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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 

    Accepted GCSE grades
     Grade mark  Numeric mark
     A*  8 (9 also accepted)
     A   7
     B  5 
     C  4

     

    Accepted CSE grade

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    Accepted O Level grades
    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.

     

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