Re-sit whole school year?

[Gardenwoe]

Understandably many teachers have concerns about school starting back this side of the summer holidays, and whilst I'm not entirely convinced things will be much different in September - how feasible would it be for some years to resist the whole year? I'm primarily thinking Years 10 and 12, but I guess there may be reasons why other years should also redo the whole year - maybe Reception.

I know logistically it may cause headaches when it comes to exam time - possibly double the number sitting GCSE's and A levels, but surely it's not fair for these students to potentially miss 6 months of the curriculum and still be expected to attain grades to get them into 6th Form/FE settings and Universities. Not to mention when it comes to jobs and they are competing against applicants from different years who's have not faced such educational disruption?

Yes - I know students are being set work to do at home, but I don't think anyone can dismiss the importance of face to face teaching, and that's assuming you can get them to do the bloody work that's been set and a 'couple of weeks face to face with their teachers' really is t going to cut it, is it?

So - people with experience in schools, is this viable? Can students resit a whole year? What are the implications? (One glaring one is that we will have 19 year old adults learning in schools, is that an issue?) If it is viable - why aren't we lobbying for that, rather than teachers needing PPE, or Head teachers using SM to ask parents not to send their kids in on June 1st?

But the two are intrinsically linked with many EYFS settings including reception.

Where would the extra year group of 3yos go? What about the babies who need childcare returning after mat leave? If the 3yos haven't left there is no space for them.

There are more pupils in year 12 than in year 10 at my children's school. Very few pupils leave after GCSEs and they take in new pupils from other schools as well. They built a new 6th form block a few years ago which is already full. There is absolutely no way they could accommodate a repeating year 12 as well as the new ones.
The only way that this idea could work logistically is if everyone stayed where they are and no new children entered the education system next year. And nobody left at the other end either, as Universities and Colleges would need the income.I doubt the parents of Reception aged children would be pleased about that and this year's Year 11, 13 and final years in university probably wouldn't be too keen either. In fact it would impact upon lots of work places too- there would be no newly qualified doctors, nurses or pharmacists to name but a few. Everyone would have to stay where they were in their careers for another year too, as if this year just didn't exist.
No, unfortunately it just wouldn't work. As the parent of a year 12 pupil I would very much like to be able to press some kind of reset button, go back to the beginning of this year and live it without the virus, but that just isn't going to be possible. We have to make the best of the way things are and hope that schools, universities and examining boards are going to make sensible adjustments.