Fear not!
This happened to me back in the day (about 15years ago now)as I studied GNVQ Advanced Science yet only had a D for Maths. I offered to redo the Maths GCSE as long as I could carry on dong the GNVQ. They agreed and a retook my GCSE Maths 3 times before the end of the course (I now have 4 Maths GCSE - 3xD and 1xC)

Surely your son could do similar?
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:45, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

To redo that part of his science
would involve dropping something else as his timetable is pretty much full.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 12:50, Reply)

Most unis do science foundation years for engineering and other science-based subjects
So let him do what will give him the best grades (better, as law will need AAB or something like that), and he's still got the option for a foundation year to do something on the engineering side.

There's a few A level subjects I wouldn't touch, but apart from that go nuts.

^_^
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Mon 14 Sep 2009, 13:26, Reply)