IGCSE Courses -

Oxford Home Schooling’s suite of GCSE and International GCSE courses has been specially designed and developed to serve the needs of home schooling students who wish to obtain essential school leaver qualifications. All our courses closely follow exam board specifications so you can be sure that you will be thoroughly prepared to pass the same exams as every UK school leaver.

These qualifications will enable students to progress to A Level, apply for vocational courses, or enter the wider world of work straight away. Our range of GCSEs and IGCSEs provides excellent preparation for the next stage in life, whether it is to be undertaken in the UK or abroad.

Our GCSE and IGCSE courses

Oxford Home Schooling’s suite of GCSE and International GCSE courses has been specially designed and developed to serve the needs of home schooling students aiming to obtain qualifications that will enable them to progress to A Level, apply for vocational courses, or enter the world of work.

GCSEs and IGCSEs are widely recognised as the first step in mastering a particular subject and achieving a GCSE or IGCSE indicates that not only does the student have a sound general knowledge of a subject but also that they can apply themselves to learning. Both qualifications provide excellent preparation for the next stage in life.

We can offer you a choice of 6 GCSE and 14 IGCSE courses as shown in our menu.

GCSE or IGCSE?

Contrary to what some people may think, in reality there is no longer any significant difference between a GCSE and an ‘I’ or International GCSE and, as an academic qualification, the IGCSE is equivalent, grade for grade, to GCSE.

Both GCSE and International GCSEs offer progression to A Level, BTEC vocational courses, and other similar qualifications that are equally recognized by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) but IGCSE has the advantage of being widely available for examination overseas as well as in the UK.

Oxford Home Schooling GCSE courses are mostly written to cover the AQA examining board specifications, so you can be sure that when your child sits an examination, they have been thoroughly prepared and that the qualification is identical to that taken in state schools and colleges up and down the country.

The International GCSE is widely recognized by higher education institutions and employers around the world. International GCSEs are offered to students in over 150 countries and they have gained popularity in the UK as a qualification which is often preferred to GCSEs by many prestigious independent schools. World-wide over 1.5 million students enter for exams every year. Over 300 independent schools in the UK now offer either the Cambridge IGCSE, or, as we do, the Edexcel International GCSE. In 2024 there were over 135,000 UK entries for the Edexcel International GCSE exams.