DS wants to repeat Year 13

I think I'd be starting with 'get a job' whilst considering other options. Depending on where you live places take on extra staff over the summer, eg cafes, tourist places etc. Or go down to a jobs agency and see what temp stuff they have. Don't wait until Sept.

Then in parallel he can research other options such as apprenticeships, access courses, whatever. Don't let him drift for the next couple of months. He's had his holiday whilst skiving off, now is the time to work.

If he repeated y13 he would still only have 1 a level. Sixth Form don’t teach a 2 year course in 1 year and the courses are linear.

What about looking into a Level 3 apprenticeship instead?

he just stopped attending classes and didn't show up to his exams for those two subjects and his entries were never cancelled.

If he wants to continue in education, he's going to have to find a way to pay for it then.

S is study leave. O is unauthorised absence. It’s all a bit irrelevant. He’s had his 7 years of government funded secondary education. He doesn’t get any more.

Have you made an appointment with the careers advisor at his school? I'd be doing that in your shoes so that you can work out a realistic plan.

S is study leave.
C is authorised absence ... which if he has simply been skiving is obviously a lie, though the school may have an internal reason why they have use this rather than O (absent without authorisation).

I assume S is for study leave so if he's not in school it's not counted the same as if he didn't go in January.

Absence codes are:
here

He's sat his exams. That's it. End of. School can not get funding for him. He cannot pay them as they are not private. He's reached the end as far as school goes.

OP he can’t go back to school and pay the tuition himself. That’s not how it works.

My DS repeated lower sixth but still got crap A level results. He got accepted onto a physics degree course at a good university but had to do a year's sort of access course as part of the degree course and had to pass the first year to be allowed to continue.

They called it a four year course. He finally realised there were no more chances or excuses and he got his degree.

Can you say what subject he's been doing?
We were told if it's not a solid a at gcse then they'll struggle at a level.
The only problem with saying you'll charge rent if he works is it's an incentive to stay in education, that he might not commit to.
Drop his contract down to min and texts only. He can buy bolt ins with his job.

OP, sadly it is a case of the school will not be eligible for the £4400 or whatever the per pupil grant is these days. It's not the same situation as someone who dropped out of a year and wasn't entered for the exams.

He could retake in a crammer but you'd have to pay yourself.

It depends entirely on the circumstances. If the other student(s) withdrew from exams and/or school then their circumstances are different. It’s not personal, it’s how 6th Form funding works. Students do not get three years of KS5 funded, they get three years in which to complete their KS5 education. Your DS has completed his. Unsatisfactorily, yes, but he’a completed it so he does not deserve another £XK of government funding.

I don't think anyone reading this would think you didn't give a damn about your kids!

It is a hard thing when they are nearly adult and you have to let them suffer the consequences of their decisions. You never know though, it could eventually turn out to be the push he needs.

P.S. I overheard a really wise, near retirement colleague advising a student and her parents, distressed by what they felt was underperformance in final exams. She said don't look back, look forward.

OP- I understand. I wish they'd kicked my son out in y12. The school bent over backwards trying to get him to attend (eg he was excused from Form time) They had countless meeting with him and he's so charming and convincing that they believed his lies hook line and sinker.
My son had terrible attendance because he chose not to attend and I couldn't force him to go to school. He's half a foot taller and knows what the consequences of not attending are but just couldn't find the motivation. I suspect that he won't get the C on results day. He went to his exam paper 1 and has paper 2 and 3 this week. It's possible that he's in his room studying but I doubt it.

If he never officially withdrew from A Levels then you have no chance of getting him a 3rd year at 6th Form, sorry. In the eyes of the DfE, he has completed two years of KS5 education. The fact that he has come out of it with 2 Us and whatever he gets for his final exam does not mean he can resit yr 13. The funding is available for 3 years, yes, but that’s to take into account students who start late, or change from one thing to another, not students who don’t try and then realise too late that they should have done a better job. He will not be eligible for funding for a third year whether or not he writes a letter to the school.

I'd be shocked if the school didn't bill you for the exams he didn't turn up for. Our school would.