HELP, y13 walked out wants to study A levels from home

[everybodystalking]

I will try to be brief.
My last child (always rebellious) wants to complete the last 2 terms of their A levels from home having turned 18.
They have had mental health issues but seem ok currently
They are clever but impulsive
They resent the time wasting and frankly some pretty poor teaching/teacher attendance for their subjects
Thye are capable of and predicted As

I could refuse but I am at work long hours and cannot make them attend
They are stubborn but very capable and likely to do better at home.
Multiple other siblings did school and did (very) well but now look back and think it could have been better from home and one really struggled.

Do you have any advice/experience?
Might school allow them to study remotely and take exams with them given they have completed much of the course?

Help what do I do ?
(Single parent no support)

DD basically taught herself Govt and Politics A Level due to a lack of teaching at college and got an A*. She then tried to do an A level Biology via an online provider, she worked really hard and knew her stuff but got a D, she had never even had a C before in an exam so it was very shocking.
A poster on here when I mentioned it said that if you were going to do an A Level independently sciences are harder and Biology is REALLY Hard as so much of it is exam technique not knowledge.
So, I think it really does depend on the subject

There are private exam centres. Your first step is to locate a centre where he can sit exams. This could be a state or private school or college or exam centre (3A tutors for example) Check out costs for sitting the exam and which board. Also the deadline for booking. Next buy the relative syllabus from the correct board. Buy any workbooks linked. Finally go on a Facebook group and join something called home educating with exams (or similar) and ask for recommendations in terms of study material.

Yes, it will depend on the subject. I taught an A level and became a examiner because there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the marks given. Congratulations to your daughter!

Sorry, I should have said I became an examiner in another A level, years later. I taught that A level for many years.

Hi Everyone and thanks for all your wisdom,
We have a negotiated settlement in the house:

Teen will stay on school role but be a "flakey" attendee, accessing mocks, some lessons and supplementing with self study. I'm not sure what school will think of it but with past mental health issues and a reasonable chance of good a level results I hope that they won't fuss (they will they are a very strict school...but hey ho!).

So we have a 20 percent attendance this week but so much more learning, and a happier more engaged human being.
I don't know how it will all pan out but as ever time will tell.

One of mine did one of her A-levels from home - worked out well for her.

There is lots of online stuff and if she is motivated I see no problem. She is old enough to make that choice for herself, but she does need to talk to the school/college about entering her for the exam - who does it/ who pays?

Best of luck to them OP.

Fingers crossed the combination of being listened to and having some demands reduced will be just enough to see them over the line.

Sounds like a great compromise. Hopefully school will get onside too.

All the best @everybodystalking - my ds did the same last year, except he'd had about 60% attendance in year 12 and loads of teacher absence in year 13, which further de-motivated him. I think his attendance this term was probably 40% at best! He was way behind. School kept on at him about attendance, but he just decided he was going to do it from home! He basically started at the beginning and worked his way through the syllabus for each subject.

All in all, it went as well as we could have hoped for. He's an incredibly slow processor, gets 25% extra in exams, but really needed 50% (school said they couldn't apply for 50% as they didn't have enough evidence - he barely did any timed work for them!). So he ended up with BBC (the C was three marks off a B), having only got through 75% of every exam. Without any more extra time, I really don't see he could have done much better had he attended school every day! School weren't happy with our 'arrangement' but in the end I think they were pleasantly surprised how well he did. He got Us in the mocks!

My DD did one A level from home with no problem - in those days it was a correspondence course but I guess it would be online now. She was even entitled to benefits while she did it. It was a great success. She got an A* and enjoyed the experience of taking responsibility for her own learning, which stood her in good stead at uni.

Your "child" seems to have their head screwed on - good luck to them!