Results!

While Ben is away adventuring in Switzerland with Aquila Explorers -

 (today he was in the snow and inside a glacier at Jungfraujoch) - 

I got to pick up his GCSE results.

I am so proud of him -

 7 (A) for Maths ,3's (D's) for English Lit and Lang, B for Science, D for Humanities, Merits for PE and iMedia and a pass for ICT !

When I think back to all the years of battling to get him the correct diagnosis and support - 

when I remember all the worries and traumas of Nursery and Primary School -

today the high school Senco recalled reading Ben's statement when she first met him - 

and her concern about how the school would meet his needs.

Then she said "He did it all himself"

And then I cried -

Because he really is a wonderful young man

Sadly the 3's in English proved to be a barrier to starting a Level 3 course in ICT -

 but after a day of battling at the Sixth Form College, and a bit of a strategic maneuvering on my part  

Ben will be starting a Level 2 course in Engineering, which I think he will really enjoy - 

plus there is a bonus that one of the lecturers is a family friend.

Plus we now have an agreement that he can move to a Level 3 course next September, even if he still hasn't got a 4 in English after retaking it. 

I'm calling that a win for us.

Ben is back on Saturday - 

but I've already had a text conversation with him - 

and he is happy about the course - if not about having to retake English.

Roll on September  - and new opportunities.