15 yo perm excluded and referred to PRU - sorry long

[chazbags]

Hi there

My 15 yo son has been permenantly excluded from his school just before Easter and Im really not sure what to do for the best. He started his secondary education at a private grammer boys school,as a bursary student, but he found it too 'authoritarian and formal' although he liked the academic side of it. I then transferred him to a local (decent)comp. He has struggled to keep his attendance above 75% as he really doenst want to go in the mornings because he finds it 'boring'. The EWO has been involved, but I have just managed not to get a penalty. Just before Easter he was found selling cannabis to some other students and was immediately perm excluded.

Since then he has stopped smoking dope and is really a pleasure to have around. But, he has been referred to the PRU and they have assessed him today. He got brilliant marks and the PRU have said that they dont know what to do with him. He has been identified as gifted for some time - with an IQ over 145 and was predicted to get 10 A/A*s - even on his limited attendance. The PRu can only offer 2 GCSEs, which will not keep DS busy for 4 terms. Im at a loss as to what to do? I am thinking about home edding him - just to get him through his GCSEs - has anyone else had a similar experience?

Hi, I've been home edding my ds, who is going to be sitting IGCSEs this spring. There's lots of ways of doing it, if he is motivated to try - the big advantage of home education is that he'd be able to choose his subjects, and go at his own pace (depending how you do it). IGCSEs are useful because they don't have to have marked coursework, but if his school or the PRU were able to get coursework marked he'd also have an option on ordinary GCSEs.

My ds is studying through an internet school, which is good because it has subject teachers, but the downside for your ds would be that there are classes at set times and you are working in a class so can't do things at your own pace, which it sounds like he'd prefer.

But if money isn't too tight (which I assume not if you managed private school fees before) there are lots of places which do correspondence courses, where he could decide what hours he's going to work, and make up his own timetable, but there is still a tutor who could keep him on track with anything he's not following.

He could also just study by himself from course books and arrange for the exams as a private entrant.

HTH

What about home educating him with a private tutor to stretch him - then apply straight to a sixth form college or further education college

What about home educating him with a private tutor to stretch him - then apply straight to a sixth form college or further education college