Retaking my GCSE's in my 30's.

Right, I am 16 and I pulled out all 11 9s. The best way for you to study is to buy the textbook for each subject. So, for example if you are doing Edexcel, buy the Edexcel textbook for Maths for example. Do every page in the textbook and you will be guaranteed 8/9. GCSEs are very doable to learn in 2-4 weeks. BUY THE RIGHT TEXTBOOK FOR EACH EXAMBOARD. Hopefully, when you get past GCSEs and A levels, it will help kickstart your life again. Best wishes.

Buy text books and go over exam papers so you are familiar with the types of exam questions that may come up, also check the syllabus to use as a check list to ensure you have covered most things for when you take the exam

Right, I am 16 and I pulled out all 11 9s. The best way for you to study is to buy the textbook for each subject. So, for example if you are doing Edexcel, buy the Edexcel textbook for Maths for example. Do every page in the textbook and you will be guaranteed 8/9. GCSEs are very doable to learn in 2-4 weeks. BUY THE RIGHT TEXTBOOK FOR EACH EXAMBOARD. Hopefully, when you get past GCSEs and A levels, it will help kickstart your life again. Best wishes.

Avoid subjects with non-examination assessment (NEA) as they are extremely hard to achieve as a private candidate.

I think you need to pick IGCSE English Language to avoid the speaking and listening element that is hard for private candidates to complete. AQA is more up front about some GCSEs not being feasible for private candidates, the other boards don't ban them but they are very hard to achieve. IGCSEs always have a no-coursework option. Edexcel would be the best bet.

To enter as a private candidate, you need to find an exam centre (=any secondary school or college, plus some private providers) willing to accept you as a private candidate and everything is arranged through them. Expect to pay £100-£150 per GCSE, assuming they are 100% exam and nothing else (e.g. the speaking and listening for English, Spanish oral) and you don't need any access arrangements (extra time, room on your own etc)

You don't have to stick to Edexcel for everything - for instance, AQA is a much more popular board than Edexcel for Spanish and choosing that might find it easier to find a centre to conduct the speaking exam. Edexcel is the most popular for Maths.

You really don’t need to retake a lot of GCSEs. Maths and English perhaps, but not much else, especially not in your 30s.
If you want to study law, I would look towards doing an access course with resits of Maths and English. Your local college can provide that. Alternatively, many universities run foundation years or the equivalent of access courses themselves now. The Open University is one example. Manchester Metropolitan University runs a law foundation degree for under represented students with minimal entry requirements as well, which I believe you would qualify for. I would investigate these options further.

Thank you. I already have a law degree as I was admitted as a mature student, I achieved a 2:2 (all higher 50’s) as I had no prior knowledge of how to write an essay or how to properly study etc. In hindsight I should have taken the access course but I’m considerIng taking the LLM now after studying for my GCSE’s and A Levels first in order to properly equip myself for that level of intensive study. I don’t want to make the same mistake again of signing up to an expensive degree without having the requisite skill set to achieve the top marks.

Thank you. I already have a law degree as I was admitted as a mature student, I achieved a 2:2 (all higher 50’s) as I had no prior knowledge of how to write an essay or how to properly study etc. In hindsight I should have taken the access course but I’m considerIng taking the LLM now after studying for my GCSE’s and A Levels first in order to properly equip myself for that level of intensive study. I don’t want to make the same mistake again of signing up to an expensive degree without having the requisite skill set to achieve the top marks.

The best way for you to get the top grade 8/9. I would recommend downloading discord and join a discord server for the subject you are sitting. On these servers, there a lot of people with Bachelors, Masters and even PhDs that can help you instantaneously. This is how I did well in my exams, I asked very frequently to these people on questions I do not know. Additionally, it is very possible to self study a whole GCSE in 2 weeks if you are willing to put in 3-6 hours a day on dedicated studying. I hope you do well. Message me if you need help to get onto discord and join a server where there is thousands of people. I believe in you! This will help kickstart your life around!

Thank you for this. I have started studying the GCSE English and find it quite refreshing to finally understand what I should have done years ago.
I have been on discord before so understand a little about it but it was a bit confusing to be honest 😂

Sorry I misread this at first. However, on rereading this and your reply I would advise that neither employers nor admissions teams would be likely to consider GCSEs taken after a degree. A degree would supersede all of these. A GCSE would not be considered adequate preparation for master’s level study If you don’t feel that you have the skills from a degree to prepare you for master’s level work, then you might want to reconsider whether or not you should be doing a master’s at all. You technically meet the minimum requirements for many master’s level courses and yet you don’t feel that you are ready. I think you need to explore your motives For studying at this level further. Going back to GCSE is not going to reset the clock and employers are unlikely even to look at the date of a GCSE. They would only care about your degree. If you had to explain it to them, they’d probably think the same as I do.
I would recommend seeing a career coach or having a chat with an admissions officer rather charging into this.