{"id":12753,"date":"2022-03-22T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/?page_id=12753"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:59:21","slug":"qualifications-and-exams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/elective-home-education\/qualifications-and-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualifications, exams and post-16 options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qualifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your child decides they want to take GCSEs then you should make your preparations as early as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will need to find out where your child can sit the examinations. This must be an accredited centre. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcq.org.uk\/private-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use the JQC online tool to find a centre<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Home educators are responsible for exam entry, administration and invigilation costs. Fees and payment deadlines should be agreed with the exam centre before entries are made.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post-16 options\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From age 16, your child may choose to continue home education or move into college, training or employment with training.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/post-16-education\/\">Post-16 education<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preparing for adulthood &#8211; education, training and employment (SEND Local Offer)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considerations and how to prepare if your child is taking GCSE exams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13939,"parent":12749,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-12753","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12753"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76318,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12753\/revisions\/76318"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}