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Gcse English

Portland girl

I have real concerns about ASD children taking GCSE English. The papers that my child brings home all seem to involve 1) "the author feels ....., provide quotes to explain " 2) "the author wrote ...., what does he mean by that ? " 

It seems that ASD children are just set up to fail ? does anyone have experience of appropriate questions set for ASD children ? Different examining body etc ? My child can read fine just doesn't understand other peoples feelings, does that really mean he can't pass his English GCSE ? 

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  • My son has ASD and Dyslexia. A double whammy! He's failed three times so far and is on his forth attempt. Each fail has been by just a few marks, but because he hasn't got a C he's compelled to retake it. Far from empowering I think this is very demoralizing.

    If he does pass, it will be compulsory Maths GCSE next, he's already taken that three times also.

    The governments new policy has effectively ostracized those with SEN and set them up to fail in my opinion. At least with the old system they stood a chance of getting a grade which was truly representative of their ability. Now it's all down to the Exam at the end and knowing my sons ability to perform under pressure, it's a recipe for failure. Frown 

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  • My son has ASD and Dyslexia. A double whammy! He's failed three times so far and is on his forth attempt. Each fail has been by just a few marks, but because he hasn't got a C he's compelled to retake it. Far from empowering I think this is very demoralizing.

    If he does pass, it will be compulsory Maths GCSE next, he's already taken that three times also.

    The governments new policy has effectively ostracized those with SEN and set them up to fail in my opinion. At least with the old system they stood a chance of getting a grade which was truly representative of their ability. Now it's all down to the Exam at the end and knowing my sons ability to perform under pressure, it's a recipe for failure. Frown 

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