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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

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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 […]

Atlanta’s Story: Primary Teaching

Atlanta works in a primary school, and needed to re-take her Maths GCSE to become a fully-fledged teacher. Having missed the grade she needed by […]

Asma’s Story: Getting into Teaching

Asma needed a qualification equivalent to GCSE English to teach in the UK. After finding Asma chose A Star Equivalency after finding our high quality […]