One thing I discovered about schools in England is that the headmaster at the school has a large say in whether or not to accept a child. So if your child has done a different syllabus to the rest of the school it often boils down to that individual's viewpoint.
My son applied for four state boarding school for his A levels.
Of the places we applied:
One said a straight no because they wouldn't accept the Canadian qualifications - even asking us to take IGCSEs in all subjects (and not understanding that this just wasn't possible as the syllabus are quite different)
One asked to see a copy of the Canadian syllabus so that they could judge whether he could actually cope with the A level. (This was just in Chemistry as my son took Mathematics and Physics IGCSE with a tutor outside of school).
And two were fine with the different qualifications - especially as the two main subjects he was to study he had the correct qualifications.
I believe that the final decision by these school was based a lot on the interview.
My son and the headmaster got on very well in the school he was accepted for. It turned out the head had studied mathematics - so they had that in common. And once my son said he played rugby they talked about the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens for the next half hour and I knew we were OK.
Last edited by barbwong_130; 02-11-2010 at 08:11 PM.
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