DS2 is in year 9 and we are starting to look at options for his GCSEs or that is what I thought. However, at his recent parents evening a number of teachers said that BTECs may be more appropriate for him ( science and PE).
DS2 is not particularly academic - other teachers mentioned he was heading for a level 5 in the new grades.
So are BTECs the qualification for the less academically able now? I just want him to feel happy in his choices and be able to study something meaningful when he gets to the sixth form.
He has no real idea what he wants to do in the longer term (apart from living in a campervan spending his days coaching and being on the water, surfing, windsurfing and sailing!)
I don't know much about BTECs so any feedback much appreciated.
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Are BTECs becoming the new CSEs now that GCSEs are becoming more academic?
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lasermum · 11/01/2016 17:06
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