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GCSE and IGCSE
25 December 2022 - 2 min read
The reason I retook my GCSEs again, was to test myself. I left school in 2004, and I pretty much failed every paper, excluding science – for some reason I enjoyed science.
I really enjoyed school, but I had a bit of an unstable life outside of it, which ended up disturbing my education and my attitude towards most things during this period. After leaving school, I took the construction route as I thought this is all I could do. This wasn’t a bad choice by the way, as I still managed to be very successful in this line of work, as I currently own a painting and decorating company that is growing from strength to strength.
During lockdown in 2020, I decided to give my GCSE English and Maths one more shot – if I failed again, I knew I could rest, as I would give it a proper go this time.
The company I found was ICS Learn – I chose this company because of the great reviews I was reading.
After a few phone calls about my worries of being non-academic, or my handwriting is too scruffy, I was put at ease, and I was made to feel comfortable with my approach to this task I had set out for myself. I had a goal at the start of the course, and that goal was to get Grade 4’s in both English and Maths (C’s in the old grade system).
I can happily say I exceeded my expectations in both! I got the top mark in my foundation Math papers which is a grade 5, and I received a grade 8 in English – which sits between an A and an A*!
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