GCSE in Abbey College Manchester

In the UK, a certificate of incomplete secondary education is awarded to students who completed their studies in grades 8-9 and passed the required minimum of subjects on a nationwide single exam. The GCSE certificate is issued after a successful examination in two of the three compulsory academic subjects (foreign, mathematics or English) and three to five supporting sciences. Schoolchildren can choose special subjects from 70 profile, necessary for the upcoming education in higher schools. The choice can be made from such sciences:

• Biology;
• Law;
• Physics;
• Business basics;
• Chemistry;
• Economic theory;
• Literature.

Classes include instruction in groups and the solution of independent tasks. Laboratory exercises help to assimilate knowledge in practice. It is also planned to develop innovative projects and creative tasks. The decision of all kinds of tasks is supervised by the teacher, the lessons are regularly tested, the success of mastering the teaching material is verified verbally.

In order to obtain the GCSE, Abbey DLD College Manchester students can choose profile subjects in the field of art (plus design), natural science knowledge, history, world or English literature, photography or geography. From foreign languages, students learn to fluently speak French, German or Spanish. There is a study of world religions and mathematics. English is studied as an academic discipline and as an object for foreign students.