A teenager says she has been forced to teach herself her GCSEs while shielding to protect her vulnerable mother because her school has not provided adequate resources.
Lana Collie-James, 16, began sitting her GCSE exams this week, like many young people her age. But unlike her classmates, she hasn’t been in school for nearly two years, as she doesn’t want to jeopardise the life of her mother, Anna, who has numerous health conditions.
Lana, who lives in Bournemouth and is a pupil at Glenmoor Academy, says she has been denied access to remote education from her school, which hasn’t recognised just how difficult it is for young people in her position.
“The last few years have been horrendously difficult,” she told i. “It’s been so hard trying to keep up with work when I haven’t been at school. I find it so frustrating that the school can’t or won’t recognise just how difficult it has been for young people like me.
