MISSING A GCSE DUE TO CHANGE OF FLIGHT TIME-HELP???

My DD has had those bloody annoying GCSE exams in yr9 and 10. It was always on my radar and every parent will have recieved the same information as I have. My Dd (yr10) will have sat 9 modules in this June session. It never occured to me to book a holiday at half term due to the fact I knew she had 4 exams after it.

OP - I would ring your DS school up and say your flights were delayed, but expect to have to pay for it - no shows at my DD's school are billed for the exam.

It is the standard for most students taking GCSE science. Core in year 10, Additional in year 11. So a complete GCSE completed in year 10. We make it clear in our parents' information books, at every parents'evening, and obviously to our students. And yet every year we have people booking holidays that affect the exams.

That is pretty annoying too.

Can I just say though how bloody annoying it is when students have to take GSCEs in Yrs 9 and 10. When you book holidays it's not something that is always on the radar, not like yr 11 upwards when you KNOW these are exam years.

You either send him in and hope he's up for it or he will have to sit it when others do their retakes - sometime in year 11.

Just shocked that anyone could think of going away on holiday in the midst of gcses. Ds is "allowing" us all a weekend at the seaside - thurs to Saturday, he feels we need to be back sunday because of the Monday exam and we are prioritising his needs at the moment.

You couldnt have been very bothered about it to have booked it in the first place. How much revision will they be doing - and you were running a huge risk coming home the day before the exam even with a Initial better flight time with all the risks of flight delays etc .
I've got a yr 10 and younger dc coming up behind and I've resigned myself to not having a Whitsun break abroad for the next few years.

If it is a modular exam then he can be recorded as absent for this paper and resit it the next time it is offered, which will depend on the specification and board. He may well not be the only one retaking in the next series, but he will be at a disadvantage because the teaching will of course be geared to the next module. That's assuming that this is a full course GCSE that continues to next year.

Don't ask for a medical note. That is completely dishonest.

If it is a modular exam then he can be recorded as absent for this paper and resit it the next time it is offered, which will depend on the specification and board. He may well not be the only n

Don't ask for a medical note. That is completely dishonest.

I think other posters are right that DC should take the exam - tired or not. I wonder if the school will also charge you for the exam entry if your child doesn't attend?

Can you get on to your holiday/flight company and see if you could travel back on the Sat or Fri instead?

If it is a public exam then it has to be sat at the right time. You can choose either get there, be tired, but do your best or not show up and it will be recorded as a fail.
I'd give it a go - nothing lost that way.
For special consideration the exam board will need quite high quality medical evidence - I recently applied for this for a child and had letters from a gp, consultant, a and e referral, diagnoses and more- still waiting to hear.

I am not a teacher BUT I would have thought your best bet would be to ring the school on the Monday morning and say your flight was delayed unexpectedly, DC is too tired to sit the exam etc. I doubt a school would be sympathetic to holiday arrangements; as it is fairly common for holiday flights to be changed unexpectedly and they would have expectd you to bear that in mind when you booked. Is there no possibility of you changing the flight back?

I think feigning sickness to the doctor and get them to write a note is playing with fire tbh. I know of a case at my DD's school where a girl missed an exam. They let her take it in the autumn. It was different circumstances, she got mixed up with the timetable and couldn't get there on time, but it was obviously genuine so they were sympathetic.

I don't think exams could be taken later with a note, as they have to be sent off soon after they're done.Would your child be able to retake RS in year 11 with teachinfg time allocated for it? Have they revised already for it? It may be possible to go but be left with a tired child- make sure they sleep enough the previous day.