Question for teachers/SENCOS can a child do yr 10 again because of house move?

[Joe90]

My husband has been offered the job we have always dreamed off running the museum with the best archaeological collection in the world (Devizes) rather than seeing all the sensible ideas and plans in his government quango destroyed and spending his life commuting and doing daft things like driving to Stanstead at 3.30 am frequently!! However, we have 3 sons and the oldest has aspergers and struggles to cope socially at school, rejects support and I do not feel achieves his potential, he is predicted C grades. If we move in a few months I do not think he could cope with a different syllabus in his very coursework based GCSEs (double applied art, graphics and geography). unfortunately he is a Sep baby therefore likely to be the oldest in his year, but is not very mature for his age. He is statemented. Would secondary schools contemplate putting a child who moved at this time down a year? We would be moving from oxon to Wilts.

Trying to catch up nearly 2 terms work would be difficult for a student WITHOUT Aspergers. Also does the school offer these GCSEs that he is currently doing? DT Graphics is no more, the last set of students taking it started last September. At my school I think they would recommend restarting so he would feel more settled and no one need know about him being a year behind unless he wants to tell them! Speak with possible schools and they should put you a little more at ease.

thanks DITDOT, it is good to know it would not be considered as too wierd, had the job been anywhere else we would not have contemplated it but this is the opportunity of a lifetime and we are even contemplating a serious pay and pension cut, also I do not feel my husband can really continue with the lifestyle he has at the moment let alone what it is doing to the rest of us. I had noticed when looking at other possible moves (aged parent scenarios) that graphics was not mentioned. Devizes seem to do Art and Design, this was worrying me, as is other syllabus differences and the fact he is already having exams in maths and English which are spread out over 2 years. Much better when you could loaf around for 2 years then cram in the last few months! His school also has a policy of only allowing 4 choice subjects so he had to give up German, which I was not happy about. The other option is I stay here with him for 2 years, in a tent?

Joe90, far less stress for all of you if he starts year 10 again from the beginning. One of my students has redone year 12, as she was ill for much of it; also, he should do the exams when he is ready for them, which may entail redoing the year. Go for it.

I've had students repeat year 12 because the under performed first time round, also due to illness.

Repeating the year sounds like a good idea, how 'easy' will it be to transfer his statement?

Could he spend the eatra time 'settling in' (Might be a good idea re his AS)

DS is much younger but he needed to be backyeared because of the problems he had when he first started school. He didn't have a statement at the time (although he was in the process of being assessed for one) We had to get permission from the LEA. They had a meeting with the head of the school I wanted him to go to and the Ed Psych was there too.

Thanks everyone, it is good to know it is not a total no no.

I think that the school years are far too set in stone as it were anyway, I ended up being 2 years younger than my classmates due to international moves etc but one of my best friends was moved down a year so actually nearly 4 years older than me, in our friendship group there was literally a spread of ages between us, I think it made us much nicer, more rounded people because of it, so go for it!