Daughter not allowed to do separate Science GCSEs

[MissionImpossible3]

Dd is about to start year 11 at her private school. She took GCSEs in each Science subject this summer which she understood to be to decide on foundation or higher tier for next year. She obtained a B overall, was 1 point off an A in Chemistry and 5 points of an A in Biology. Physics is her worst subject and she obtained a C. Her Science teacher told her that this result meant she had to take combined Science. She is really upset, especially as we have always been told she can achieve in Science an d admits to not having tried very hard, as she didn't realise how important it was!!! Have emailed the school, but they are standing by their decision. Unfortunately, the teacher who felt she could do well, has left. This is my first post on here, but needed some advice on what to do next. Am a single mother with no family to discuss this with and some friends are anti private school so are a little unsupportive!
Thank you and sorry this is long

I think Cricketballs is sincere, I think of his view in his school
(I meant no disrespect to his view)
It was an admirable view but I don't think that that is the view taken by a lot of schools

Clearly MissionImpossible3 is not experiencing that admirable view in her daughters school wrt science

If 1 points off an A in Chemistry, 5 points off an A in Biology is not good enough, is this the school caring about the student and her grades or the school worried about their Ofsted ranking

"Clearly MissionImpossible3 is not experiencing that admirable view in her daughters school wrt science"

Except your claim was they're all worried about their Ofsted rating. MI3's daughter is at a private school. So what relevance does Ofsted (or, indeed, any DfE accountability measure) have?

Yes, it applies to both. The schools can be inflexible and they are always right! The problem is that you do not always know what your DC will be good at before you join the school. This definitely can apply to languages and taking single sciences is a similar problem. Double is fine unless you are a really needing to push on with the sciences and do the extra work. Offering languages up to GCSE only and belatedly finding they are no longer available at A level is another problem.

friday16 well obviously I was wrong about the Ofsted aspect
so is the suggestion that private schools are immune to their grade stats?

"friday16 well obviously I was wrong about the Ofsted aspect
so is the suggestion that private schools are immune to their grade stats?"

To an extent, yes. For example, although I think the reasons for switching to the iGCSE were rather spurious, more than a few private schools were willing to drop their "5AC-EM" measure, which is the key metric for secondary schools, to zero by switching to the iGCSE maths and/or English before they were accredited. They thought the iGCSE was better (which is, at least, arguable) and were willing to take the hit on their league tables.

But in any event, none of this really matters to outsiders. Private schools are private companies. Parents who pay the bills are customers. So long as the teaching fulfils the compulsory education requirements of the 1944 Act and the safeguarding is OK, anything else they do is a matter between the school and the parents.

Your DD has comfortably passed the papers she has sat so far .There is noreason why she shouldn't pass the other modules too.
You are paying for this! Kick up a stink!