Hi All. I've a bit of a predicament here as my dd is REALLY struggling at school. We've just moved into the area and she started her new school before the summer hols, so, she's working up to doing her gcse's next year. The problem is she is being bullied (I have spoken to the school about this) and she doesn't seem to be getting much help with her school work. Unfortunately she's moved from school to school after several moves due to bullying and recently falling out with her Father, so she is very unstable and at a point where she feels she is absolutely worthless and incapable of achieving. The school she is in doesn't seem to be providing the help she needs (she's dyslexic and way behind everyone else because of it). My concern is that she has moved so many times, and the bullying is becoming a big issue for her as she's always the new girl in school and of course, kids are evil! So moving to another school is only going to cause the same problem. What she is asking for, and she has been in absolute tears begging for this, is that she goes to college to study something more vocational, along with gcse's as well. I know this will build her confidence up and I'm beginning to think that she's going to go further down staying at school, feeling belittled by teachers because she's behind and struggling etc. We get the impression that they feel she's beyond help! Does anyone know if the college route is at all possible? She's just turned 15 (in August) - I don't know where the law stands with regards to education and I know it's a bad time to start changing things, but she really feels at a loss. She's adament she wont go to school if things continue the way they do, and i know she wants to try. Any advice would be appreciated.
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