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Wenzhao’s Story: Getting the grades for the PGCE

Wenzhao is taking on her PGCE in September and needed to pass Maths, English, and Science equivalency qualifications. Nervous at first, Wenzhao completed all the […]

July 29, 2024

Sant’s Story: A Teacher Training Offer

Sant’s teacher training offer required him to have a qualification equivalent to a pass in GCSE English. A GCSE Equivalency was perfect for this. He […]

June 16, 2023

Pak’s Story: A PGCE to Teach Maths

Pak moved to Manchester and applied for a PGCE to teach maths in a secondary school. After being recommended A Star Equivalency by his PGCE […]

Nadia’s Story: UK Qualifications for Teaching

Nadia’s maths and English qualifications from her native Pakistan were not recognised by universities in the UK. This meant that she needed to take a […]

Laura’s Story: Becoming a Teacher

Laura needed her science GCSE equivalency in order to get onto her teacher training course. Having been predicted a B at school, her D at […]

Lara’s Story: Getting into Teaching

Lara needed GCSE Equivalencies in maths, English and science in order to take a teaching course at university. Since her first language was Italian, English […]

Kirsteen’s Story: From Assistant to Teacher

Kirsteen, a teaching assistant in a school, always wanted to be a teacher. When she applied, she discovered she was missing a crucial science grade. […]

Kenneth’s Story: An Engineer Changing Career Paths

Kenneth was an engineer back in Kenya, but wanted to get into teaching in the UK. To do this, he needed GCSE Equivalencies in Maths […]

Dania’s Story: A Career in Education in the UK

Dania ran a highly respected school in Africa, specialising in the International Baccalaureate. But she found that when she moved to the UK, her non-UK […]

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