Hi my dd is 17 & in year 13. She’s had poor attendance since year 9 due to mood/anxiety. They let her progress to sixth form but made it clear she would need to attend regularly.
It’s been up & down and at the start of year 13 she dropped to only 2 A levels. She wants to stay at school & is adamant she doesn’t want college/apprenticeship etc. However she very often doesn’t go in if we don’t arrive at the exact ‘right’ time or she’ll leave early saying she’s crying & having a panic attack.
I don’t know how much her mood is a problem on a standard scale if it were ever possible to measure that which I know it isn’t. She’s been seen in Camhs but discharged as she didn’t show that she wanted to engage in therapeutic work with anyone (happy to chat but not about how she felt etc). They referred her for an autism assessment but that won’t be until dec/January now - been waiting a while. I’m not sure is autism is the issue but I know girls are difficult to diagnose.
My question is that I think school are getting near asking her to leave partly because of the safeguarding aspect if they don’t know where she is from day to day. Also her predicted grades are beyond low as she doesn’t work outside school to catch up. She has just started with a private counsellor & has an appointment with GP to see if medication might help (previously refused by Camhs). We’d also just set up a tutor. When she was allowed to start sixth form they made it clear that this wasn’t like lower school where there was a responsibility to provide an education- this was something she was choosing to do.
Where can I find out what I can reasonably expect school to put up with if I can’t improve her attendance? I want to prepare if they ask her to leave. Many thanks for any information or advice (& apologies for length!)