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Can my 12 year old son study for GCSEs?
I have had to take my 12 1/2 year old son out of the local (dreadful) secondary school due to persistent bullying - there is no other school suitable in our LEA. At his primary school, he was assessed as Gifted & Talented and was doing Year 7 & 8 lessons at a different secondary school, whilst still in Years 5 & 6.He is significantly well above average in all subjects and spends his spare time watching Discovery & History channels. I am currently educating him at home, where he is sailing through Key Stage 3. Has anyone any useful advice regarding taking GCSEs or further schooling? Unfortunately, I am currently unemployed (due to ill health) and on a low income, so I can't afford private school, where I'm sure he would blossom.Thank you in advance.
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Are there any local private schools nearby where he could get a scholarship based on your low income? Or a grammar school where he could sit an entrance exam?
I'm sorry I can't help on home schooling but there must be a website/association that could advise. Maybe even the Ofsted website? Good luck!!
I'm sorry I can't help on home schooling but there must be a website/association that could advise. Maybe even the Ofsted website? Good luck!!
An organisation such as
http://www.education-otherwise.org/
might be a useful starting point. The 'search' box is good for finding material, bottom right of page.
The only practical difficulty in taking a public exam when not 'attached to a centre' ie a school is that of supervision - other parents have overcome this, as you will see from the link.
http://www.education-otherwise.org/
might be a useful starting point. The 'search' box is good for finding material, bottom right of page.
The only practical difficulty in taking a public exam when not 'attached to a centre' ie a school is that of supervision - other parents have overcome this, as you will see from the link.
Although I'm not a parent, so I'll probably get shouted at for not being in a position to talk, but I disagree completely with homeschooling in general, except for certain cases where the child really cannot get along at school, for example autism or other such conditions.
Obviously staying at a school where he is persistently bullied isn't an option that you could put him through, but from a social point of view, surely he needs to be at A school, even if it isn't a top private school? Are there no other schools he can try, after all you can take him out of school to stop the bullying there but if he doesn't establish social skills among his peers at this age then he won't find it any easier when he has to get a job-however clever he is-and that's not really a situation you would be able to 'take him out of' then.
Sorry if this comes across as a bit harsh, I'm just trying to see it from a different perspective.
Obviously staying at a school where he is persistently bullied isn't an option that you could put him through, but from a social point of view, surely he needs to be at A school, even if it isn't a top private school? Are there no other schools he can try, after all you can take him out of school to stop the bullying there but if he doesn't establish social skills among his peers at this age then he won't find it any easier when he has to get a job-however clever he is-and that's not really a situation you would be able to 'take him out of' then.
Sorry if this comes across as a bit harsh, I'm just trying to see it from a different perspective.
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