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Home educating in Year 11 after school closure

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WestCountryDweller · 03/05/2026 10:53

Has anyone home educated for year 11 after their DC’s school has unexpectedly closed? Slightly daunted by the idea but it looks like we’ll have no other option, due to a very long travel distance to alternative schools, on top of having to adjust to a different school and potentially different GCSE exam boards.

DD is bright with no SENs and we would be using tutors for subjects that we don’t feel confident with, and cutting down our work hours to focus on her. We have explored exam centre options, which look doable.

She would then move to a local sixth form for A-Levels, which was always the intention anyway.

OP posts:
Unexpectedlysinglemum · 03/05/2026 22:30

I would use an online school for this

kscarpetta · 04/05/2026 00:52

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 03/05/2026 22:30

I would use an online school for this

How will that work in year 11 if the exam boards are different? Restart from scratch?

Flowersdie · 04/05/2026 00:59

WestCountryDweller · 03/05/2026 11:36

Private - she’s spent most of her education in state but this was a fairly late move due to her state school being terrible. We still don’t regret the move after seeing the state school’s 2024/2025 GCSE results though, it’s really struggling. We probably would have done home ed instead if the private school hadn’t been available to us, as have a lot of children locally.

I’d be regretting this. Your child has no school and potentially will be massively impacted educationally.

IRodeIn · 04/05/2026 07:18

Flowersdie · 04/05/2026 00:59

I’d be regretting this. Your child has no school and potentially will be massively impacted educationally.

Weird response. It’s not op’s or her child’s fault fault that the school closed, that’s on the people who implemented the education tax.

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