To give a present for A level result

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I’m asking for a friend. His grandson took one A level. He was supposed to take 3, after 2 years in the 6th form, but his progress was so poor, he took one because the school said he would fail the other two. Got a D. No illness or excuses. Friend says grandson is just lazy and won’t work. He’s going back to school to do the other 2 A levels in one year. Another relative says he should be rewarded for this one A level because it’s better than nothing after 2 years! The grandparent would like to wait until next summer when school has been completed and all results are known. Is he being reasonable?

He hasn't finished doing his A levels yet so I think it's okay to wait.

I'd say congratulations and praise them giving it a go buy wouldn't send gift until after them all completed.
And I would focus on praising the effort rather than results if at all appropriate.

Even though Dd did well in gcse and a level we praised her and provided a treat after exams but before results. We knew she'd worked hard and done her best and we rewarded that. Good grades were her own reward when results came out and we dont really agree with rewarding grades for that reason.

Grandparents did the same and gave her a gift before results came out and focused on hard work and effort.

Does the grandparent usually pay out for results which is why the other person says he should pay up now? To be honest I think that the qualification should be the reward in itself but I can see that the other person (?grandson's parent) thinks perhaps giving something pro rata for the first one would be fair if an older sibling/ cousin had something for completing theirs.

The best present though would be sitting down with the grandson and taking an interest in what has gone wrong, what the grandson really wants to do and pointing them in the right direction even if that is contrary to parental expectations.

The grandparent lives a couple of hundred miles away and is elderly. Money has been given to say “well done” to other grandchildren at gcse and A level I understand . Not results dependent. It’s the aunt of the DS that thinks he should get something now. It’s worrying grandparent that he hasn’t made much effort and other grandchildren did. This was a high achieving child in sats apparently. It’s not over-expectation either, but a D after two years for a bright young person is obviously not very good. Grandparent probably knows what is wrong but parents are laid back so not wanting to provoke an argument.