If you’re a student who has recently been considering their education and employment options, you may have come across the term ‘NCFE’ before. There are lots of institutions and organisations who have a lot of influence on education in the UK, with NCFE being one …
How Important are Year 6 SATs?
As a student or parent, you will probably have heard of the SATs before, but you may not know much about them beyond being exams at the end of primary school. Primary schools and secondary schools in England will usually place a lot of emphasis …
Are Year 6 SATs Compulsory?
The SATs (also known as the national curriculum tests) are the first major examinations young students have to sit in their early education. As such, there can be many anxieties around them, for both students and parents alike – one of them being whether or …
Do Oxbridge Care About Extracurriculars?
Oxbridge – the name generally used for the universities of Oxford and Cambridge – are arguably the two most prestigious universities in the UK, and there are a number of ways they differ from the normal university experience. This goes all the way from the …
What Does the DofE Award Entail?
The Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) award is a common extracurricular for students in the UK, normally from Year 10 onwards. It’s therefore likely that you will have heard people talk about this award, maybe in relation to putting it on a CV, or completing one …
BMAT vs UCAT | What’s The Difference And Which Is Harder?
If you are thinking about university applications, you may have heard of abbreviations like the BMAT and UCAT. These are both admissions tests used by universities in the UK for applicants who want to study medicine. Each year, thousands of students sit these exams, but …
Do NCFE Qualifications Receive UCAS Points?
Applying to university has become more and more accessible over the years. After all, now universities accept a range of qualifications from students from all different backgrounds! Not only A-Levels are accepted. There are plenty of other routes students can go down to get into …
What Are Cambridge Nationals?
There are so many different qualifications that you can study. Due to this, it can get a little confusing at times to know what the difference between each of these is and what each one actually is. Today’s qualification is Cambridge Nationals. This qualification can …
Cambridge National vs GCSE | Grading System Comparison
There are a wide variety of qualifications that are equivalent to GCSEs. However, despite being equivalent qualifications, there are often many differences between these. This is especially the case with vocational qualifications, such as Cambridge Nationals that are not only structured and taught in different …
Is PE Compulsory in Years 7-11?
Some students absolutely love PE and see it as a break from the lessons where they have to sit down and listen to teachers talk for hours. However, other students can’t think of anything worse than PE and can’t wait for it to be over. …