What to do if I’ve failed y12 twice?

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I feel absolutely horrible. I had to retake last year because my mental health absolutely crashed due to personal reasons and my attendance was terrible. my school basically kicked me out and I barely found a place in a new school this time last year.

I felt so happy that I had a second chance at this, but something happened in my family and everything toppled. I’ve never felt this bad in my life and my absence got insanely bad again and all my new teachers and the A-level staff hate me.

I’m taking Bio, Chem and English lit and my final exams are this week and I know nothing. I did a 10 hour power revision for English and I took the exam Monday. Although it wasn’t great I think I probably passed it since it’s my easiest subject

But Biology is in an hour and chemistry the day after, I feel absolutely hopeless. My head of year told me that if I don’t pass not only will I not be able to get into year 13, but no other college will ever take me and that I can never do a levels again.

Has anyone failed twice? If so what do I do from here? Is it even true that I can never retake again? I feel like everything is over for me. It was such a nice school too, I was so happy to find people I actually wanted to make friends with and now I have to leave again. I feel so alone :frown:

Reply 1

DataVenia

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by laboratorelable

I feel absolutely horrible. I had to retake last year because my mental health absolutely crashed due to personal reasons and my attendance was terrible. my school basically kicked me out and I barely found a place in a new school this time last year.

I felt so happy that I had a second chance at this, but something happened in my family and everything toppled. I’ve never felt this bad in my life and my absence got insanely bad again and all my new teachers and the A-level staff hate me.

I’m taking Bio, Chem and English lit and my final exams are this week and I know nothing. I did a 10 hour power revision for English and I took the exam Monday. Although it wasn’t great I think I probably passed it since it’s my easiest subject

But Biology is in an hour and chemistry the day after, I feel absolutely hopeless. My head of year told me that if I don’t pass not only will I not be able to get into year 13, but no other college will ever take me and that I can never do a levels again.

Has anyone failed twice? If so what do I do from here? Is it even true that I can never retake again? I feel like everything is over for me. It was such a nice school too, I was so happy to find people I actually wanted to make friends with and now I have to leave again. I feel so alone :frown:

Despite the fact that your "head of year told me that if I don’t pass not only will I not be able to get into year 13", it's unlawful for the school to exclude you based upon your academic performance. Have a read of this article, which is a few years old now, and which says:

"Government rules state it is unlawful to exclude students over academic attainment. A Department for Education spokesperson confirmed that any off-rolling on the basis of academic results “is quite simply breaking the law”, adding that the department will be speaking to the school directly."

Reply 2

Phelena

13

If you're getting Ds, Es, and Us, you're probably not in a good position to start year 13. Your sixth form may not legally be allowed to remove you, but you will still have to learn all of the year 12 content, with less assistance from teachers, and unless you have a genuine valid reason for thinking you'll rapidly improve, it will only get more difficult. For now, just do the best you can on exams, but it's worth considering less academic and stressful options afterwards, assuming things don't go to plan.

Reply 3

Jasmine6789

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Original post

by laboratorelable

I feel absolutely horrible. I had to retake last year because my mental health absolutely crashed due to personal reasons and my attendance was terrible. my school basically kicked me out and I barely found a place in a new school this time last year.
I felt so happy that I had a second chance at this, but something happened in my family and everything toppled. I’ve never felt this bad in my life and my absence got insanely bad again and all my new teachers and the A-level staff hate me.
I’m taking Bio, Chem and English lit and my final exams are this week and I know nothing. I did a 10 hour power revision for English and I took the exam Monday. Although it wasn’t great I think I probably passed it since it’s my easiest subject
But Biology is in an hour and chemistry the day after, I feel absolutely hopeless. My head of year told me that if I don’t pass not only will I not be able to get into year 13, but no other college will ever take me and that I can never do a levels again.
Has anyone failed twice? If so what do I do from here? Is it even true that I can never retake again? I feel like everything is over for me. It was such a nice school too, I was so happy to find people I actually wanted to make friends with and now I have to leave again. I feel so alone :frown:

I’m not rlly sure about this as I myself am in year 12. But I will give you some personal advice. I can guarantee you that whatever happens - it is not the end. There is always another way, if not sixthform then college. You will never succeed at life if you don’t fail. So don’t stress out, stress just makes you perform worse. Even if you don’t get it this time , there is always another way :smile:

Reply 4

Ariale

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Original post

by laboratorelable

I feel absolutely horrible. I had to retake last year because my mental health absolutely crashed due to personal reasons and my attendance was terrible. my school basically kicked me out and I barely found a place in a new school this time last year.
I felt so happy that I had a second chance at this, but something happened in my family and everything toppled. I’ve never felt this bad in my life and my absence got insanely bad again and all my new teachers and the A-level staff hate me.
I’m taking Bio, Chem and English lit and my final exams are this week and I know nothing. I did a 10 hour power revision for English and I took the exam Monday. Although it wasn’t great I think I probably passed it since it’s my easiest subject
But Biology is in an hour and chemistry the day after, I feel absolutely hopeless. My head of year told me that if I don’t pass not only will I not be able to get into year 13, but no other college will ever take me and that I can never do a levels again.
Has anyone failed twice? If so what do I do from here? Is it even true that I can never retake again? I feel like everything is over for me. It was such a nice school too, I was so happy to find people I actually wanted to make friends with and now I have to leave again. I feel so alone :frown:

By pass is it a D or E you are referring to.

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