A level results day 2021 support thread

[Mrs08]

Hi 👋
I thought it might be nice to have a support thread for us parents? (Can't see one in further Ed yet??)
It's been such a difficult time for our kids - and for us! - but the end is in sight!
Ds will get an e mail at 8.30am (apparently) and can go into college in person if he needs help/advice.
Good luck everyone!
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That’s their way of trying to get him to leave without it looking like they’ve illegally excluded him.

Saying that he can’t continue with a course is trying to force him to leave. He should call their bluff and say he’s happy to continue with two and will be sitting a third as a private candidate somewhere else. You will probably find they change their tune.

I'm pretty sure he'd have to be doing something else as well to fill the timetable. A btec/work experience /epq

They aren’t actually allowed to kick him off a course though, presuming we are talking about a linear A Level and not a BTEC. BTECs can’t be passed if you fail any one unit, so he could conceivably have failed one of those at this stage.

@MadameMinimes

They aren’t actually allowed to kick him off a course though, presuming we are talking about a linear A Level and not a BTEC. BTECs can’t be passed if you fail any one unit, so he could conceivably have failed one of those at this stage.

That's not what has happened though? And even then they'd want you to try and fill your timetable with something else

What’s not what happened?

They’ve told him that he can no longer continue one of his courses haven’t they? If it’s a linear A Level then that’s not something that they are legally allowed to do.

The reason they aren’t trying to fill up his timetable with epq or something else is because they aren’t trying to secure funding for him this year. They are trying to pressure him to leave. If a school wanted to keep a student that had failed on course, they’d want him to pick up epq or something else to try to make sure they get as much funding as possible. They aren’t doing that because they think that by forcing him down to 2 A Levels he will believe he has no choice but to leave.

We are in Northern Ireland so don't know what an epq is.
Hopefully I get to speak to him about it tomorrow but my dd might want me to stay out of it.
They did tell him he not allow do any other course outside school along with the 2 subjects he doing so they really are trying to make him leave. Life is cruel.
He is too innocent that's the problem

That’s awful. I’m really sorry they are doing that. It’s not legal, but they get away with it because people either don’t know their rights or don’t really know how to challenge this crap.

Thanks everyone for your help
@MadameMinimes yes your right he does not have the confidence to challenge it and his parents just say do what is right for ry you.
If it was my child I would challenge it.

@Andi2020

Thanks everyone for your help *@MadameMinimes* yes your right he does not have the confidence to challenge it and his parents just say do what is right for ry you. If it was my child I would challenge it.

He should contact his MP.