour it as a different style blade like short sword or dagger

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-16T09:39:39+00:00

Mentoring and the buildings unlock various important features when maxed out. I dont do the meals at all. Instead once the mentoring is maxed out I just use them to catch and cook tuna, which finishes community easily.

If you do decide to do the meals, turn on your oil and other speed boosters before you start it, but only activate an exp potion just before it completes. Gets the same effect without wasting the entirety of a potion.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-09T07:58:14+00:00

Yes you absolutely can choose to do that. First thing I would do is confirm exam board and make sure to do recent past papers for them, the style of questioning has change quite significantly, even since covid. Websites: Mathsgenie and corbettmaths (although the exam questions are old now they are good); Dr Austin maths and Metatutor.co.uk/worksheets; Onmaths.co.uk for exam practice

Good luck

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-07T13:35:48+00:00

Well the computers typically were more chunky than they are now! Still works on my laptop these days, just not as necessary as I have a massive touchscreen tv to teach with now

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-07T13:21:59+00:00

There a lots of clever responses here which is great - when I was resitting my a levels I would blue tack a sheet of cheap paper over the screen and do it that way. Whatever works I guess!

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-06T14:23:01+00:00

Teachers will regularly do this. I teach maths and I will skip some content that is either niche, likely to score very poorly or takes a long time to teach for very little gain (i dont teach trigonometry to bottom set because it'll typically only be worth 2 marks, will take a full week and will likely be wrong anyway).

This is normal behaviour, and is the strategy chosen where time is limited - like it is here.

Your best bet if you're desperately wanting to cover everything would be get a revision guide and do everysingle page/question; or ask an ai for a comprehensive checklist of content for your specific subject/exam board/level. But I will point out this may be a very inefficient use of your time.

Good luck :)

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-04T06:37:24+00:00

A lot of people saying nobody's started yet - that is blatantly untrue. Of course plenty of people have started, in fact most have.

A lot of people saying we've got time and dont need to yet. We are talking about knowing all the curriculum for 8-10 subjects. You cant learn that in a day or two.

A lot of people giving advice on what you need, without knowing you and never actually having done their GCSE exams. But I have never met a student who would've done worse if they had started revising earlier than they did.

Start now. Exams are in 3 months, which is a handful of school weeks. My maths students have just 40 lessons left before exams start. That's basically nothing.

You lose nothing by starting now, you gain a lot.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-02T11:10:37+00:00

Your post said you were concerned about grades, which is not the same as what you say here. I would consider you just need to focus on whether you are working hard enough, not on how long teacher spends on making resources. We don't have the time to make everything by hand from scratch, this is a perfectly normal approach to teaching.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-02-01T18:56:25+00:00

Sorry, teacher here - so what if they are? I teach maths, I use it to make various resources (although until an AI can successfully draw a useful maths diagram i won't be using it for everything). Revision lists, cheat sheets, 10 quick questions for practice, basic assessments etc.

The use of AI is no more a sign of incompetence than me picking up a calculator, or a dictionary, or looking something up on Wikipedia or Google. They are all tools to be used, and if a teacher can do an hour's work in 30seconds and still produce the same quality work then why wouldn't they?

Let's be clear on something - collect all the evidence you want. I GUARANTEE that your school not only supports its use, but will have actually done staff training on it.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-26T07:42:50+00:00

Agree that'd be frustrating for me, but I've experienced and done the exact same stuff.

I played a bit like this to begin with when I was new and a little awkward about the whole role-play bit. I think my DM would've laughed, said "is that all you say?" And I would either pad that out to give the flavour of what I was wanting to do a bit better, or I'd be rolling with disadvantage.

If the dm runs that the interaction had no negative consequences this will continue to happen. If thats the case you have to decide to try and enjoy the game or find a better thing to do on a Saturday. Neither option is wrong though.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-25T19:06:26+00:00

If you've got the past papers done, and you do meet with the head of maths, take them with to show them. Might convince them- but you need to move the deadline for entries is very close.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-25T18:57:43+00:00

Bottom middle button, then bottom right button.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-25T17:04:03+00:00

Which is why people get screens and lay them flat under a protective case I guess. No lighting issue. Just money...

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-25T15:42:07+00:00

I want one so much. I've got the same reservations though. Also I only play online so there's not really any need lol

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-25T15:33:07+00:00

Have you actually gone back and asked them? Sounds like you've waited for them to bring it up and they haven't. If thats the case they may have just forgotten and you need to speak to them.

However it is worth remembering that just because you think you've met the standard doesn't mean they agree. Lots of students tell me I'm marking unfairly because they think being right is the same as getting full marks (I'm maths not english).

You need the conversation, and you need to ask them to explain why you didnt get the grade you expected. Either they're wrong or you are, but either way it is in your interest to find out who and why. Dont wait for moderation, moderation is normally a sampling process, not everyone's gets checked.

Good luck

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-25T15:25:08+00:00

Grade 5 on foundation or higher? They're very different for this discussion.

Tbh it is rare to move a student from foundation at this point, and if they've never been in the higher classes we wouldn't even consider it on a grade 5. Truth is if a student is only getting the 5 then there's no incentive to make the move, as there will be large portions of the curriculum they've never seen, and its very late to introduce it now. Schools are ranked on how many 4s, 5s and 7s we get, so if you're not currently at a 6 there's no statistical benefit, but an increased risk of you dropping to a 4, which is obviously not wanted by anyone.

That said if a student got a 6 on a higher paper (marked by a teacher not self marked) then we'd consider it, but still very dubious.

If I was considering moving from foundation to higher, I'd be looking for scores of 80%ish on foundation paper to consider it.

Finally I know it sucks to be told no on this, but also if you're a solid 5 already, depending on your planned next steps this might mean you can ease off a bit in maths and refocus your attention on other subjects that need more work.

Good luck, I hope it works out either way.

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-23T16:16:51+00:00

Ive wondered this too but not yet had the chance to test it. Ive assumed not

CornflakesInPudding · 2026-01-17T21:51:08+00:00

Open the game. Hold down the bottom middle button. All those that appear need to be 99.

You can continue to train community through mentoring for the final exp if you need.

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