Daughter been refused one of her yr 10 options

[OneGreyBiscuit]

I've just had a phone call from my dds school stating she isn't allowed to take health an social care as she's taking french and it's in the same "block". I asked well can she take a different language to be told no. She had a taster session a couple of months ago and really showed interest in this subject. They're now saying she has to take art which was her alternative but I know she's not really interested. How is a school allowed to allow some students and refuse others? This has really upset me as I know she really wanted to do this and will be so disappointed. The teacher I spoke to refused to budge. I said you will need to speak to DD as I can't agree to anything (she's away on school trip today). Tbh I'm disgusted and feel like taking it further. Am I able to take this further?

She absolutely can. GCSE options very rarely close any doors. Even if they do there is always a way round it later in life if necessary. No Health and Social Care college course is only going to take students who have done it at GCSE.

"How is a school allowed to allow some students and refuse others?"
The reality is that most option subjects will only have one or two Y10 and one or two Y11 classes, unless the school day was something like 8am-8pm with lots of free periods for everyone, you can't arrange for the only compulsory subjects plus one option to be taught at one time! Therefore some options have to be blocked by other options. Yes it's annoying, but it's the only way it works. There is no "refusing to budge" because that would mean allowing your daughter to take a class that doesn't exist! There's no point taking it further as there is nothing the school can do. She could absolutely take Health and Social Care at College without a GCSE.