Resits information and questions

Okay, so I have just been checking with loads of independant colleges/sixth forms/educational centres, and they are all asking for £70 to £100 just to take the exam. When I retook a module at school last year for AS, it was only £14 or something?!

Now my plan is to just study at home and retake the exam somewhere. I dont come from a rich family and I plan to work this year in order to enable myself to live in another country for a few months before Uni.

So why is it so expensive?

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Does anyone know any place where it would be cheaper?

Okay, so I have just been checking with loads of independant colleges/sixth forms/educational centres, and they are all asking for £70 to £100 just to take the exam. When I retook a module at school last year for AS, it was only £14 or something?!

Now my plan is to just study at home and retake the exam somewhere. I dont come from a rich family and I plan to work this year in order to enable myself to live in another country for a few months before Uni.

So why is it so expensive?

and

Does anyone know any place where it would be cheaper?

In independent colleges, sixth forms and educational centres, you pay for your education. I assume you go to a state school. Your school paid for the entrance fee, the production cost of the paper, the delivery cost of the paper, and for the opportunity for you to get another go. The £14 was what the school thought would be fair for you to pay, since you don't pay for your education.

I am having the same problem as you the cheapest I could find was £70 for a unit. I have now found a place which is charging £49-£55 per unit which is better.

In independent colleges, sixth forms and educational centres, you pay for your education. I assume you go to a state school. Your school paid for the entrance fee, the production cost of the paper, the delivery cost of the paper, and for the opportunity for you to get another go. The £14 was what the school thought would be fair for you to pay, since you don't pay for your education.

"my plan is to stay at home and study"

I dont want their education, just a place to sit the exam.

Since you're not attached to a school, no school has a personal tie to you to cut the costs. You are paying for the papers like anyone else who doesn't get their school to pay.

So you are telling me that it costs £70-£100 for the paper, Invigilator (to be shared by at least 30), exam board fees?

No, I'm telling you how much places charge, not what it actually costs in real life. You're not a student of their school, they have no connection to you. You pay for the privilege of them letting you use their place to sit their exam, they don't have to let you.

I dont get it? Are you telling me to be grateful as they are kindly allowing me to use their facilities and that I should be thankful, no matter how much they charge me?

I dont get it? Are you telling me to be grateful as they are kindly allowing me to use their facilities and that I should be thankful, no matter how much they charge me?