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Free online courses for GCSE Maths?

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I did a course at The Source Skills Academy in Sheffield last October, and passed a "Function skills" Maths course which is the equivalent of a D at GCSE level, however these days even entry level Office work requires a C or above in English and Maths, English isn't a problem as I did it at College in June 1996 and got an A from studying Macbeth, but I need to improve my Maths score.

I did enquire about going back to Sheffield College in September but the course isn't funded and I can't afford an expensive course especially when I'd have to pay £300 for the exams.

I've been scouring Google for courses but I can't find any free or funded ones.

Can anyone help?

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Cher_Alumni

Hi @MrAllen1976

Good for you for wanting to re-sit your GCSE. A friend of mine did the exact same thing to get her ideal job and had to pay to sit the exam so I get your frustration.

I've not been able to find any free online courses but maybe someone else can?

Also, if you check our activity wall you will see @LuckeeBlackCat1 has left you a helpful message

SherryH

Have you looked at your local council website to see what adult learning courses they offer? It may not be online learning, however, in the current climate I think a lot more have offered online options.

Tori_Scope

Leeds College of Building seem to offer one @MrAllen1976. I don't know how easy that is for you to get to, but perhaps they'll be running it online next September? Other than that, I'm not sure!

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Tori_Scope said:

Leeds College of Building seem to offer one @MrAllen1976. I don't know how easy that is for you to get to, but perhaps they'll be running it online next September? Other than that, I'm not sure!

Thanks @Tori_Scope but at the moment it'd be damn near impossible to get up to Leeds.

Do you know if they do the course remotely?

Tori_Scope

No problem @MrAllen1976. I don't think the next course starts until September 2021. I imagine all teaching will be online at the moment in line with the government guidelines, but who knows what it will be like by next September! Maybe more colleges will offer remote courses in the future?

janer1967

GCSE are not very often funded for mature students they come with a fee

Try out future learn or sheffield uni free online courses as mentioned b4 when you asked about other courses

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janer1967 said:

GCSE are not very often funded for mature students they come with a fee

Try out future learn or sheffield uni free online courses as mentioned b4 when you asked about other courses

I did do a course in October 2019 at The Source Skills Academy near Meadowhall, Functional skills level 1, equivalent to a D in GCSE Maths, not bad but these days most jobs ask for a C or above, hence the request to resit a proper Maths exam.

tabspeaks

For free preparation I think you can go for BBC bitsize. They have a lot of good resources for students to learn from. I also saw this platform which is offering courses at 5 pound per hour from highly experienced teacher and they are doing live streaming of lectures. It's like twitch for education. You can also check them out myedspace.

Hope that helps.

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