Worth carrying on with A levels?

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DS is due to sit his A levels in May. He was predicted high grades, but due to physical health issues is unlikely to get them (mocks were Es).

Is it generally better to just sit the exams and then try to retake them? Or to just acknowledge it's not going well and not sit the exams but redo the year and sit them next year. Or something else? He isn't aiming for university, he wants to work.

He can't resit or repeat the year at his current school as its against thier policy, and the nearest other schools don't offer all 3 subjects he has studied (or actually seem to offer resits or repeat years either as it happens)

I would encourage him to give it a go op. If he doesn't he may not go back to it later ...they get discouraged. Two Es at A levels still get you onto things that no A levels can't get you on. Some Universities take low grades. Those grades can get him onto a higher level apprenticeship or give home more chance on GCSE level apprentices that do many go after. If he passes some/all it will help his self esteem whereas not having anything to show for last two years will negatively impact his self esteem.

@shiningstar2 thank you. yes my worry was how would he explain the 2 years and it would feel like a waste but I wasn't sure if the Es would actually stop him getting apprentiships. The ones we saw needed Cs or Bs but perhaps they would help him get a level 3 one.

Have you spoken with school? They maybe in a better position to advise. Also they may waiver their policy given his grades are due to ill health.

Agree it’s worth sitting the A levels as your ds intention is to not go to uni. Seems
a waste to not sit and then do an extra year to sit them.

See what he gets and as pp says EEs still gives options including
uni ones if he changes his mind. And it’s evidence of advanced study.

He's still got time to pull his grades up. He needs to focus and start a good revision regime. Make flash cards and test himself. Q on one side answer on the back. Start going over past papers. Do the papers, look at the mark scheme and see where he went wrong.Some people like mind maps. I used to use acronyms, colour coding, repetition of key facts and telling the story. He should sit his exams or else the 2 years have been totally wasted. You need to encourage him.