GCSE resits anyone?

[TeenPlusCat]

I asked in Secondary but was met by tumbleweed.

Anyone have a DC doing English or Maths resits? My DD is doing English and I don't know anyone in real life who has a DC resitting.

The biggest issue with DD is stamina. She hasn't yet managed a whole paper in one sitting as she gets exhausted, even though individually she can do questions well enough. (She gets extra time & rest breaks too.) Just this month we have got a formal dyslexia diagnosis for her.

College agreed to defer sitting maths this time as no way would she cope with 2 exams in one week, nor has she made it to enough maths lessons this year to be up to speed (though if she had sat exam the week before lockdown1 I reckon she would have passed).

We so don't want another year of English lessons!

@TeenPlusCat , I hope your dd's exam went well. I know there was a sitting at my local college too this week. Best of luck to her.

Thank you hockey . It went OK, at least she attempted every question but took less than 90mins (exam is 105 and she gets extra time) so whether she wrote enough is anyone's guess. She said it was a hard source and a weird picture question. However on reading the GCSEs y11 thread others thought the same.

Recovery day at home, then practical day at college tomorrow which she always enjoys.

Paper 2 tomorrow.

Name change but I was on the gcse thread. Failed gcse maths 3 time and resitting

Ah, I recognise you even with the name change. Best wishes for your final maths paper on Monday, I really hope you pass this time.

@TeenPlusCat Thank you! I hope DD passes, I’m sure they’ll be lenient this year

If they did fail i feel for you and your kids but if they do fail why don`t they just do a foundation course at college ?

It`s not the end of the world ?

I know it's not the end of the world, but the whole time DD is at college she will keep having to retake until she passes, and keep doing the lessons too. It is stressful for her and a pain!

But this could open up another path for DD

Not passing English and Maths does not open up paths, it only closes them.
Is there anything for which the requirement is to explicitly NOT have maths & English?

From other threads you seem to have a bee in your bonnet about FE colleges v A levels at 6th form. This thread is not about that. DD is at an agricultural college, but doors will be shut to her without her English & Maths.

There will be plenty of other opportunities.

Only trying to be positive