Main Teacher quits in the middle of DD's final year at school - advice v welcome, I am at a loss

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I am in a panic, I learned today that my daughter's most important teacher has quit suddenly. She takes her French bac in June and there is no way her crappy school is going to find a teacher to replace this one in time. The French system weighs their subjects ie each on has varying degrees of importance, and this teacher's subject (economics) is the most important for her.

I literally don't know what to do to help her. I've gone to see the school and they say they are planning to replace him with another teacher who I know for a fact, doesn't know the program.

Any advice would be most welcome. She has given in her UCAS form for unis in the UK next year but I can't see her getting the grades she needs now.

I can see why this would be upsetting but take a deep breath. It really won't be as bad as you fear. The new person is presumably a qualified teacher who is used to delivering subjects at this level but may need to brush up on the economics. Plus she must have covered most of the curriculum by now. Hang in there and see what the new person is like. When does the old teacher leave?

Thanks for support, and agree that it may not be as bad as I am fearing.The teacher never turned up to work this term (they started yesterday), and the rumours started today that he won't be back. So the school has been caught on the back foot. Just not what we need when there is so much to be done in the next few months and what children need in the final year is stability and calm to get through the exams.

Start looking for a private tutor in economics. One that knows the syllabus ideally.

yes definitely, private tutor from now on.

Free resource www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain.
Not sure how much of it crosses with her syllabus but the videos are easy to follow and there is a good range of topics covered under economics. I recognise much of it from when I did A level.

Have you asked the teacher leaving if they are looking to offer private tuition out of hours. One of my daughters previous teachers does, he has a 12 month waiting list!

Thanks all. She already has a great tutor thank goodness, who knows the one who left, and whose reaction was surprise that 'he had stayed as long as he had'. The school have already got someone else to fill in, but I will certainly consider more hours with the tutor. My DD is now claiming she didn't like the other teacher anyway as he was always complaining and seems confident all will be fine if she puts the hours in (slightly big 'if' there). As a rule of thumb I try and leave my children to make their own mistakes as they are almost adults, so I think I'll leave it at that. Appreciate you all.