Exams Information for
SY 2024-2025

Our friendly and experienced staff can guide you through each step of the exam process from making exam entries and applying for access arrangements to preparing for exam day and collecting your results.

Finding an exam centre

Read Meta School will gladly provide you with a list of exam centres for your country or region. These centres have told us that they accept private candidates. You may also find a local exam centre. In countries where there is a British Council exam centre, this will usually be a good choice.

We strongly advise you to contact a centre to be sure you can make the necessary arrangements before enrolling with Read Meta School.

Entering your child for their exams

If your child is to take GCSEs/IGCSEs, you will need to apply directly to an exam centre for them to sit as an external (or private) candidate. While we cannot submit the application on your behalf, we can guide you through the process. All of our GCSE/IGCSE courses include a number of past exam papers in the final module. These include the most recent paper, which can be taken as a mock exam and submitted to your Tutor for assessment and feedback for a modest additional fee.

Typically, you will pay your exam centre £150-220 GBP per qualification (not per examination).

Examination Boards that we cover:

Pearson Edexcel logo
AQA logo
Cambridge Assessment logo

Resources for finding an exam centre

How we can help

Before your child is enrolled, our Admissions team will send you lists of exam centres in your country which have been verified by our Exams Officers. We strongly advise contacting a centre early on.

Students taking exams at Read Meta School, an independent Muslim online school

Guidelines for sitting exams

Exam centres have the option of whether or not to accept you or your child as a private candidate for their exams. They are not required to do so. But if you follow the guidelines below, you will make it easier for them to accept your entry.

Contact your chosen exam centre before enrolling at Read Meta School to check that they will accept you or your child for your proposed sitting (either May/June or October/November). Note that many centres, particularly in the Northern hemisphere, do not offer an October/November sitting.

  • Apply for exam registration as early as possible.

  • Upon receipt of your entry, your centre will issue you with a ‘Statement of Entry’. Check carefully that the information there is correct. Contact the centre at once if it is not.

Exam Centre Fees

Exam Board Subject Price
Edexcel, AQA, OCR Maths £230
Edexcel or AQA English £255
Edexcel, AQA, OCR English £230
Edexcel, AQA, OCR English Literature £230
Edexcel, AQA, OCR MFL subjects £240
Edexcel, AQA, OCR MFL subjects £330
Edexcel, AQA, OCR Astronomy £200
Edexcel, AQA, OCR All other subjects £110

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