Where can I attend 1-yr GCSE Course ?

It would be useful if you could answer my question about what system he is currently in.

Transport links to where? Devon does not have selective state schools afaik, relatively few areas in UK do. State schools probably won't accept into year 11 for gcses, colleges will offer limited gcse options (English and Maths, possibly science). Private "crammers" offer one year courses, but at a cost. When would his current system test to a level which could be recognised in UK as gcse equivalent? Are you sure moving now is worth the risk? Moving only for education will not necessarily give him home status for uni fees, if he is in EU it might be better to stay put.

So child is in year 10, not abroad, but not in UK. Very peculiar.... perhaps if OP were clearer - a lot clearer, some advice worth having could be offered.

Miss type. BohoChic, if you are around under another name.

You also need to watch out for age. I helped a friend moving back from France with a child who was 17, and in turn received good help from the much missed Boho his. The Lycee was extraordinarily unhelpful.

The solution was for him to start an A level course from scratch. He was lucky that a good state school was willing to let him start a year below his normal year group. Not all will. He also had to work hard to plug gaps and get to grips with a different learning culture. It worked out well. He settled quickly helped by starting at a natural break point, and got three good A levels (from memory A,A,B) as well as an A* in French. And this was a boy who had become seriously disengaged with the French system. (One reason why they returned at such an odd point.)

There were a few options, including private which can offer more flexibility. The boy made the final decision. It was his future and he needed to do the work.

Ditto a family we know returned from Italy when their son was 15, in part because he wanted to attend an academic UK university. They spent a year in London where he went to a private crammer and worked astonishingly hard, having accepted this was necessary in order to establish himself in a new system. I think he wound up with 9A*s and one A. Sixth form was then pretty straight forward... and a lot more fun.

What educational system is your child in at the moment?

If they are currently in Year 10 and you are planning on coming to the UK next year you have possibly chosen the absolute worst time to move with regards to the UK educational system.

You could either enquire as to whether a local state school would allow entry into Year 10, so in effect repeating a year, or enquire into private provision, possibly doing a reduced number of GCSE's. Some further education college offer support for home educated or foreign educated students but you would need to contact them on an individual basis.

How many GCSEs are they wanting to take? Typically pupils take 9 or 10. Each GCSE requires approximately 150 hours of study to cover the course content.

Unless said child is already studying for gcses and so has covered a fair bit of the curriculum, in which case it might well be feasible to join year 10 in May when you move here.

There certainly would be no point in trying to skip a year straight into year 12, and I don't think any state school would allow it anyway.

Some state schools offer IB.

A bright child can normally catch up relatively quickly if they go straight to A levels. However they need to be prepared to work hard at the beginning and you might consider some additional one-to-one help to fill in any gaps.

Others will know more, but my observation is that Universities are normally understanding. One option that is often available is sitting English GCSE in the first year of sixth form. It can be a key qualification so worth having.

I suspect you would need to find a state school that can let them go back a year and start year 10 in sept 2021, or a private crammer that would take them to sit gcses in summer 2021.
I suspect going into year 11 to do gcses that year could be tough and that schools might be unkeen.
I doubt there are any non-private accelerated courses.

So your child is abroad then? You still haven't said! What system are they in? Will they be able to provide exam results of any kind? Transcripts? SATS scores? Have you approached any sixth form colleges to see what they'd accept in those circumstances. London ones would be more used to students with international qualifications and probably more helpful than anyone here given the paucity of information you've posted.

You could look at IB schools. It is a demanding academic qualification but because of its international nature doesn't demand GCSEs for entry. Otherwise I second pp suggestions of a crammer or a small independent school that can offer a personalised programme.

You probably need to tell us a bit more about your child’s academic strengths and aspirations. BTEC is more vocational. A good fir for many, but not for a child who is, say, aspiring for Oxbridge.

Good transport - don't go to Devon then!

Is this for a child coming to uk from abroad? In which case why not straight to A levels/BTEC? Maybe with Maths and English GCSE if no exams in previous country taken.

Private, try DLD, Ashbourne, MPW and more. Their websites should tell you something about the structure of their courses. They probably do iGCSEs somay be able to offer exam dates other than June.

Or perhaps there is an online provider that is cheaper.