GCSE Options / General Schooling

Hi there 

Our DS has to choose his options for GCSEs in the next month.

However, he really struggles in the core subjects (English, maths and Science) 

He enjoys history but his teacher said that he would really struggle with the coursework and exams.

He loves art so that will be one subject that he can take. However I am so concerned that his lack of work in the three core subjects is going to end up him leaving school with barely any qualifications.

Does anyone have any experience or advice as to avenues we could possibly go down? 

He would be ok to move to a University Technical College in Y10 (this September) however they have to choose one option out of three choices of which none of them he would want to do and art isn’t one of them!

nightmare!!

Thanks for reading xx