Taking exams

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I'm considering home educating my 13 year old dd

School has broken her mentally although she has always been a high achiever

I'm worried that a decision I make now will affect her long term future due to lack of qualifications

How do you find exam centres for gcse subjects?
I want to get as much information as possible before I make the decision to permanently pull her out of school

Check with the exam board, AQA have a list of places that accept private candidates for their exams on their website.
www.aqa.org.uk/student-support/private-candidates/finding-a-school-or-college

Or just google "exam centre private candidate my nearest city"

It is worth finding somewhere to sit the exam before you even start studying the course, as this will save a LOT of stress later.

Many of them will charge you a fee.

If your 13yo daughter is mentally broken and your only worry about home education is whether she will be able to access exams, why not take her out of school immediately for a while? Give her a chance to have a break from school and recover, even if it is only for a year.

While she is out of school, you can take your time to talk to other home ed families, join the home education exams email list here (he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/HE_Exams_Wiki), look at alternative qualifications, find out about local exam centres and see what is available in your area. There are many routes she could follow.

You do not have to make a permanent decision about home education right now. Given your daughter's age, it would be easy enough to let her have a year out of school with a view to returning in Y10 if you decide home education isn't the right way forward. (But I privately think that within a few months you will see your daughter undergo such a wonderful transformation that you will find a way to get help her achieve her goals without school. There are many academic high-fliers who are home educated and do very well. If anything, home ed can often open additional doors for very academic children who don't have to be restricted by the pace of their class at school or blanket policies or timetable clashes which might prevent them from doing whichever subjects they want.)