Depressed 15 yr old son

[Goose15]

My 15 yo teenage son told me this morning that he's feeling depressed. I know he's been like this for a while and don't know how to help. He is stressing about upcoming GCSEs and works extremely hard with revision etc, but is stressing about them. I've told him to try mindfulness, have breaks while revising etc but it doesn't seem to help. I'm the only person he'll speak to about this.
It doesn't help because I work 3 days a week and also do 2 cleaning jobs in the evenings so am not there until usually 9.30/10 at night. His dad and my dd (9 yo) are there but, for some odd reason, my dh takes himself and my dd upstairs straight after dinner and lie on the bed watching some shit telly thing and go on the iPads, which means my son is on his own downstairs every night.
I'm desperate to do stuff with him (some type of sport), but am never there to do it and my dh won't do anything with him.
I don't know how to help him and feel upset about it all.
Has anybody been here before with their dc and have any advice on what I can do please?

Your dh is the problem but think you already know that.

Would you be able to talk to the school, or to your gp, to ask for advice? If your ds is depressed he may need to see someone. Schools may also have some de-stressing strategies if they know about the problem, or have a school counsellor which could be a starting point for getting help?

You're right that outside interests like sport may help - would your dh be prepared to do any with him if you explained the problem? What about weekends - there are usually some sports clubs going on then, that ds could go along to on his own if he feels up to it? It can be easier if it's something like martial arts than a team sport where you have to get a place in the team. Or is ds now feeling too low to try things on his own - that can be a problem. Does he have any friends who might go along too?

If it’s clinical depression he needs to go to the dr.

Hi my 15 yr old is also extremely stressed about GCSEs, has this worry brought in depression or have you noticed it before?

Sounds like your dh needs to spend some time with him, maybe have a word with your husband?

That sounds so lonely for him

Why on earth does dh Do that? Is it because he's downstairs on a console

Why do you say for some reason , you need to find out what's going on! What do dd and dh Do on the evenings you are home ?