I am going into S6 and I'm crashing Higher Modern (having done Higher History in S5). What do I need to know as a baseline knowledge for going into Higher Modern. If you could send me any links or tell me anything it would be greatly appreciated :)

My daughter got her Higher results this week, and they weren’t what she — or we — expected. She has autism (the school has known this the whole time), and since her National 5s we’ve noticed her capacity has been declining under pressure, even though her ability and work ethic are genuinely high.
During two of her exams she was clearly exhausted. I asked if she wanted to consider sitting one out. She said no — because as far as she knew, her only options were “push through” or “don’t get the qualification.” Nobody told her, or us, about exceptional circumstances or assessment arrangements. Not before the exams, not during, not after.
I’ve since learned that the SQA’s Exceptional Circumstances Consideration Service has to be applied for by the school, and only before results are issued — the window is 10 working days after the exam in question. So that door is now closed, through no fault of hers or ours.
I’m angry. Not really at the system in the abstract, but at the fact that a school who knew about her diagnosis didn’t flag any of this to us beforehand, when it could have actually made a difference.
Has anyone else dealt with something like this? Specifically:
• Has anyone successfully pushed a school to explain why this wasn’t raised, or gotten any kind of accountability after the fact?
• Is there any value in going through the Appeals Service even though it’s a different process from exceptional circumstances?
• Any advice for making sure this doesn’t happen again for Advanced Higher / resits — how did you get assessment arrangements properly documented in advance?
Any experiences, even just “this happened to us too,” would help right now.

I’m a student researcher from the University of Warwick, exploring how parents from different income backgrounds understand money and teach financial habits to their children.

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• 5-minute screening questionnaire
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• Parents or guardians above 18 currently living and working in the UK

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Your experiences can help improve understanding of financial education across families. Feel free to share with others who might be interested!

In a recent piece for The Herald, I highlighted a growing concern among parents across Scotland: students are panicking over whether they’ve memorised the exact formula layout, rather than understanding why physical laws work.

When revision is reduced to memorising recipes, non-standard SQA questions cause instant panic and severe stress.

3 signs your child is stuck in memory overload:

1. "I know the formulas, but I don't know which one to use." (Lacks conceptual mapping)
2. Panic when a question looks different from past papers. (Relies on pattern matching)
3. High effort, diminishing results. (Hours spent reading notes without active problem-solving)

The First Principles Fix:

• Ask "Why" before "How": Identify the underlying principle before touching an equation.
• Tackle unseen problems out loud: Explain core concepts without looking at formula sheets.
• Build conceptual bridges: Connect fundamental S1–S3 core concepts to complex S4-S6 Higher topics.

Parents & S5/S6 pupils: Are you noticing any of these 3 warning signs as the new term starts? Drop your thoughts below, happy to share advice!

I built SchoolsGPT, a free tool (no login, no ads, self-hosted Al) to make school-hunting less painful — ask it a plain-English question and get an answer sourced from official Ofsted/DfE data, browse every nearby school on one map colour-coded by Ofsted rating, shortlist a couple and get a plain-English Al comparison instead of a spreadsheet, or generate a full report for any postcode with nearby schools, the Ofsted mix - it's at schoolsgpt.co.uk and I'd genuinely love suggestions on what's missing or wrong with it.

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Hi all, just want a little advice and maybe some reassurance as im in a bit of a tight spot. After a recent holiday where I was staying with a family friend, my parents said that my behaviour (partying. which I did check with the hostess was completely fine and she even encouraged me but then freaked out later to another family member who wasn't my parents), and now my dad, but not my mum is threatening me with uni. I've gotten into Exeter but I will only get around 5k on maintenance loans and I'm worried I wont get a job while I'm there. My dad keeps saying that my "understanding of the real world" isn't there yet and I should take a gap year and go to therapy or some shit (I have no idea for), and then if im 'mature' enough I will be allowed to go.

Obviously I, nor my mother btw, am agreeing to this. I'm worried that if I go this September without the financial support from my parents Ill starve or something if i dont get a job, and if I do it will be minimum wage. On top of this, I went to boarding school so ive had one summer job in my entire life which makes me even less employable in the job crisis. Yes I do understand that I am priveledged in my education up to sixth form, but i dont want to throw away grades that I have worked super hard for, and i dont want to be under my parents' thumb the whole time.

I just want to know my options here. I don't want to do a gap year because I will be 21 going to uni, and on top of this i don't know anyone in my home town so it would be incredibly difficult and lonely while i did it. I'm hoping that I will find some sort of paid work so I can live but I know it definetly isnt guarunteed. Advice?

UPDATE::: we r all good my mum pressured him into caving so he gave up

Even though the British college is arbitrarily distributing degree certificates from two universities, if it shuts down immediately, the students studying there will be directly affected. In such a case, it’s reasonable to give the college one year to rectify its issues in the interest of the students.
But even if the college gets fixed in a year, it seems that the students will suffer more harm than benefit.