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Which subjects can you take GCSEs in from home education? What's the alternative, if the GCSE isn't accessible?

This page lists subjects and links to a page for each where you can find out what the options are for home educated candidates.

Ordinary GCSEs or International GCSEs?

Some ordinary GCSEs are difficult for home ed students to access because they include "non-exam assessments", ie some form of practical or coursework.

Academic subjects affected by this include GCSE sciences, GCSE geography, and GCSE English Language, because of their practical, fieldwork and speaking components. For these, most home educators opt for International GCSEs (IGCSEs) instead (See an explanation of IGCSEs for background).

Practical GCSE subjects, such as Physical Education, Dance, Drama, DT, Film Studies, Food Tech, Art and Music are also difficult for home ed students to arrange, because they have a controlled assessment/practical/ coursework component and there is no IGCSE alternative without similar issues. Some of these have been - or are being - attempted by groups of home educators, but they are much more complicated to arrange than exam-only subjects. Home ed students often find alternative ways of studying and gaining qualifications in these subjects. See the subject pages (linked below) for more information, and the Alternative Qualifications page for non-GCSE options.

For more information on subjects and resources, join the Home Education Exams & Alternatives Facebook group or the HE Exams Yahoogroup .

Subject pages

Accounting
Art
Astronomy
Business Studies
Classics:
- Classical Civilization
- Classical Greek
- Latin
- Sanskrit
- Biblical Hebrew
Computer Science
Dance
Development Studies
Drama
Economics
English
Environmental Management
Geography
Geology
Global Citizenship
Greek (Classical)
Hebrew, Biblical
History
IT (and separate page on ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)
Latin
Law
Maths and Further / Additional Maths, plus a separate page on Maths Resources.
Modern Foreign Languages :-
- Arabic
- French
- German
- Greek (Modern)
- Japanese
- Russian
- Spanish
Music
PE and Sports
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sanskrit
Science - single, combined or triple? See also separate pages for single sciences:-
- Biology and Human_Biology ; also Biology Practicals
- Chemistry and Chemistry Practicals
- Physics and Physics_Practicals
- Science A-Levels
- Vocational/non-GCSE options for science see Alternative Qualifications: science
Sociology
Statistics
Travel and Tourism
Veterinary Medicine

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+'''Which subjects can you take GCSEs in from home education?  What's the alternative, if the GCSE isn't accessible?'''
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+This page lists subjects and links to a page for each where you can find out what the options are for home educated candidates.
-The main GCSEs that are difficult for home ed students to access are '''GCSE sciences, GCSE geography, and GCSE English Language''', because of their practical, fieldwork and speaking components. For these, most home educators opt for '''IGCSE''' instead (See an [https://he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/IGCSEs explanation of IGCSEs] for background).
+== Ordinary GCSEs or International GCSEs? ==
-'''Practical GCSE subjects''', such as '''Physical Education, Dance,''' '''Drama, Film Studies, Art '''and '''Music''' are also difficult for home ed students to arrange, because they have a controlled assessment/practical/ coursework component. Some of these have been - or are being - attempted by groups of home educators, but they are much more complicated to arrange than exam-only subjects. Home ed students often find alternative ways of studying and gaining qualifications in these subjects. See the subject pages (linked below) for more information, and the [[Alternative Qualifications]] page for non-GCSE options.
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+Some ordinary GCSEs are difficult for home ed students to access because they include "non-exam assessments", ie some form of practical or coursework.
+'''''Academic subjects''''' affected by this include '''GCSE sciences, GCSE geography, and GCSE English Language''', because of their practical, fieldwork and speaking components. For these, most home educators opt for '''International GCSEs (IGCSEs)''' instead (See an [https://he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/IGCSEs explanation of IGCSEs] for background).
+'''''Practical GCSE subjects''''', such as '''Physical Education, Dance,''' '''Drama, DT, Film Studies, Food Tech, Art '''and '''Music''' are also difficult for home ed students to arrange, because they have a controlled assessment/practical/ coursework component and there is no IGCSE alternative without similar issues. Some of these have been - or are being - attempted by groups of home educators, but they are much more complicated to arrange than exam-only subjects. Home ed students often find alternative ways of studying and gaining qualifications in these subjects. See the subject pages (linked below) for more information, and the [[Alternative Qualifications]] page for non-GCSE options.
 For more information on subjects and resources, join the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/HELinksUK.IGCSE/ Home Education Exams & Alternatives Facebook group] or the [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/HE-Exams-GCSE-A_AS_Levels-OU-Others/info HE&#x20;Exams&#x20;Yahoogroup] .