My DS is due to be sitting 9 GSCEs in May 2019. He has always struggled with French and we approached the head of learning who said we could review progress after 2018 exams with a view to stopping. He achieved an E in his summer exams and following our discussions with school we advised our son to concentrate more on the other 8 subjects. We confirmed to school he now needed to stop in September as per our summer agreement and they are now refusing. The member of staff who agreed has left and there are new members of staff. They are making him continue even though he has been working til midnight, has been in tears over it (he never cries), he does a lot of extra-curricular we are dropping commitments rapidly but the main problem is French. Mocks are next month, it doesn't seem right for school to go back on their word and advice for him to stop and to then in the month before mocks (end Nov) make him attempt to perform in this gsce when we have been advising him based on school discussions to focus on other subjects. But they are now saying he must continue and that it will be fine. Can school force him to continue? Do parents get a say? Does anyone have any experience of this? Thank you!
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Can private school force you to continue with a GSCE that you are strugging with?
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HomeWorking · 09/10/2018 21:09
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