Bad situation - any advice ?

Blue_Horizon

I've just found out that my 18yo daughter has got into college to study AS levels.

Normally this would be ok, but she already has 4 A levels at grade A and was offered 4 a place at 4 universities. She had previously said that she wanted a gap year to travel. Now she will do AS levels, work and travel later. BTW - she reaches 19 next summer.

So, I'm faced with another year of paying CM at £350 per month. This is money that I was going to spend on a new house, having just bought one after 5 years renting.

It all seems so unfair, but I don't know what I can do. She doesn't need the qualifications, but is adamant this is what she wants to do with her gap year. I strongly suspect that she will duck out of the course next spring to go travelling and this is a way of my ex getting child ben, tax credits, EMA and CM. This is probably worth over £500 a month to her. BTW - she works and has a good job earning over £25k a year. She also buys and sells property.

I submitted a CoC when she got her results as didn't see this coming at all and I'm thinking of raising an appeal when I am told that she is still a qualifying child.

Any ideas or advice?

DUTR

If she is still a qualifying child then , the CS is due.
Qualificiations are always handy , especially at a young age.

Blue_Horizon

DUTR wrote: »

If she is still a qualifying child then , the CS is due.
Qualificiations are always handy , especially at a young age.

How will one or two additional AS levels be handy to someone who has 4 A's and A level? She is already applying to the same universities that have offered a place this year for next year.

Shermanator123

To be honest its up to your daughter what she wants to do regarding getting more qualification if anything you should be proud that she wants gain more and not moan about having to pay for another year!

DUTR

Blue_Horizon wrote: »

How will one or two additional AS levels be handy to someone who has 4 A's and A level? She is already applying to the same universities that have offered a place this year for next year.

According to recent news, uni places are thankfully getting more difficult to obtain.
Check that the courses attended still qualify for CS contributions.

hi_its_me

Blue_Horizon wrote: »

I submitted a CoC when she got her results as didn't see this coming at all and I'm thinking of raising an appeal when I am told that she is still a qualifying child.

What is a CoC??

hi_its_me

I've got it now.. lol... 'CoC' = change of circumstances... sorry had a brain freeze moment there! :P

corbyboy

Are you estranged from your daughter? It seems strange that she would not have told you about such a big decision about what she is going to do this year. She must have applied ages ago to get into college.

Duncombe

The only problem I can see is that she is taking the college place from someone who needs it more than she does.

While a young person staying in education is always a good thing (and shouldn't be discouraged), i can't understand why should would want to 'waste' time getting Alevels when she already has a higher value qualification.

Blue_Horizon

Thanks for the posts. This has come totally out of the blue. She came on holiday with us for 2 weeks in the summer and her plans were to do a gap year, she was worried about getting the grades in which case I could understand it. But she has said that she doesn't want the qualifications, but she doesn't want to get bored. This doesn't make sense to me, all I can think is that she has been influenced by her mother - I know that may sound horrible but I wouldn't put it past her. I had planned to save some money for her to help her with her uni costs, but this will be much more difficult now.

markeymark

unfortunately you will have to keep paying