My daughter had a great maths teacher at GCSE and a great tutor. She worked incredibly hard and put her heart and soul into it. And got a "1" at Foundation Maths GCSE. She did well enough in her other subjects to qualify for sixth form and is planning to be a designer.
She needs to retake her GCSE Maths at sixth form and is completely demoralised. I'm hoping someone knows about this because it's not easy to understand.
- Should she continue to take the GCSE Maths and (likely) fail? Should I continue to shell out £200 a month (money I don't have) on a tutor to keep trying or just accept we're on a treadmill we can't get off.
- Should she accept she can't do this and I ask her college if she can take Functional Skills Math instead?
- She is 18 in April. Can she decide to opt out then?
- And lastly...what is the consequence of not getting a Maths GCSE. Her career choice, which she is very good at, has no maths whatsoever but I wonder if universities decline and she narrows her future if you don't have this.
Just want to do the right thing. She's devastated at her result and can't imagine passing now given how hard she worked so it's mentally very tough for her. Not all of us are mathematicians sadly. Many thanks.