cost of gcse resits...

riddler · 26 Mar 2007 at 15:36

My girlfriend has gone back into our former secondry school to resit her maths shes 18 and today she revieved this email...

"Could you please e mail me all your details so I can forward them to Mr S Rothwell as a matter of urgency, Also you need to be aware that it will cost £46.60 for the entry and that has to be paid before the school will enter. This has to be done this week so if you come in Wednesday can you bring a cheque"

Shes re-sat exams before and they've only cost her 11pound surley this fee is wrong? unless shes been entered late in which case its there fault no?

surfsquid · 26 Mar 2007 at 15:39

the fee varies across exam boards, the previous £11 sounds about right for a single exam but GCSE maths consists of 2 or more iirc.

zain · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:12

Age could also play a factor, just ring up.

FrostedNipple · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:17

blimey, well spose its better to past firs time tbh

jesta · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:41

I thought A level module resits are £11 not GCSE's? I believe that price is for late entry as I remember I wanted 2 resit my GCSE after I got a B and I was told it would cost £46(approx) due to late entry.

Glaucus · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:46

£46 sounds about right to me.

As your not a pupil at the school it generally costs more as the government does subsidise the school, like it does if your a pupil.

al123 · 26 Mar 2007 at 16:57

They are not that expensive, had to pay for my GCSE's it was a few hundred for all 10.

mleh · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:19

The deadline was 15th march where they were roughly £12, but since you've missed it you're also being charged fees.

riddler · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:29

but surley its the schools fault we just had an email back to state that it is late entry and thats why the fee is so high but shes been there since september and heard nothing about it then suddenly "46 quid please!"

Fraggr · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:30

We were told that it costs £30 to enter the exam if the school refuses to pay - they threatened that if we dont get our coursework in by the examboard deadlines they wouldn't submit us.

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:31

I've just spent £86 on AS/A2 resits.

JunkBot · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:35

I never had to pay for any kind of resit

Energize · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:37

Schools charge for resits? I did a chemistry module resit for free.

Royality · 26 Mar 2007 at 17:56

My A Level module resits are £20 a pop.

Energize · 26 Mar 2007 at 18:12

Royality said:
My A Level module resits are £20 a pop.

That seems high, my school only charges £13, the school are probably trying to make a profit!

digitalwolf · 26 Mar 2007 at 18:29

It's exam board dependant.