HELP !!! MY BROTHER GOT NO GCSEs and hes GONNA GET A BEATING AGAIN

[StratfordPatrick]

listen people

please help my family

my brother

He just got his GCSEs and quite frankly he got 2 Cs, one in maths and 1 in applied science

but he got solid D's and Es

So my dad beat him

as ya do... just ignore that bit atm

We live in Stratford East London

I need a college within easy access (say zone 3, 4, 5, 6) in hackney, stratford, ilford, romford, havering, tower hamlets, other east london, north east london where he can redo his gcses for as cheap as possible

and he needs to enrol fast for his own sake

Please help me, I'm looking but having great problem finding anything that isn't private and doesnt charge excruciating amounts and will let a 16 year old redo GCSEs

I haven't got time to sit and contact all these colleges... especially since this is a weekend.

[factor-fiction]

Why would he have to pay - he can go to college until he's 18?

[Greedyfly]

Surely if he has only just left school he can enrol at a local college/sixth form to do his GCSE's - I did this and you will not be charged as he is below the age of 18 which I assume still applies now.

[chrissa1]

So what do you think StratfordPatrick? Good suggestions?

[Mosaic]

OK. in any normal scenario 'your brother' will have had had repeated opportunities to address his pre-GCSE progress with his school.

The whole point is, you get one state-funded go at doing this, then you have to pay up.

If there is an issue with family violence you need to get that addressed through the police.

this isn't to be difficult, it just factual.

[sherrardk]

Results have been out for eight days now, you/he have had plenty of time to look for a college that does re-sits.

[Greedyfly]

Mosaic I am pretty sure that is incorrect with regards to 'paying up'. I re-did my GCSE's at sixth form college just before I was 18 - I never had to pay. As far as I am aware education is 'free' until you are 18 years old.

[Mosaic]

Possibly means-tested?

[factor-fiction]

This looks a bit like something that has been copied and pasted from a web page/chat room. Please can you provide a bit more .
His results are not too bad-I would guess that they are better than around a third of students got. What results did he need

[puzzled54]

What about Newham Sixth form college in Prince Regents Lane?

[Buenchico]

His old school should be able to offer advice.

Otherwise, try these FE colleges:
http://www.newham.ac.uk/pages/

http://www.tower.ac.uk/

http://www.waltham.ac.uk/

http://www.southwark.ac.uk/

http://www.hackney.ac.uk/

http://www.conel.ac.uk/

http://www.candi.ac.uk/

Chris

[Greedyfly]

I'm not sure on that Mosaic. I did my GCSE's left school way to early. Realised later on that I would have a hard time if they were not done again so applied for the local sixth form and completed them there in a year.

[starone]

Just joined - first question - not answered (yet) Is this true, especially the bit about beating. Sorry if I am too suspicious.

[factor-fiction]

I wonder if it's best if we just hang on now and wait for StratfordPatrick's response to our comments and suggestions and to give him chance to clarify a few things

[sherrardk]

If you re-sit at school or college and it is combined with some other course of study to make it become 'full time' it does not cost anything up to the age of 18 (or it might even be 19). However, as this looks slightly suspicious my answer doesn't really make any difference.

[dotty.]

FGS,

[StratfordPatrick]

Thank you people, youve taken a worry off my hands

for the questioners

yes it is 'my brother'... I am a 21 year old contracting civil site engineer with a degree in civil engineering from the University of Nottingham ( Not Trent ) who works a 60 hour week

I just haven't got time to deal with my family at the moment

But you have to be there for them don't you

And yeah, I know I've 'had 8 days', but I sorted his CV out and he went out looking for a job... as his father gave him a week to sort his life out...

[SirOracle]

A degree in Civil Engineering by age 21 ? You must be a genius.

[NoMercy]

In the OP you refer to to him as "my dad" and in your last post you refer to (presumably) the same person as "his father".

Strange.

[Buenchico]

SirOracle:
The vast majority of people who graduate in Civil Engineering will probably do so at the age of 21, having left school/college at the age of 18 and then having completed a 3-year degree course.

If StratfordPatrick has followed that route, and has recently found work, I see no inconsistencies in his post.

[ELVIS68]

I'm surprised no one commented on the beating!