Norfolk Home Learning
From small beginnings to great success
The Exam Trail
Some long-sighted parents ask how home ed compares with school for success in GCSEs and beyond. With their wider horizons, homeschooled children take slightly fewer exams than schooled ones. They get similar grades but not quite so many!
The leveling factor is that employers, colleges and unis value the independence of thought that home education promotes, and they make their offers accordingly. This includes top unis like Leeds.
The International General Certificate in Secondary Education is the world’s most popular qualification for 14 to 16 year olds and is offered in as many as 70 subjects.
IGCSEs are assessed by final examination, whereas other exams tie children to continuous assessment at school, so they're favoured by many homeschooling families.
Some schools also prefer these highly-regarded exams, and will often allow homeschooled children to sit the papers alongside internal candidates.
The graded examinations in music are a further boon to home ed families, as the higher grades have a similar value to A/S and A levels. (They appeal to younger home ed children as well as those aged 14 and over.)
Home educated pupils can take their music exams at public centres throughout the UK and further afield. These days there are also filmed and computerised assessments which can be taken at home.
Tony D Triggs
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