My son is a good student with no behavioural or attendance issues. He quite good grades in his mock AS levels however something went wrong in the exams and his actual grades are dreadful. Within hours of us getting the results he asked the Head of Sixth Form at his State secondary if he could retake the year. The Head sent an email saying he cannot continue to A2 level and they won't give him a place in year 12 to retake the year. All we've had is an email, no process or anything formal. This just does't feel right, and there has been no attention to his emotions or wellbeing (he was so distraught I had to stay off work as I was worried to leave him alone). Does anyone know whether a school can do this or if there should be some kind of procedure that goes through. His teachers are all lobbying for him to come back as they know his results don't reflect his ability and are 'astonished' that he did so badly. We're also thinking about asking for remarks etc, but the main thing right now is can he just be kicked out like that in a 3 line email?
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Can school kick out my son for poor exam results?
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stellarossa · 22/08/2014 14:19
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