A level retakes...MPW or ???

[Theredjellybean]

Help, need a plan b for dsd who will probably need to resit one subject and take brand new subject.
She can live in our flat in London so that's best location.
MPW is the only one of the "crammers" I've heard of but apparently has a drug problem.
A Google search throws up so many choices...anyone got any recommendations

Have a look at Brampton College in Hendon:

https://www.bramptoncollege.com/courses/a-level-retakes/

Or Albermarle College

My don is heading to Warwick university but the A-level results weren't as good as I expected. Alevel results will be stated on CV or profiles for job /tutoring applications, I wonder if he should retake one or possible two subjects in uni?
Heis not intending to change uni but he wants to improve grades. He missed 3 marks to A* in Chem (his subhrct to study) and 8 marks to A in maths.

@MurphyM , well done to your ds for the place at Warwick.
Things to consider are:
How would he fit in A level revision and a degree?
Where would he sit the a level exams? How about if they clash with his uni exams?
How would he be tutored for the re-sits?
Statistically you are unlikely to improve on your grade if taking a self taught resit compared to being in a sixth form.

The cohort sitting A levels in 2024 is larger than the cohort that sat this year due to the birth rate 18 years ago. Hence the chances of him improving esp in chemistry are slim.

@MurphyM , also to add your ds would have to note his A levels were re-sit grades on a CV if he disclosed them as an employer may ask to see the certificate and note the date.

Where can you find birth rates per year please?

@paradoxically2 , it's back to the bulge years in schools 13 years ago, this coming year is due to be a massive exam cohort.

The numbers must surely be published somewhere. How do you know 13 years ago was a bulge year?

Have a look at Ashbourne College or Collingwood College.

I found this. The rate isn't especially for 2024. It continues to go up. There is a slight blip in 2027 but it's still higher than now and it continues to rise until the chart finishes in 2030

@paradoxically2 your graph shows what’s already been said - that 2012 was a peak birthrate year. Hence the number of 18 year olds is projected to rise until 2030 (when the 2012 bulge babies turn 18j before falling back.

Sorry - been said on other threads on the subject, not specifically here.

Oh. I thought you meant next year's 18 year olds (2012 birth year) was specifically a bulge year. Not that it was one year in a constant upward trend until 2030.

I'm still not sure why you call 2012 a bulge birth rate year though when every year after until 2022 was bigger

I would think that if someone has a good university place with an A in the subject they plan to study and a B in Maths, he's best focusing on his degree course.

This

@paradoxically2 I don’t follow what you are saying. The large cohort born in 2012 will be 18 in 2030, not next year.

Agreed. A levels are university entrance exams. Employers might look at them in passing but they are not going to be determinative. And he has good ones anyway.