How can I sit GCSE's again after leaving the UK?
Posted by ShrimpoWoody@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 17 comments
Hi everyone I left the UK after year 8 and moved to a different country and want to move back to the UK now that I've finished secondary school abroad but I never did GCSE's (meaning I can never get a job) since I left after year 8. Could anybody help me?
If this post wasn't appropriate for r/AskUK could anybody forward me to where I can ask?
Plus_Competition3316@reddit
Shit jobs don’t check your qualifications. Good jobs or higher than average wage ones will + want further experience in the given field.
If I was you, contact your local college and see if they do the equivalent qualifications for maths + English at level 2 or 3.
If you’re desperate for a job, lie on your cv and put down C’s.
27106_4life@reddit
I don't know. I haven't any GCSE or A-levels, but was hired on as a lecturer. I have a PhD though.
cgknight1@reddit
There is no legal requirement for a lecturer to be qualified (although most Universities now want you to achieve a fellowship or similar).
27106_4life@reddit
Sure. Mine was more of a funny antecdote showing OP that it's possible to get a job without any British credentials.
cgknight1@reddit
I don't have GSCE or A-levels either but do have a PhD and I am British :-)
27106_4life@reddit
Same!
EmmaHere@reddit
I don’t understand why you think you need GCSEs if you’ve already completed your schooling.
yeahifeelbetternow@reddit
If you finished secondary school why wouldn't you be able to get a job LOL
ShrimpoWoody@reddit (OP)
I must be mistaken, if I didn't do my GCSE's I could still get a job? I finished secondary school abroad.
flowering_sun_star@reddit
There's nothing legally stopping you from getting a job. There may be practical limitations if the place you're applying doesn't know what to think of your foreign qualifications. Some few jobs might require specific levels of qualification in maths and english, but most of them will also be looking for something at a higher level as well.
A supermarket probably won't care too much when employing a shelf stacker. Most office jobs would care, but they'll be looking for qualifications at a higher level than gCSEs anyway.
ShrimpoWoody@reddit (OP)
What about something like teaching?
cgknight1@reddit
If you want to be be a teacher go and read about the grocer's apostrophe.
asmiggs@reddit
You'll need a teaching qualification so your best bet is to speak to a university that offers such qualifications and work backwards from there to find out what they recognise.
Lopsided_Soup_3533@reddit
If you wanted to be a teacher you'd need further education than GCSE's so if you can get your overseas education recognised here then you'd be able to do that. Obviously there are different paths to teacher training so you could look them up to see what requirements they have
DameKumquat@reddit
As long as you have proof of completing secondary schooling, you should be fine. You may want to get it translated into English, or contact ENIC re a statement of comparability (your school system may equate to GCSEs or possibly A-level or in between).
Put fluent native speaker of English, and UK citizen, on your CV.
FriendlyPhrase2808@reddit
Not having GCSE's does not mean you can't get a job most jobs dont even check qualifications from school
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