Is it usually to resit as levels without returning to lessons?

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I have posted on the higher education board but cross posted here for traffic as it’s surprisingly quiet on there!
Hoping for some advice, my DD didn’t get the grades she needed and wants to resit. School have said they will pay for resits but she can’t attend lessons, just use them as an exam centre.
Is this how it usually works? I’m wondering what others have done in this situation as well can’t be the first- pay for private tutors? Self teach / independently revise whilst working?
I had just assumed she would return into lessons and I’m worried about her becoming isolated but also assume she needs some teaching in order to improve her grades.
So AIBU to have assumed she would have the option to return to school for lessons (I would be happy to pay for this but it doesn’t seem to be an option).

None of the schools I’ve worked in would have ex students attending lessons in yr14 (as it were) in preparation for resits. They also wouldn’t have covered the payment either, so in this area the school is being generous, in my experience.

The only time we have people redoing yr13 is if they have had to drop out part way through the year for health reasons, and it is all organised before exams so they don’t sit them at all that year.

Sorry not to be more helpful - yes to the tutor/independent study.

Thank you that’s incredibly helpful. I just hadn’t realised anyone who re sat (and there must be loads) just did it by studying alone for the year. Back in my day people definitely returned to resit!

I would also add that one of the best things to do now is to request scripts back to see where marks were lost - was it knowledge, exam technique, timing etc? Her teachers may be able to give some advice on this.

Then, depending on which subjects she does, it may be she can sign up for the same exam boards/units at an FE college.

Is she planning on resitting all of them?

No there’s no funding for people who’ve already sat them.

you either pay for private (plenty of resit specialists in the south east or online) or study in your own,

If the school have offered to be her exam centre It really does sounds like she's had a rough time so you have my sympathies but yes, it's odd that you're surprised by this.

From a practical point of view, her place is now filled by the year 12s coming into their final year, and even if it were an undersubscribed class the school wouldn't get any funding from the LA for her. Even if it were a private school, they are not set up as an FE college to teach adults, schools are for children and there would be safeguarding risks to think about for starters.

Even if all the practical barriers weren't there, she's presumably 18 now and has finished her schooling, whatever further study she wants to do now needs to be in an adult setting for her own sake, I really can't imagine it would do anyone much good to watch all their friends go off and launch themselves while she is starting back in the same place and the same rules as an 11 year old starting year 7. It's no different really than if you wanted to learn a new language or something - you can find some schools that will be exam centres for external candidates, but you wouldn't expect to be let into a classroom with schoolchildren as a random adult. It might feel different since she has only just left but that's essentially the same scenario.

Has she tried going through clearing? Don't assume the grades they publish are what they will accept if there were extenuating circumstances, they are all just businesses and every unfilled place is a massive cost to them. If she really doesn't want to/cannot go to uni this year, practicing independent study is no bad thing.

Thanks, as I say I have had no reason to ever think about this and my only experience is from 30 odd years ago when quite a few people absolutely returned to year 13 (or upper 6th as it was) to resit their a levels.

I'm a tutor myself and my students this time of year are often resisting and want to keep up their knowledge and exam skills