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  2. Red Balloon Learner Centres - Wikipedia

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    Red Balloon of the Air also has a post 16 provision called the Step4ward Programme which supports students aged 16–20 with an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) to retake GCSE exams, access therapy, participate in the social re-engagement activities and/or catch up on any additional education they need to reach their goals. [10]

  3. GCSE - Wikipedia

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    While a GCSE student in 2016 had an average of 18 exams to prepare for, totalling 24 hours and 30 minutes, the average examinee in 2019 sat 22 exams, totalling 33 hours. [ 53 ] The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) surveyed 606 headteachers from schools that had entered pupils for exam-only GCSEs.

  4. International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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    The IGCSE exam is widely used in international schools. Students in Hong Kong can take the Cambridge exam board as well as the Edexcel exam board, either at their school or registering through the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) as individual candidates. [17]

  5. Examination boards in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Most exam boards offer a range of qualifications, though not all boards offer every qualification in every subject. Schools and colleges have a completely free choice between the boards, depending on the qualification offered. Most schools use a mixture of boards for their GCSE qualifications, with a similar mixture existing at A Level.

  6. Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations - Wikipedia

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    2014: UK exam regulator Ofqual investigated OCR's "near miss" on issuing GCSE and A-level results on time. [13] 2015: The then Chief Executive of OCR suggested that students should be allowed to use Google and the Internet to research information during examinations. [14]

  7. General Certificate of Education - Wikipedia

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    However, in England and Wales, the high school diploma is considered to be at the level of the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), which is awarded at Year 11. [5] [6] For college and university admissions, the high school diploma may be accepted in lieu of the GCSE if an average grade of C is obtained in subjects with a GCSE ...

  8. AQA - Wikipedia

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    AQA is also recognised by the regulators of the public exams systems for England, Wales and Northern Ireland to offer GCSE, AS and A Levels in the United Kingdom. AQA also offers the AQA Baccalaureate , a qualification also intended for students in Year 12 and 13 and which includes the study of three A-Levels, an extended project and extra ...

  9. Edexcel - Wikipedia

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    In June 2015, students across the United Kingdom who had taken an Edexcel GCSE Maths paper expressed anger and confusion over questions that "did not make sense" and were "ridiculous", mocking the exam on Twitter. [13] [14] [15] On a Sky News segment, presenter Adam Boulton answered one of the paper's 'hardest' questions with a former maths ...