Finding GCSE courses at college for 16-17 year old?

[PatDuffy]

I'm caring for a girl who had to be de-registered from her secondary due to lack of support from their side. Through a private therapist it's emerged that she has ADHD and was recently diagnosed (which explains years of certain teachers shouting at her for not paying attention - otherwise all teachers spoke highly of her).

She's looking at doing GCSE a year late and at a college rather than self study/tutors - I know of one college which offers these but am struggling to find other places. Does anyone know of a resource I can go to which lists them rather than crawling through individual websites / phoning them?

How many colleges are there that are a distance she can get herself to? Surely there arent that many?

Try phoning your local council and speaking to there post 16 team they should be able to help. But it will properly be quicker to just go through your local colleges websites yourself . My local college the GCSE courses are all retakes so part time courses over 1 year and you already need to have a GcSE in that subject to take it so below a 4 / old C

Does she have an EHCP?

@PatDuffy

Can you say in which part of the country you would be looking?

Why did she have to leave her secondary school? I think that the reasons for that will be important in choosing the place where she is most likely to thrive in the future.

All colleges will offer English and maths if she doesn't have those already. Many colleges will offer a one year program of study where she does English, maths and a level 2 qualification such as a BTEC as a "full time" program with a view to progressing to level 3 next year. She won't need an EHCP to access this, but may need some evidence of need.

Other than English and maths, because of funding difficulties, it's rare for colleges to offer GCSE courses. Some colleges may offer e.g. Biology GCSE for those wishing to progress to a healthcare job, but anything that's not required often won't be offered.

Hence why it's hard to find options to do GCSEs post-16 (unless, possibly, you're able to pay for a private option).

What's her long term plan (if she has one?). I would work back from there to figure out next steps.

If you say where you are, people may know of options. One of our local state sixth forms offers a one year GCSE programme - a fairly restricted choice of subjects, but includes English/maths/science.