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A levels for anxious 16 year old through distance learning? Best online place?

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yellowbananas123 · 10/12/2019 09:46

Has anyone done this with their 16 year old?
Years 10/11 were very very fraught with anxiety and low mood. Her school attendance was very hit and miss. In fact, since year 8 her attendance was hit and miss. Despite this, she got great GCSE's, all at A*, A and a couple of B's.
She's had lots and lots of therapy and support via CAMHS and other counselling agencies. Some of it has helped, but the anxiety and real struggle to get to school has continued and despite her best efforts she's hardly been at school since she started sixth form in September.
She said she's sure she could study from home and I've been looking at online distance learning options for A levels. My thought is that if she can focus on her mental health, she will be able to recover properly, instead of continually trying to push push push and struggle.
Has anyone else done this or knows about online distance courses for A levels? We can't afford anywhere like Interhigh as they charge about 3k per A Level. Two of the A levels she wants to do, I'm able to help with as I studied the same subject at A level/ degree level. I think the option we'd choose would be the one which provided course material and tutor support but no online lessons. (as those push the cost up to thousands)
As we're brand new to this and I couldn't find anything on the HomeEd forum about post 16 study, I thought I'd ask here for advice. Thanks!

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busyweeks78 · 10/12/2019 10:22

Try Oxford home schooling or open study college. Hope things get easier for your dd soon.

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