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16 yo daughter not able to enter 6th form

Gez110

Hello,

Our 16yo daughter has spent the last two years at an online school. Having passed her GCSEs she wanted to go to 6th form or college. We registered at a college she had picked, attended a couple of meetings with their SEN team. At the last minute she decided to go to another 6th form, closer to home 

She has tried several times to enter the 6th form grounds with staff from the 6th form trying to help. But will not get out of our car.

It's reaching the point where she will be too far behind to start her A levels, according to the head of years.

She desperately wants to learn and get through her A Levels. She didn't enjoy online learning.

Can anyone help?

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  • Hello, have been home schooling my son for 3 years. He is bright, articulate but suffers from extreme school anxiety. (Autism/ADHD/Dyslexia) We looked at a college over the weekend and he found it completely overwhelming and i am starting to think that this is not going to be an option. This worries me as my aim is to enable my child to keep making progress and eventually stand on his own 2 feet. I am starting to think about arts awards and D of E as a way to help him develop his social skills in a way which is less tied to college life. But I have no idea how to access this.

    Like your daughter, my son is able and can find learning from home isolating. It is so hard to find the right balance and heart breaking when their fears stop them from doing what they want to do. Like you I do not know what I should be doing and often feel completely helpless. However, as a teacher I find the remarks about her being too late to start unhelpful and this must be adding to your stress. Can they not set her work to do at home? And remember there are no rules to say at what age A Levels should be done. The problem with the education system, is that it is inflexible. They will flex a little but ultimately a child has to fit in with the way the school runs. If a child cannot do this, then it is the parent and child who feel like they are failing. Or that is how I feel anyhow. 

    You are not alone! 

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  • Hello, have been home schooling my son for 3 years. He is bright, articulate but suffers from extreme school anxiety. (Autism/ADHD/Dyslexia) We looked at a college over the weekend and he found it completely overwhelming and i am starting to think that this is not going to be an option. This worries me as my aim is to enable my child to keep making progress and eventually stand on his own 2 feet. I am starting to think about arts awards and D of E as a way to help him develop his social skills in a way which is less tied to college life. But I have no idea how to access this.

    Like your daughter, my son is able and can find learning from home isolating. It is so hard to find the right balance and heart breaking when their fears stop them from doing what they want to do. Like you I do not know what I should be doing and often feel completely helpless. However, as a teacher I find the remarks about her being too late to start unhelpful and this must be adding to your stress. Can they not set her work to do at home? And remember there are no rules to say at what age A Levels should be done. The problem with the education system, is that it is inflexible. They will flex a little but ultimately a child has to fit in with the way the school runs. If a child cannot do this, then it is the parent and child who feel like they are failing. Or that is how I feel anyhow. 

    You are not alone! 

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