AS results

www.sbsa.org.uk

iirc RAAS has a sports focus. As they intake some kids from overseas (who still meet the nationality criteria) they may be more flexible to allow out of year group admissions.

Are you able to consider boarding either state or private? Whereabouts are you?

You will need to organise this through the current school, but if the "bad" results are completely unexpected, I am surprised they aren't sending off for copies of his papers or requesting remarks.
Some colleges will allow pupils with grade Ds (or even "high" Es) to progress onto A2 and retake some AS modules alongside the A2 ones. If he could manage this with 2 subjects he may be able to top up with an EPQ for example. Some sixth forms have a lower threshold for moving onto Y13 than others so there could still be a way forward there.

One of my DC had a gap year after AS level and worked several different jobs, then went to local 6th form college and did completely different subjects.

I really think 6th form college is the way to go.

Does he have to do the same subjects - it may be that new subjects will help with a fresh start.

Repeating the same ASs if you are not enjoying the work can be very demotivating hence the reason why outcomes are often poor.

That is very cynical. I'm a sixth form tutor at a grammar school and their pastoral care is very important to me. If someone underperforms at any time of school ALL the options need considering, it's in the student's interest. Often a new start elsewhere is exactly what a student needs. It all depends on the reasons for the underperformance, hence meeting the school to talk through them can be a good thing to do.

The cynic in me thinks that grammar school sixth forms are more concerned with their results statistics than the individual student. A sixth form college will make more effort to get the right fit and provide support for students who need it.

Sixth form funding is very tight these days. Schools don't get any funding for Y14s so repeat years only seem to happen in exceptional circumstances ( ie ill health or bereavement).
Our local college has some very good courses and gets lots of students into university. Alternative courses such as btec are accepted by universities ( less so with competitive/ Russell group courses) but maybe a student who did badly in AS needs to look a bit more widely anyway. Also please consider apprenticeships, there are some great ones around and could be a much better fresh start for some students than repeating AS levels which often has poor outcomes,of course everyone is an individual and this doesn't apply to everyone.

Look at 6th form colleges. There must be some near you - they are all updating their websites for next term and offering help to students who didn't get their expected grades.

Do some googling.

Most people do A levels at a sixth form college I believe. They are bigger than school sixth forms and can offer a wider range of choices and combinations as a result.

Son is able to continue two to A2. Repeat an AS again. He thinking on what to do. Have suggested looking at college other courses. His sister did repeat her AS year with new subjects. As her college able to offer this. She was able to go to uni.
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My son is doing a Btec at college (just finished year one). Yes you can go to university afterwards, depending on your attainment of course. You are awarded UCAS points in the same way as A Levels.

Look up colleges in your area and go to the open days. I knew nothing about Btecs either prior to my (third) son starting last year and it has been the making of him.

My DS did a year of AS (history, geography, law and PE); he completely mis understood the workthick required and obviously I didn't know what I was talking about when I reminded him. He finished the year with E for history and U in all the others.

He enrolled at a different college (where he knew no one) on a BTEC course; end result is he's just finished 1st year at a good uni in a subject that he only discovered through the BTEC and, most importantly, is very happy.

As a teacher, I have seen it happen often where students don't achieve the required grades to continue with us and have been successful on different course at different providers - good luck

With regards subject choices, looking at our underperformers this year, they were certainly doing courses they thought they should rather than their best choices. A lot choose Maths for example that perhaps shouldn't. Also, there may be different choices at a different place. A student who's leaving us for the college is changing at least two of his subjects as there is more choice there. Several subjects, including my own English, are starting their new specifications so keeping to the same subjects will not necessarily save any work.

Most colleges will be having open days around now so I would recommend he attends some of those to look into other options at the same time.

Most importantly though, does he understand the reasons why things have gone wrong?