GCSEs

My daughter has just been diagnosed and has not attended school full time for much of year 11 as the anxiety has been overwhelming for her. 4 weeks ago she took an overdose and has not been back in school since or managed to do any school work at home.

GCSEs are just a few weeks away. She has dropped most optional subjects leaving just the core subjects and one other.
We have met with school and she will be in a small room with 5 others and will be allowed up to 30 mins break outside of the room. We did think her own room would be best but she would prefer not to just be with the invigilator as she will feel they are watching her. 

Has anyone been through GCSEs? Is this the best way forward? She is desperate to stay for sixth form at her current school, although we have no idea how she will cope with that but just want to make sure she has the best shot.

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  • Thank you for your messages. So far she has managed to sit the exams with supervised breaks and a teacher walking her to and from me. I sit in a cafe just down the road in case she needs to come out. Revision is non existent as it takes it out of her and she comes home climbs into bed and watches you tube. Who knows if we are doing the right thing but she wants to do them so we are trying as best we can to support that. There is a charity called SENDIASS (I think!) that can give advice on schooling. I have a call with them scheduled for a couple of weeks time to see what our post 16 options are. School have reduced the boundaries slightly for sixth form but she still needs to average a 5 across 7 subjects to stay in the school she is in. I am sure we could fight if she wasn’t far off. 

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  • Thank you for your messages. So far she has managed to sit the exams with supervised breaks and a teacher walking her to and from me. I sit in a cafe just down the road in case she needs to come out. Revision is non existent as it takes it out of her and she comes home climbs into bed and watches you tube. Who knows if we are doing the right thing but she wants to do them so we are trying as best we can to support that. There is a charity called SENDIASS (I think!) that can give advice on schooling. I have a call with them scheduled for a couple of weeks time to see what our post 16 options are. School have reduced the boundaries slightly for sixth form but she still needs to average a 5 across 7 subjects to stay in the school she is in. I am sure we could fight if she wasn’t far off. 

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