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We catch up with Wolverhampton Grammar school pupils ahead of them picking up GCSE's tomorrow.
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21/08/2024
We talk to some Wolverhampton Grammar pupils to see how there feeling on the eve of GCSE results day.
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So we're here at Wolverhampton Grammar School, and what's your names ladies?
00:04
Arianna, Summer.
00:05
And GCSE results tomorrow, and it's not quite like it used to be, A's and B's.
00:11
Eight is equivalent to?
00:13
An A star.
00:15
And nine is a?
00:16
A star star.
00:17
A star star.
00:18
Sadly two grades that never appear on my results.
00:22
How are you feeling then? You've done the hard work, are you kind of quietly confident?
00:26
I'm nervous.
00:28
Yeah, same.
00:29
Yeah, and you're going to be here bright and early to get the results, get it over and done?
00:33
Yeah.
00:34
What do you want to go on and do then?
00:36
Well, I'll do Psychology, Biology and Art for A levels.
00:39
Yeah?
00:40
Yeah, I want to do Drama when I'm older, so I'm doing English Lit, Drama and Art for A levels.
00:45
Cool, what sort of Drama would you like? Theatre or TV?
00:48
Yeah, Stage Acting hopefully.
00:50
Oh wow, what's got you into that then? Are you active at the school doing that sort of stuff?
00:53
Yeah.
00:54
Wow, okay, very interesting. Well we wish you all the best tomorrow ladies.
00:59
Hello lads.
01:00
Hi.
01:01
We just had a chat to the girls there, what's your first names lads?
01:03
My name's Tyrone.
01:04
My name's Henry.
01:05
My name's Calum.
01:06
And how are you lads feeling? Obviously nervous, but quietly confident or not too sure how it's going to go?
01:12
Not too sure.
01:13
Yeah, trying to be confident, trying to be confident.
01:15
Trying to be?
01:16
Yeah.
01:17
What do you need then? What's kind of the grades that you need for your next steps?
01:21
So I need to get a 6 in English minimum and then a 7 in Maths and a 7 in Chemistry.
01:30
What do you want to go on to do then?
01:31
I'm going to do Maths, Economics and Chemistry.
01:34
Yeah, where will you be doing that at?
01:36
I'll be doing it here.
01:37
Oh wow, yeah, yeah.
01:38
I need an 8 in Maths, a 7 in Chemistry and a 6 in English.
01:42
So I'm doing Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Economics here.
01:46
Doing it here, yeah, yeah. And what about yourself Ross?
01:48
I need a 7 in Maths, English, Biology and Chemistry.
01:51
What do you want to go on to do?
01:53
I want to do Medicine, so I need to do Biology, Chemistry and I'm thinking Psychology.
01:57
Yeah, yeah, great. So if you get the grades you want, you'll be here for what, another two years?
02:02
Yeah.
02:03
Well, have you got any plans tomorrow after you've opened the results or is it just kind of see how the day unfolds from there I guess?
02:10
See what happens.
02:11
Yeah, well we wish you all the best lads in all your future exploits. Take care and good luck.
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