soggy
15-12-2007, 03:26 PM
Hi all,
I'm looking for some information and advice on schooling/education for my daughter, sorry for the long post but she does not seem to be a normal case.
A little background on her, she is Chinese and had a Chinese education until she came to study in a school for international students in UK in July 2005, she studied GCSE's for one year, as they were only being used for preperation for an A level studies, she took and passed 5 but did not get the 5 at grade c normally required for A levels but started her A levels at the private school in September 2006 and was doing well until she had to return to China in December to get her UK student visa changed to a dependent visa after I married her mother, this was going to take 4 weeks but ended up taking 12 and then the school would not allow her to continue with her A levels. No normal school would take her at that time and as as she did not have the 5 grade c's she was not able to enrol anywhere on an A level course near our home but this September she started at college doing a first diploma in science as this was the only level they would accept her on.
Now we have our visas for Australia and hope to be there late February early March so she will not finish here and will miss the start of the school year in Australia. We a looking at a TAFE course but am not sure she would meet the entry requirements, she was 17 years old in October so can't be classed as an adult learner and am not sure if any "normal" school would have a suitable course or if she is still young enough.
She is very bright and her English is very good ( she says better than mine ! ) if anyone in Australia has any suggestions or advise on the best way forward I would welcome them very very very much.
Simon
I'm looking for some information and advice on schooling/education for my daughter, sorry for the long post but she does not seem to be a normal case.
A little background on her, she is Chinese and had a Chinese education until she came to study in a school for international students in UK in July 2005, she studied GCSE's for one year, as they were only being used for preperation for an A level studies, she took and passed 5 but did not get the 5 at grade c normally required for A levels but started her A levels at the private school in September 2006 and was doing well until she had to return to China in December to get her UK student visa changed to a dependent visa after I married her mother, this was going to take 4 weeks but ended up taking 12 and then the school would not allow her to continue with her A levels. No normal school would take her at that time and as as she did not have the 5 grade c's she was not able to enrol anywhere on an A level course near our home but this September she started at college doing a first diploma in science as this was the only level they would accept her on.
Now we have our visas for Australia and hope to be there late February early March so she will not finish here and will miss the start of the school year in Australia. We a looking at a TAFE course but am not sure she would meet the entry requirements, she was 17 years old in October so can't be classed as an adult learner and am not sure if any "normal" school would have a suitable course or if she is still young enough.
She is very bright and her English is very good ( she says better than mine ! ) if anyone in Australia has any suggestions or advise on the best way forward I would welcome them very very very much.
Simon