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From GCSEs with NEC to a Psychology Access to Higher Education Course 

From GCSEs with NEC to a Psychology Access to Higher Education Course 

School was always a struggle for me. I (as well as my twin sister) was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease when I was around 12 and, as a result, I suffered with depression and anxiety. I never got to sit my GCSEs during school because my attendance was so low. After a few years of getting […]

GCSE Results of NEC students released today

GCSE Results of NEC students released today

“Self-study made me realise that learning never stops. It’s not a race, not a sprint, not even a marathon, but it’s a lifelong journey.” – Natalia (who took her GCSEs with NEC this summer). Among the 5.2 million (Ofqual, 2019) GCSE entries this year are thousands of adult and young learners who enter their examinations […]

Learning never stops. It’s not a race, not a sprint, not even a marathon, but a lifelong journey

Learning never stops. It’s not a race, not a sprint, not even a marathon, but a lifelong journey

I first started homeschooling because I found my grades and morale slipping in mainstream school. This, however, did not mean I hated learning. On the contrary, I loved learning and the extra curricular school activities such as debate and choir, but the school environment and people in it really put me off learning. I was […]