Advice needed urgently re daughters A levels, school be unhelpful.

My daughter is currently doing A levels and is having numerous sensory issues and problems with work load being easy and she is bored as she has already done the work.

we have asked school (6th form) if she can reduce some of her lessons so she can do them at home due to the issues she has and then go into classes for experiments or if she doesnt understand things etc but school are giving no leway at hall to accomodate her issues, she attends or she will be kicked out of school. We have had meets but they are not moving on any of her issues. Is there anyone I can speak to who can help sort her some part time home teaching with part time school attendance as when required to easy the burden she is having. Academiclly she excells but the school enviroment is causing great problems on a sensory level. She feels she can cope with workload doing some at home on a text book basis then some in school on a bit by bit basis subject to her issues at a given time Due loud noises bright lights ect. Anyone who can give me some advice inregards who I can speak to, to help us fight our corner to allow her time out to study at home, at current rate they are going to kick her off the course despite her getting top of class grades. The school seem really hung up on attendance issues despite her hitting target grades etc. Thanks in advance.

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  • Sounds like a school performance issue - they are trying to get a high percentage of high performers and if before a certain date low performers can be off-loaded then they can sustain the required percentage. Thus it is about the school looking good in the league tables, perhaps?

    Surely the primary purpose of the school is to support pupils through a difficult and stressful period. Sounds to me like losers get dumped in this school.

    But here we have insufficient accommodation, factory conditions and no room for exceptions. Factory farming just about.

    Its the way things are going because of the overriding emphasis on performance figures. The pupils are just there to make the school look good.

    Keep detailed records and get legal advice. If this school is prepared to override the welfare of pupils just to maintain its league position, if it has to come to legal solutions they wont look so good.

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  • Sounds like a school performance issue - they are trying to get a high percentage of high performers and if before a certain date low performers can be off-loaded then they can sustain the required percentage. Thus it is about the school looking good in the league tables, perhaps?

    Surely the primary purpose of the school is to support pupils through a difficult and stressful period. Sounds to me like losers get dumped in this school.

    But here we have insufficient accommodation, factory conditions and no room for exceptions. Factory farming just about.

    Its the way things are going because of the overriding emphasis on performance figures. The pupils are just there to make the school look good.

    Keep detailed records and get legal advice. If this school is prepared to override the welfare of pupils just to maintain its league position, if it has to come to legal solutions they wont look so good.

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