If i resit my GCSEs as a private candidate. Will i be able to join a sixth form?

I’m currently thinking about resitting my GCSEs i’ve failed; which is english language, literature, geography or maths- even though i passed but would like to do higher mathematics. Say for example i get grade 7s on all subjects, would sixth forms allow me to join even though i resat them as a private candidate as a soon to be 17 year old?

I’m currently thinking about resitting my GCSEs i’ve failed; which is english language, literature, geography or maths- even though i passed but would like to do higher mathematics. Say for example i get grade 7s on all subjects, would sixth forms allow me to join even though i resat them as a private candidate as a soon to be 17 year old?

I can't comment on whether 6th forms would accept resits and whether you would be accepted as a 17 year old entrant, but I have to inform you that should you decide to do your exams this summer you would really need to enroll for your exams by the end of next month.
As far as I know, 6th form colleges would allow entrants to be at most 17 years old when first enrolling with them. If you want to enroll at a 6th form college, you need to do all of this very quickly. The deadline for enrolling in exams is this February for a number of exam boards, and the application for 6th form per academic year should soon expire if it hasn't already i.e. get a move on.

The sure way to confirm whether the 6th form college would accept you is if you contact the admissions team at the college. Do this for all the 6th form college tomorrow morning. You can then check whether the deadline for applying to the colleges have passed.

Depending on the college, you shouldn't need more than 5 GCSEs at grade 6 or above. I wouldn't do more GCSEs than necessary for the A Level subjects that you want to do and in order to get into the college.

If you need pointers on how to apply for the GCSEs as a private candidate, let me know.
I am not completely sure whether you can skip the coursework for English Lit and Geography (I think English Language has coursework as well). If you can't then you would need to do a lot of work over the next few months.

If you do the higher paper for maths, you should find it slightly easier to score a 6 or above than if you did the foundation paper.

If all fails, there are other ways of getting into uni if that's something that you want to ultimately do; they just won't be as good.

Hi can you help me. My son is in year 11 currently and doing foundation maths but for the subjects he want he needs to take higher maths. Can he sit as a private candidate for just higher maths at the same time as his normal gcse . Please I don't want him to wait another year.

Hi can you help me. My son is in year 11 currently and doing foundation maths but for the subjects he want he needs to take higher maths. Can he sit as a private candidate for just higher maths at the same time as his normal gcse . Please I don't want him to wait another year.

Thanks for replying back .School is not ready to help at all .
I'm just thinking as to what to do .

I'm ready to make him sit privately in higher maths and take the risk .

As he plans to do medicine . So getting a grade 6 in maths is the min requirement for all universities.
That's why I want him.to try?

Please can you let me know what options are available for him ?
He s already registered and applied for the sixth form colleges he wants but they are not accepting a grade 5 in maths for A level - chemistry and biology.


If you can help in any way please let me know .any guidance is really appreciated.
Thanks

Thanks for replying back .School is not ready to help at all .
I'm just thinking as to what to do .

I'm ready to make him sit privately in higher maths and take the risk .

As he plans to do medicine . So getting a grade 6 in maths is the min requirement for all universities.
That's why I want him.to try?

Please can you let me know what options are available for him ?
He s already registered and applied for the sixth form colleges he wants but they are not accepting a grade 5 in maths for A level - chemistry and biology.


If you can help in any way please let me know .any guidance is really appreciated.
Thanks