Special Educational Needs

School F had a strong special needs department. At this school, Wendy was top of all her classes. She had never been referred to the special needs department in her school life.When she was in Year 10Fourth year of secondary school, 14 - 15 years old., her mother died. It was a critical time in Wendy’s academic career. Her father could not cope, and Wendy’s achievement suffered. She was referred to the special needs department. The department did her laundry for her, because her father, in his grief had lost any interest in personal hygiene. Wendy had exam anxiety and the special needs department worked through the panic attacks with her. After school Wendy helped students in the SENAll schools have an SEN, Special Educational Needs, department which is dedicated to students with particular behavioural and learning needs, for example, problems with reading. department with their homework. This helped her regain her confidence, and made her more able to take on an adult role at home. She did not feel like doing the revision she needed to at home, and explaining concepts to other students when helping them with their homework worked as effective revision for her. When GCSEGCSEs, (General Certificate of Secondary Education) are the key qualification students take at key stage 4* when they are 16.They replaced ‘O’ Levels. Most schools make English, Maths and Science GCSEs obligatory. GCSEs have grades from A*–U. In the eyes of schools, colleges and the government, a ‘C’ grade is in effect a pass, a ‘D’ grade or below is a fail. Many further education* courses demand that students achieve five GCSEs at grades A*–C. results were published Wendy underachieved in only one subject area.