International GCSEs are recognised all around the world and by top universities and employers.
We have small, friendly, live classes where the students get lots of attention from their teachers and get to make friendships with their colleagues. We have a maximum of 14 students in a class.
Student wellbeing is looked after with regular check-ins & daily yoga and meditation sessions.
Students can join study groups where they work together with their friends and get help from teachers. This engages and motivates them more with their learning.
The students benefit from being in a warm, family-like setting where their thoughts and feelings count, rather than learning through pre-recorded classes or in large, impersonal groups.
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Life Skills; a combination of humanities, critical thinking and philosophy.
– Edexcel IGCSEs in the UK (the exam board is Pearsons)
– Edexcel IGCSEs outside of the UK
If you are having difficulty finding an exam centre near to you, let us know and we will help.
Hannah has an MA in English Literature and a great passion for the English Language, books and poetry.
Lindsay is a Drama and English teacher as well as being a doula and running a ‘Mindful Mamas’ programme to help with early parenthood.
Aaron has a Masters degree in Aerospace dynamics and organises stargazing/astronomy events for families in his local area.
Former Marine Biologist, Jo brings Science to life with hand-on experiments and lots of fun.
Sarah has a PhD in English Literature from St Andrews and has home-educated her 2 children.
The international GCSE Maths is of the same level as a GCSE and is examined by Edexcel, one of the UKs most trusted examination boards. A key difference is that IGCSE Maths does not include any controlled assessment or coursework, making it convenient for online learners.
The Maths IGCSE course gently guides the student through basic mathematical skills, progressing on to more advanced material as the student’s skills and abilities develop. We make plenty of time for discussion, individual support, & for approaching maths from different angles and using different methods.
The international GCSE English Language is of the same level as a GCSE and is examined by Edexcel, one of the UKs most trusted examination boards. A key difference is that IGCSE English does not include any controlled assessment or coursework, making it convenient for online learners.
The emphasis in this course is on language skills. Students are encouraged to use relevant vocabulary, correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, and to demonstrate a sense of style and an awareness of audience in their use of language.
Through reading, students will learn to understand and collate meanings, summarise, paraphrase, and understand how writers achieve effects.
Through writing students will learn to articulate their own experience; express thought, feelings and imagined ideas clearly; order and present facts, ideas and opinions; understand and use vocabulary and register appropriate to audience and context; use grammatical structures, paragraphs, sentences, punctuation and spelling accurately and effectively.
The English International GCSE course is divided into modules as follows:
Module 1: Non-Fiction Anthology Reading
Module 2: Non- Fiction Anthology Comparing Non-Fiction and Unseen Texts
Module 3: Transactional Writing
Module 4: Poetry and Prose Anthology Texts
Module 5: Imaginative Writing
Each learning group has regular weekly study groups. These are a space for:
The study groups are self-managed by the students. The students decide together on the rules for the study groups.
The Learning Circle can support you in finding a local exam centre. It is then down to the individual to register with the centre of choice and pay the exam fees to the centre directly. As each exam centre sets their own fees we cannot provide accurate pricing.
We recommend student textbooks, which are purchased by the learner.
Physical, medical or learning support needs may be eligible for access arrangements during exams.
These can include:
*These arrangements must be approved by the exam board. The learner will need to undertake learning assessments with an Educational Psychologist or specialist assessor in order to complete the application form. These assessments can take up to 18 months to process.
The deadline for application to the exam board is the February of the year that the learner sits exams.
IGCSEs were introduced in 1988 and are internationally recognised qualifications. Candidates can sit IGCSE examinations all over the world. Offering over 70 subjects, IGCSEs are taken in over 120 countries. IGCSEs do not include coursework. Similar to GCSEs, they are perceived by some as academically more rigorous, and for this reason have recently been adopted by over 300 independent schools in the UK. IGCSEs are widely accepted by universities and colleges as part of their entry requirements.
IGCSE qualifications are ideal for those wanting to study for national qualifications online. Without all the administrative problems that encumber GCSE coursework, IGCSEs offer a practical way forward for those studying at home as assessment is by written exam at test centres world-wide. If you need qualifications to go to college or university, apply for a professional or vocational course, or need, for example, Maths or English GCSE or IGCSE to apply for a job, then IGCSEs will help you achieve your goal.
We’re sure you have lots of questions about our IGCSE programme. So, please pop your email below and we’ll get back in touch.
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