Entering for the GCSE Examination

You can take the GCSE in either summer or November. Summer exams are held in May/ June.

Contact your local exam centre in early January for the summer exams, and for November exams contact them in early September. You will be entering as an external or private candidate. Speak to the examination officer at the centre, and arrange with them to take the exam, giving the details below. Be aware there is a separate fee for this payable to the centre.

Note: although the course is suitable for all three examination boards, AQA, Edexcel and OCR, in our experience AQA is the best examination board for external candidates.

Examination Board Details

Examination Board AQA

www.aqa.org.uk    Tel: 0161 953 1180;  email: mathematics-gcse@aqa.org.uk

List of AQA centres for private candidates       (Needs Adobe Reader to open)

Exam Codes:    4365/F linear or non modular AQA examination*, for foundation tier covering grades C to G

               Or:   4365/H linear or non modular AQA examination*, for higher tier covering grades A* to D

NOTE: Since most people are looking for a grade C or above the higher tier is usually chosen.

Examination Board Edexcel  

www.edexcel.com  Tel: 0870 240 9800;   email: enquiries@edexcel.org.uk

List of Edexcel centres for private candidates

Exam Codes:   1MA0 linear* and either foundation or higher level.

Examination Board: OCR

www.ocr.org.uk  Tel: 01223 553 9988   email: helpdesk@ocr.org.uk

Exam Codes: BJ567* and either foundation or higher level.  

* For modular exam codes please contact us.