I wanted to put this in AIBU but didn't. What subject do you think my Year 9 daughter is NOT studying this year?

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you must be mistaken?

I thought it was like a requirement that all children do English and Maths? How can you get a job without an English GCSE? Many jobs specify this.

How is that possible?

have you only just found this out?

It is a legal requirement for them to study English. They almost certainly won't specify lit or lang in Yr 9 though. Are they perhaps calling it Literacy, or "Skills" or something instead? Otherwise I would be livid.

That is just stupid. So will they not sit their gcse english then ?

Maybe they figure they get enough language in history etc (my DH says most of his eng. lang came from ace H teacher rather than poor E teacher). But no literature? are they doing shakespeare in drama maybe (clutching at straws here). Poetry by doing Elocution?

Presumably must do Eng again yrs 10 and 11.

sadly yes Katheine75

I asked her what texts they were doing

also .....they are doing 50% year history 50% geography?????

really?

that is just bizarre - will you complain?

that is just bizarre - will you complain?

have you looked at her timetable?

clearly you should complain twice!

they must be doing english. Check again. Or phone the school

madness

is it meant to improve the standing of the school on the tables

i spend my entire life moaning to her school but they are very - shall we say 'progressive'

what could their reasoning be?

they are doing media studies gcse this year.....

they did SATS last year...for some unknown reason

How on earth can they get away with that? What do you mean 50% History and geography?

Ah yes thats a good way of bumping up GCSE league table results - cut out English and stick Media in instead - good idea...mmmm who said edumacation wasn't being dummed down??????

but how can they not do english? Will they be sitting A lvele?

media studies!!!!
I would be livid!

oops can't spell! dumbed!

So she will leave school without an English gcse ??

You can't do anything nowadays with english and maths gcses.