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GCSE - Special Consideration

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butterandcheese · 21/05/2024 17:40

Hi there. DS is ill with a virus - fever, nausea, headache etc. He has to sit a GCSE tomorrow morning. Went to the GP to try and get evidence to submit to the exam board, and GP confirms DS is ill, but says they don't do letters or sick forms for schools. Help! How do I get evidence of illness that can be submitted so that Special Consideration can be given if he is throwing up tomorrow? GP says he could be ill for another couple of weeks.

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ThisPerkySloth · 21/05/2024 17:47

@butterandcheese hello just a thought, some surgeries give access online to gp records - could there be mention there of seeing gp / outcome? Usually an NHS site where GP has to give access once you fill a form - is your DS is already 16, they’d have to give permission for you to see DS record in that case.

maybe worth a shot?

SonicTheHodgeheg · 21/05/2024 17:47

I remember reading that children who had a test the day after the Manchester bombings only got 5%(?) consideration so I don’t think that your son would get much.

LIZS · 21/05/2024 17:45

Nhs app?

Simonjt · 21/05/2024 17:45

Isn’t it only something like 1-2% for an illness, when I did my urdu gcse as a mature student two years ago JCQ didn’t consider GPs to be medical professionals where evidence was concerned (I needed info about having my phone for my diabetes monitoring).

mitogoshi · 21/05/2024 17:42

Special consideration isn't much anyway, dose up with meds and perhaps a coffee

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