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"International GCSEs" are mentioned specifically in the CoF guidance as acceptable for prior attainment. We used to get a lot of these iGCSEs, and we treat them as equivalent to GCSEs, but we don't put the grade in the GCSE qualification grades field in the ILR, we just mark it as an equivalent.
Darren Hands
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We have a potential apprentice who has the Cambridge Assessment International Education – Level1/Level2 Certificate in First Language English (ref No 50057820) with an achieved grade of “C”
An online search has shown "UK NARIC, the national agency in the UK for the recognition and comparison of international qualifications and skills, carried out an independent benchmarking study of Cambridge IGCSE and found it to be comparable to the standard of UK GCSE. This means students can be confident that their Cambridge IGCSE qualifications are accepted as equivalent to UK GCSEs by leading universities worldwide."
The ESFA’s guide to international qualifications makes reference to UK ENIC but I can’t access this system to see if this qualification is shown.
Is this learner’s qualification equivalent to a GCSE Grade C and therefore they do not need to do Level 2 functional skills in English or will they still have to do it as it is not recognised?
Any help would be appreciated.
TiA