What happens if he doesn’t pass?

[Bloomfields]

What happens if an Sen child doesn’t pass their GCSEs? My son is year 9 and significantly behind (working at year 5) I do not think he will pass them so what happens? I’m scared about the future and will he struggle to get a job with no GCSEs?

Look at what's on offer at your local FE college. There will be courses in all sorts of trades. Level 1 will have very minimal entry requirements, level 2 slightly higher but still below pass level.

Our neighbours daughter could not really read when she went to secondary but got grades in all her GCSEs. Mainstream secondary with SEN specialism.

After this she went to a specialist sixth form for 2 years and she's now on an FE course at local FE college. I think it's probably a course that most people could access from 16, but she's done well to get there

That's really good, he is year 9 now and I'd say that's unlikely as he is not on track or where he should be academically. I will look into FE thank you.

There are level 1 courses in colleges and basic skills courses that might be suitable. Something that would enable him to progress to the next level afterwards.

There may be a practical subject that would suit.

He will redo Maths and English while studying over suitable courses at college.

If GCSEs are still to much, you can push for functional skills rather than GCSEs post 16.

(Does his current school have any vocational subjects he might be interested in at 14 alongside core GCSEs, or any other local schools?)