I will most likely be unable to take my A Level exams

Hello. I am a private candidate (mature applicant) living outside the UK. Two days ago, my local British Council informed me that they will not be delivering A Level exams this year (no reason stated). Unfortunately, the few schools that are also registered as exam centres in my country said that they do not accept private candidates.

I was panicking so I tried reaching out to exam centres in nearby countries. Only one (Japan) replied that they would have no problem accepting private candidates as long as they have space left (I assume this is available space after they are able to complete their own entries) but are unable to confirm any available space for private candidates right now. The examination officer said to reach out to her again by the end of January to check.

Assuming that there will be a space left for me to sit the A Level exams with them, unfortunately, I will not be able to afford to fly out of the country to take the exams because of the cost of accommodation (the exam centre is in the metro). I will most likely be able to afford everything else but that. I am feeling dejected because this would be my only shot to get into a good university due to extenuating family circumstances.

Any advice would be helpful. Thank you.

Which country are you based in and which exam boards are you studying under (ideally with the subjects you're trying to study)?

Kind of difficult to help if you without the above.

I am currently staying with a relative in the Philippines. I am preparing for maths, further maths, and economics under Edexcel.

I'm a bit quizzical about doing maths and further maths with EdExcel, but that's just me.

I was wondering why you would need to fly out to another country in order to take your exams.

I find that Edexcel has the most number of available resources online. I also prefer Edexcel's paper specifications.



I'm sorry; I thought that I was clear in my first post. "Two days ago, my local British Council informed me that they will not be delivering A Level exams this year (no reason stated). Unfortunately, the few schools that are also registered as exam centres in my country said that they do not accept private candidates."

Am I mistaken and that all of the centres for EdExcel A Level exams in the Phillipines are associated with the British Council?
I do apologise in stating there were 5 though; miscounted.

I went through each of the links for Phillipines, and the following are the results:
I can't see evidence that say they are specifically associated with the British Council.

Since they are listed as approved exam centres, I was under the impression that they would accept private candidates (as it was implied on the website). If the exam officer at those establishments have explicitly stated that they don't accept external candidates, then I apologise for the above.