CAN CHILDREN GO ON TO TAKE GCSEs AND A LEVELS FROM HOME?
Yes. However, there is no denying that it can be more difficult than for those children who are in school, not academically but for reasons of practical arrangements and finance. You can choose a ‘do-it-yourself’ approach and send for the syllabus from an examination centre, arrange to have coursework monitored by an accredited person (if the course involves coursework – some such as IGCSE have alternatives without coursework) and arrange to sit the exam at a local exam centre. All of this will have to be paid for and done in plenty of time. You may choose a correspondence course where these things will be dealt with for you. You may choose to employ a tutor who can then monitor coursework, and arrange to sit the exam locally at an approved centre as an external candidate. Some parents manage to get children admitted to further education colleges pre 16yrs of age and this is left to the discretion of college Principals who will give first priority for places to over 16s. It is sensible
