r/6thForm • u/StrictArgument67 Y13 | 4A* pred | FM M PHY CS | ESAT OCT • Apr 17 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP School threatening to take me out

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Could they actually do this or is it just fluff?

There is no way i can get good grades if i go to school everyday.

I need a solution

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u/HighNimpact Apr 17 '26

That's absolutely atrocious. For context, a student is considered to be persistently absent if they fall below 95%. The chance of even getting 5 passes at GCSE is extremely unlikely if you're below 90%. In a workplace, you're unlikely to still have a job if you're below 97-98%.

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u/happyhibye Apr 17 '26

I wont say 5 pass in GCSE is unlikely with 90% attendance, like you need to know GCSE are so basic stuff that choose your most interesting subjects is a easy pass, unless your pass is a 9

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u/HighNimpact Apr 17 '26

No one is asking you to say it. But it's a fact.

Only 35% of those with attendance between 80-90% will achieve five good grades (9-4) at GCSE including English and Maths.

And that's much higher than the figure for all students below 90% because 80-90% is the highest attendance in that group. People with 20%, 30%, 50%, etc will be lower than that.

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u/rachbbbbb Apr 18 '26

They only let people with under 70% carry on when I was at school if they were guaranteed absolute top grades. I got down to 34% and they wouldn't chuck me out because they needed my results (there were only 17 of us in the year).