How do you take GCSE if homeschooled?

Im nearly at the end of year 10 and im thinking of getting homeschooled, how would i go about this? how would i take my gcse's im in the uk?

• Answer:

  Your parents only have to 'reach an agreement with A school (or college or a specialist exam centre)' (not necessarily your current school) in order for you to do your exams. You do NOT need the agreement of your school to leave school, nor to be home educated (the UK term for 'homeschool'). To do exams as a home educated kid, your parent has to find you a place at an exam centre and pay for you to do the exams as a private candidate. No, your mum does not need any qualifications to educate you outside of school. She just has to be your legal guardian and willing to take on responsibility (legal and financial) for your education. Home educated kids do IGCSEs (as do most private schools and increasing numbers of state schools) in place of bog-standard GCSEs. Halfway through your GCSEs is not the greatest time to make the switch as you'd have to start your GCSE courses again using the IGCSE syllabuses : http://www.cie.org.uk/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-secondary-2/cambridge-igcse http://www.edexcel.com/quals/igcse/igcse09/Pages/default.aspx You can't do anything unless/until you can convince your mum to agree to home educate you. If you can do that, your mum then just has to write to your current school instructing them to remove your name from the school register as you're now being 'educated otherwise' in accordance with S7 of the Education Act (1996).There's a template for the letter online @ http://www.educationotherwise.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=69 . You do NOT need the school's agreement, approval or permission, nor that of the local (education) authority (UK parents have the legal right to pull their kids out of school 'on demand'); neither do you have to explain or give a reason for leaving school.