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Equivalent Qualification Guidance
Below are details of what we can and cannot accept as alternatives.
The following are not accepted as equivalent to GCSE level 4.
- Access to HE courses - key skills components and functional skills components
- Level 2 Key Skills / Functional Skills in Application of Number (Maths) and Communication (English)
- Certificates at Level 2 in Adult Literacy and Numeracy
- Modules in any foundation degree or degree course
- Masters degree modules and the English for Academic Purposes
- IELTS (note: this may be an entry requirement as well as the GCSE equivalence for visa purposes)
- AS-levels at any grade (although they are a higher level, they don’t cover the breadth and depth of a GCSE)
- ONC/OND
- BTEC Level 3 - any BTEC Level 3 qualification does not carry the breadth and depth of a GCSE
- University of Cambridge “English for Speakers of other Languages” or “Certificate of English Language Skills” (Higher)
- International/EU English language qualifications deemed ‘second language’ by ENIC (what was NARIC)
- Equivalency tests from any providers other than Equivalency Testing and A Star Equivalency are not accepted.
Common GCSE equivalent qualifications that are accepted
| Grade mark | Numeric mark |
|---|---|
| A* | 8 (9 also accepted) |
| A | 7 |
| B | 5 |
| C | 4 |
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| 1975 onwards | Pre 1975 (numeric) |
Pre 1975 (alphabetic) |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | A |
| 2 | B | |
| B | 3 | C |
| 4 | C | |
| C | 5 | D |
| 6 | E |
Equivalency Testing
East Midlands Teacher Training Partnership do not offer any GCSE equivalency testing directly.
We accept equivalency tests in maths, English and science (science is a requirement for primary only) from the following providers:
Overseas qualifications
We can accept international qualifications which are considered GCSE A*-C by ENIC. We will require the official and translated certificate from you during your application process. For qualifications that ENIC assess, if they deem English to be studied as a ‘"second language" then we cannot accept it. Please refer to Get Into Teaching or UK ENIC for information on how to obtain a Statement of Comparability.