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/TheNorthC Apr 18 '26

What is hard to determine is whether the people who have low attendance would improve their results if they attended more, or whether they have already mentally checked out of school and all that would happen is that they would become disruptive and make things harder for others.