GCSE Resits for 16-18 year olds

This Level 2 academic course is designed for 16–18-year-olds who want to elevate their English and Maths skills and achieve aspirational GCSE qualifications. Completing this programme can support progression into employment, apprenticeships, or higher-level education.

 

To join the course, you should already have, or be predicted, a Grade 3 GCSE, Level 1 Functional Skills, or an international equivalent in both English and Maths. Admission is also based on a successful assessment completed during interview. Alongside GCSE English and GCSE Maths, you will develop academic writing skills, gain work experience, and build employability, personal, and professional development skills.   What I Will Study GCSE English Language You will study Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening. Key skills include:

• Identifying explicit and implicit information
• Analysing and commenting on a writer’s use of language and structure
• Critically evaluating texts
• Comparing writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
• Producing descriptive and narrative writing
• Writing from a viewpoint
• Developing strong spelling, punctuation and grammar

GCSE Maths Skills covered include:

• Number
• Algebra
• Ratio
• Proportion and Rates of Change
• Data Handling
• Geometry and Measure
• Trigonometry
• Statistics and Probability
• Graphs, Charts and Averages

 

All GCSE qualifications are externally set examinations. However, you will also be assessed throughout the year to monitor your progress through half-termly milestone assessments.

For learners aged 16–18, this course is designed to empower you to progress onto higher-level study, including Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications, in particular T level, A level and those seeking an academic route . It also opens pathways into Apprenticeships and provides a strong foundation for entering the world of work with confidence and ambition.  

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