3 GCSEs You Can Earn From Home

GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) are usually taken by pupils nearing the end of their secondary school education. Most pupils leave school with a few GCSEs under their belts, but sometimes, for a variety of reasons, some people miss out on achieving any at all.  

Additionally, many students who take their GCSEs fail to achieve the marks that they had wished for.

GCSEs: What's The Big Deal?

Low GCSE marks as well as missed GCSEs can impact your life in a number of ways.

GCSEs can determine what qualifications you can earn next in your educational journey, because some sixth forms and colleges may bar you from certain subjects if you have sub-standard grades.

Furthermore, GCSEs can affect what university courses you're eligible for, and can thus play a part in what career you might be involved in for the rest of your life. 

Thankfully, The Learning Station offers three Functional Skills courses, with each one being equivalent to one GCSE.

The three courses cover the highly versatile and important fields of Maths, English, and ICT. Because they're just like GCSEs, they can propel you down some great career paths, some of which you may not have ever considered.

Let's take a look at why each of The Learning Station's Functional Skills courses are worth taking:

1. Maths

By enrolling in a Maths Functional Skills course with The Learning Station, you will be pursuing a nationally recognized qualification while developing essential functional skills in Maths, with the added security that comes with the support of tutors and assessors who can bring you vital information and guidance.

Maths is essential for the day-to-day workings of a modern society. Because we need it for everything from dealing with money to building skyscrapers, studying Maths can lead you down many career paths; including working in medicine, engineering, and finance.

Enrol in the Maths Functional Skills course.

2. English

Studying an English Functional Skills Course through The Learning Station gets you the same nationally recognized qualification, essential skills, and tutor support.

The strongest argument for a pursuit in english studies is thus; there are some truly amazing careers you can get involved in with an english qualification. By studying english, you'll be well on your way to making money as a marketer, an overseas english teacher, a customer support worker, or even a writer, among other exciting possibilities.

Enrol in the English Functional skills course.

3. ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)

Just as before with the Maths and English Functional Skills Courses, The Learning Station offers their ICT Functional Skills course with the same nationally recognized qualification, the same environment for developing skills, and the same tutor and assessor support.

ICT jobs are a part of an emerging field and are in high demand, and so jobs in this field typically pay well.

Some of the jobs you can land with a background in Information and Communications Technologies include (but are not limited to) working as an Information Security Analyst, a web developer, a Network and Computer Systems Administrator, and health related jobs like being a Medical Records Technician.

Enrol in the ICT Functional skills course.

You Don't Have to Miss Out

Thanks to The Learning Station's Functional Skills courses, you don't have to miss out on the benefits of GCSEs, even if you currently have none to your name.

For many, furthering their education and going back to school can be an intimidating and confusing process. However The Learning Station is there to make it an extremely simple process.

With The Learning Station, you get to remove the stress that often comes with education by studying from the comfort of your own home with real personal support. You also get access to a wide range of learning materials like powerpoint presentations, videos, documents, and workbooks all through a Virtual Classroom setting.

And if that's not convincing enough, each of the aforementioned GCSE equivalent Functional Skills courses are just £200 each. That's an investment worth making, by anybody's standards.

Do you wish you had taken your GCSE's, or did you take your GCSE's and are just unhappy with the grades you got? Which of the three Functional Skills courses mosts interest you and why? Tell me all about it in the comments section below!

Author: Billy Stidham, Lead Content Marketer at Wordify.