I have a dyslexic year 11 ds and we are just starting to think what he will be doing post GCSE. We are overseas at the moment so there is limited choice here. He is presently at a quite academic school where although he is holding his own I do wonder wether it will be an appropriate choice for sixth form . There is no alternative offered to A levels so if he wanted to do a btec we would have to look back in the UK.
He is presently looking at getting 8/9 gcses probably a mix of b's and c's with if all the stars are aligned and the gods smiling an outside chance of a couple of a's .
I'm torn between thinking I should push him to do a levels, to thinking that maybe btecs are the best option given his dyslexia. This decision is made harder by the fact that it may mean a move back to the uK so we need to plan early. What are universities opinion of btecs , are they still regarded as equivalent to a levels. Anyone with children who did btecs and have got into good universities or struggled with a levels and switched to btecs . Anyone regretted their child not doing a levels?
Deep down I think I feel btecs would be best for ds but I don't want to sell him short.
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KLdragon · 28/09/2013 12:27
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