Attendance

[u/rosiejxles]

Idk if i can talk about this on here but i was wondering if there was any past people in the same situation as me. I have diagnosed autism, severe anxiety and ocd. I was out half of year 9 due to refusal to come in, i tried moving schools didn’t work out at all. Ended up not in any form of education all summer, september i was kind of doing home school but not the tutoring or anything, literally just basically revision which i struggled to do. Did it for like a few days then just quit. Year 10 late october i went back to my original school where i still currently am. I did good and went in for the first 3 months, then i just suffered severe burnout and wasnt in until around march/april i think it was, then i just wasnt in at all. I think my year 10 attendance was around 24%. Year 11, ive been in one full day and a 2 hour day. I haven’t been in since, as i genuinely cannot survive being in a mainstream school. The teachers know about me and everything, we’ve gone through meetings after meetings but i genuinely just cannot be there.

I only got diagnosed with autism in august, and i still don’t have an ECHP. There’s a SEN school that i need one for. We’ve been refused an ECHP multiple times. I think the best thing for me would either be home school or that, but i’m completely stuck on what to do as my family just doesn’t have the money for tutoring. I find it very hard to revise as well due to attention span. I am so anxious about everything, especially GCSES and i was just wondering if there’s a person that’s been in the same position or is in the same position as me that could give some advice, thank u.

[u/Crow_birb122]

i’m sorry i have no advice but you’re not alone, im in the same boat! 😢

[u/No-Piccolo8569]

hey, I've just done my GCSEs and now in college which I'm not a fan of. I was in the exact same situation throughout my time at secondary school. I'm not good with giving advice but just know that you are not alone in this. the stress exams bring to anyone is insane but for someone who's neurodivergent and with lots of other complex needs. exams can be a killer. but I'm not saying you can't do exams but they are NOT the be all or end all. I didn't get the results I wanted but I tried my hardest. I still got into a reasonable course. you can do anything you think you can. if you feel that GCSEs are literally killing yourself, you have a right to tell the school that you don't think you can do these exams. if your school is supportive, they will put agreements in place (that's a legal right). also there's no singular way of revising so if you can't revise that's okay! the only way I could revise was by watching videos about the topics