Giving info on UCAS re extenuating circumstances, advice please.

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Been advised to put extenuating circumstances on son’s UCAS form. Had a shit couple of years Got a child with SEN who has been hospitalised 10 times this year and now being referred to Earjy Help. How much detail do we put in personal statement? How do you phrase it? Or should we not mention it at all. School aren’t being much help.

Extenuating circumstances should be included in the teacher reference, not the personal statement.

This is from ucas,

Extenuating circumstances related to the individual could include:

individual circumstances – e.g. mature student, disability, serious, acute or chronic illness, significant adverse personal circumstances (with applicant consent)

context as to why there is a disparity between grades achieved e.g. at GCSE and predicted grades, where applicable.
specific reference to COVID-19, including:

whether the student or a close family member was affected by illness or bereavement

significant anxiety caused by COVID-19, relating to loss of job or other economic uncertainty in the household
how individual students engaged with online provision, and whether there were any barriers – technical or environmental – which prevented or impeded this

any relevant information about the student’s home learning environment (e.g. access to technology, space to work at home, access to other learning resources, support of family members or carers)

It should be in the school/college reference, not the PS.