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Anyone else child failed their GCSE's??

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bigknickersbigknockers · 22/08/2019 15:13

My DS has just been to get the results of 2 early entry GCSE's and has failed them both. He has mild-moderate autism and has worked extremely hard to do his best by attending extra tuition at school, revising and reading. I am now extremely worried about next year when he will do the rest of the GCSE exams. Will he be able to go to college or get an apprentiship if its the same next year? He deserves to pass for the effort and work put into it alone IMHO Sad

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bigknickersbigknockers · 22/08/2019 15:34

Sorry to hear this pristine

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User10fuckingmillion · 22/08/2019 15:33

Is he in year 10?

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bigknickersbigknockers · 22/08/2019 15:31

He has a helper in some classes

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PristineCondition · 22/08/2019 15:31

Mine
He was predicted much higher and was signed up to do psychology , sociology and biology A-levels at the college but obviously cant now
I sent him to the college to get advice hoping he would sign up to retake his GCSES. But he's signed up to do art and design, cant lie I'm a-bit thrown by it all buy hey ho
We are off out to the cinema to cheer him up.

Anyone else child failed their GCSE's??
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bigknickersbigknockers · 22/08/2019 15:30

The subjects were RE and English literature. We knew English Lit would be a struggle but decided he would go into the exam and have a go, nothing ventured nothing gained and all that. He got a grade 2.
For RE he got a grade 3 and he felt quite confident about this one.

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Shimy · 22/08/2019 15:25

Sorry to hear this OP. Very impressed to see you have quickly resolved the situation and found a way forward which must be a relief to your dc. #Supermum!

Lonecatwithkitten · 22/08/2019 15:23

I sorry he has not achieved pass grades, but I see this as school failed him. He should have never been entered early, a year can make a massive difference in maturity and attitude.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 22/08/2019 15:20

Yes, mine.

It's been okay, though. I've dusted him off, we've been to the college and enrolled him on a different course - lower level (didn't have the points for a L3 course - and he can retake his English (his maths was okay).

He's happy with this. He can do the course he wanted next year.

Took him out for lunch then to Wilkos where we stocked up on cat toys.

Think I've manged to turn today into a positive experience.

TipTopAllOverTheShop · 22/08/2019 15:18

Sorry to hear this OP. As harsh as this sounds it is a measure of abilities not effort. As long as your child knows there are other things that matter more like being kind etc that's the main thing xxx 💐

BelulahBlanca · 22/08/2019 15:15

What was his actual grade? What subjects were they?