Compulsory after school classes

Why wouldn’t you want to do all you can to get her to succeed in all her subjects

Yes I agree with others – the school is trying to help her pass or get a better grade in her DT GCSE. I presume this is something you and she would like? It might be temporary while she completes the practical work. IME yy DT takes up a lot of time; tech was compulsory at one time in one school I taught in and students would often be spending time on their project after school or in lunch hours.

It's not about her rights really – school is not obliged to provide a prom at all so she has no “right” to that as such. How does she get to school currently? If you pick her up and cannot do it later, is there another parent could help (and maybe you do the morning run?).

DS1’s food teacher supported him with his GCSE as he was in danger of not passing – she helped him after school with the work (I think as a 1-1) – I was delighted she put in the effort (and really delighted when he got a C).

DT is one of those subjects that expects a lot of work to be done outside class - similar to art.

it sounds like she is at significant risk of failing multiple subjects. In my school we pull kids out of PE for extra maths and English as it’s not a gcse but I can see why they might have to pull out of other lessons.

DT is a coursework heavy subject and presumably the DT teacher has highlighted that the coursework isn’t done at all/done to a reasonable standard.

realistically these interventions are only done for kids who will otherwise fail so it depends whether you want her to pass this gcse or not.

Is the child in question disabled, or is it her siblings?

As PP has said, it’s not really about rights, it’s about her, the school and you all trying to help her get the best grade possible.

This is why the school my children attended extended the school day to provide a compulsory period 6 so all students could be in school for that last period for revision in year 11, plus they did extra stuff for year 7s to get them into a good place homework wise.

She needs to speak to her DT teacher to find out what she needs to do to get it back on track. They are trying to help her.

The issue you are going to have is year 11 have a lot of after school revision sessions so maybe thinking long term is there another parent who can help you out?

She is clearly struggling in more than one subject. Either you work with the school to support her or she fails to reach her potential.

It has nothing to do with her "rights" and everything to do with whether she wants to get a good grade. DT is very coursework heavy. DD took art at GCSE and stayed after school one day a week to keep on top of her work.one

Is there no public transport between school and your home?

She has the right not to go, but if she wants to get a good enough pass in her exams, she should take the school’s advice.

Has she spoken to the DT teacher about how she can get back on track?

Clearly the school were trying to ‘save’ her from failing maths now they would like her to pass D&T. I suppose it’s up to you or her what the priority is.

Both of mine had compulsory ‘periods six’ in year eleven for whatever subjects teachers wanted to target. One of my dc only had period six for French but the other one had one every day. It definitely helped her grades and to be honest I was pleased the school were providing the extra support.

Your dd doesn’t have to be provided a prop by the school so I imagine they can stop her from going. I wouldn’t bandy around that she can’t do things after school unless prom is during the day.