Results day

K's recently rung me, having gone into her old school at 9:00 this morning to pick up her GCSE results. She's achieved at least a C grade, the lowest mark considered as a 'pass', in all the subjects she took, albeit that one or two of the grades were a notch lower than were predicted for her, ending up with 3 A's, 3 B's and 6 C's. One of the A's was in English Literature, though, the only one of her GCSE subjects she's intending to take at A-Level, so that was good, and her Maths grade, which was part of her minimum requirement for her new school, was a B, so she's qualified for the new place more than twice over - they only wanted five passes, as long as Maths and English were amongst them. I'm pleased for her, and more than a little relieved, too - it would have been the ultimate frustration if, after jumping through all the hoops we have to give her the chance of going to the school she wanted for her A-Levels, she'd fallen short at the eleventh hour. I never seriously believed that she wouldn't make it, the only real concern being the fact that she's inherited her father's academic work ethic - or complete lack of it! So, it's off to enrolment day tomorrow with all the requisite pieces of paper!

Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B