Grade 11 for 16yrs in UK

We just moved to UK. My son is in grade 10 where come from. His date of birth is 31-08-2007 (16yrs). When we applied through the councils they said as he is 16yrs (by 01 day) he cannot get admissions in Grade 11 and has to go in Grade 12 which is A Levels. But he hasn't done his GCSEs. And they cannot do anything about it.
Grade 12 is asking for GCSEs.

Colleges are offering only Maths and English and then vocational courses, which he doesn't want to do.

Really tensed what to do.

We just moved to UK. My son is in grade 10 where come from. His date of birth is 31-08-2007 (16yrs). When we applied through the councils they said as he is 16yrs (by 01 day) he cannot get admissions in Grade 11 and has to go in Grade 12 which is A Levels. But he hasn't done his GCSEs. And they cannot do anything about it.
Grade 12 is asking for GCSEs.

Colleges are offering only Maths and English and then vocational courses, which he doesn't want to do.

Really tensed what to do.

We can them 'Year 11' not grade 11.

The problem is that he won't have covered the Year 10 GCSE content so many schools will be reluctant to take someone into Year 11 anyway. Has he got any qualifications from his previous schooling?

You may have to look at taking other GCSEs privately and paying for them, then going to year 12 next September instead. Unfortunately the way the education system in England works is we go September-august so if he had been born one day later he would be the oldest in year 11 but now he’s the youngest in year 12. Or look at private schools, generally they tend to be more lenient with school years

If he does Private GCSEs, then would Sixth form cosnider him for Sept 2024 admissions?

If he does Private GCSEs, then would Sixth form cosnider him for Sept 2024 admissions?

Yes, he'll need 5 including ones that he wants to do at A level. You'll need to find a centre and pay for exam entries. Have you tried phoning local schools to see if they would take him? A fee-paying school would probabl take him but I appreciate that is an expensive option.

Yes we have spoke to couple of school, they say that Council will do it and the council is saying if the school take him, then we dont have an issue. More of a egg and chicken situation.
Independent school are expensive.