how to get predicted grades/references if homeschooled for sixth form
my mental health has been awful since the start of y12, to the point i’m seriously considering dropping out and just self teaching my a levels. but i’m wondering if that will impact what options i have in the future bc i wont have things like a teacher reference or predicted grades available.
i plan on doing a degree apprenticeship (i just don’t think uni is for me) so i don’t think a teacher reference is necessary? but obviously with predicted grades i don’t know how i’d obtain them, or whether i could just come up with them myself and that the real thing and how strong my application is in other ways is more important.
i’m not fully set on dropping out yet (although am stronglyyy considering) so if it will be extremely difficult to access a degree apprenticeship or even a degree entirely without sixth form, please let me know!
i plan on doing a degree apprenticeship (i just don’t think uni is for me) so i don’t think a teacher reference is necessary? but obviously with predicted grades i don’t know how i’d obtain them, or whether i could just come up with them myself and that the real thing and how strong my application is in other ways is more important.
i’m not fully set on dropping out yet (although am stronglyyy considering) so if it will be extremely difficult to access a degree apprenticeship or even a degree entirely without sixth form, please let me know!
Original post by lc_007
my mental health has been awful since the start of y12, to the point i’m seriously considering dropping out and just self teaching my a levels. but i’m wondering if that will impact what options i have in the future bc i wont have things like a teacher reference or predicted grades available.
i plan on doing a degree apprenticeship (i just don’t think uni is for me) so i don’t think a teacher reference is necessary? but obviously with predicted grades i don’t know how i’d obtain them, or whether i could just come up with them myself and that the real thing and how strong my application is in other ways is more important.
i’m not fully set on dropping out yet (although am stronglyyy considering) so if it will be extremely difficult to access a degree apprenticeship or even a degree entirely without sixth form, please let me know!
i plan on doing a degree apprenticeship (i just don’t think uni is for me) so i don’t think a teacher reference is necessary? but obviously with predicted grades i don’t know how i’d obtain them, or whether i could just come up with them myself and that the real thing and how strong my application is in other ways is more important.
i’m not fully set on dropping out yet (although am stronglyyy considering) so if it will be extremely difficult to access a degree apprenticeship or even a degree entirely without sixth form, please let me know!
Even for a degree apprenticeship you will likely need references which it would be useful to get from your sixth form. I don't think you would be allowed to come up with your own predicted grades.
You'd have to apply to privately take your exams some centres can give you references and will give you predicted grades but it will cost more, for degree apprenticeships they do focus on predicted grades. I would recommend staying until Year 12 mocks and getting predicted grades, you can chose then to take exams privately and could even ask to put your head of year or subject leader as a reference on your CV. If you have chosen coursework based subjects I'd recommend just sticking through the rest of the year or retaking Year 12 at another college/sixth form, as it is more expensive and harder to find exam centres that will mark your coursework (there definitely are some). As well as for sciences, as you need to get practicals done for your grade.
Edit: Just looked and saw you take English Literature which I believe has coursework at least for AQA (this will be harder to do without a teacher and will cost more to do privately) as well as doing Biology which means you will have to also pay for science practicals if you want to do this privately. You take 4 A-Levels and two of them require more work outside of exams, just out of curiosity what pathway do you want to go down for a degree apprenticeship?
Edit: Just looked and saw you take English Literature which I believe has coursework at least for AQA (this will be harder to do without a teacher and will cost more to do privately) as well as doing Biology which means you will have to also pay for science practicals if you want to do this privately. You take 4 A-Levels and two of them require more work outside of exams, just out of curiosity what pathway do you want to go down for a degree apprenticeship?
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