What are your vocational options at GCSE level?
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Choosing your GCSE subjects can be a scary time. You might be wondering how to decide, what to do if you make the wrong choice, and whether these decisions will impact the rest of your life.
First: don’t panic!
GCSE subjects are important, but they can’t and won’t define the rest of your life. And if you start doing one subject and quickly realise it’s not right for you, many schools will let you swap to another subject.
Today we’re looking at one of the options you might be wondering about: vocational GCSEs and GCSE equivalents.
What are vocational qualifications?
There are some subjects GCSE students have to take, including English and Maths. Some schools also have their own requirements, such as requiring students to take a language subject. But apart from that, you get to choose your own options. Most students take around 9 GCSEs or equivalent.
In short, vocational qualifications are those that are practical and directly related to a specific job or career path. A vocation is j...
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