Fast track A levels online

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Hi, can anybody recommend a fast track A level provider online please?

For whom, why fast track and in which subjects?

French

How old is the student and what level has he/she already reached in French?

18 yrs old. He is bilingual French / English and thinking he may want to go to the UK for university. We live abroad. He wants an A level in the bag for UCAS points potentially for later, with the plan to do a BTEC next Sept.

Which country does he live in now? This may have some bearing on what is available to him.

Do you know why he has shown interest in doing a BTEC in particular?

Be warned that occasionally universities do not count native language A-levels quite the same, eg "If a native language is being studied this will be considered equally alongside other A Levels, providing these are all taken within the usual 2 year period". Most will accept it fine, but they may be more interested in the other subjects studied depending on the course applied for. Most offers are not "this many points"; they tend to ask for A-level/BTEC grades. Does/will he have qualifications from where he is now?
There's quite a lot of A-level content that is not just language, so the A-level is not necessarily as easy for a native-speaker as they might expect.

Most 18yo would not be starting a Btec, what does he hope to study and where? Are you sure that whatever end of school exams he is taking will not give him the relevant points. Most unis rely on grades from qualifications rather than points.

Agree with others - make sure you check that the courses he wants to do are looking for UCAS points- many do not. Also can he not put forward the exams he has done, if he is 18, or has he had time out of educatiuon and is looking to catch up?

WRT the French A level - MFL is my subject and I would make him aware that it MFL A level is not the walk in the park a native speaker might expect. For example AQA, which I know well, requires in-depth knowledge (and the ability to speak and write about) a range of 12 pretty serious topics (changing family, la patrimoine, and treatment of criminals to name three) as well as the requirement to study in depth a book and a film (or two books - but why would you?) and write exam essays about them. That's on top of obviously knowledge of exam technique.

I'm not saying you would think this, but I have certainly known (and assessed) native speakers who thought they could waltz in and chat and get an A-star.

if you do go ahead I would imagine a tutor a couple of times a week and access to an exam centre int he UK would be the way forward. I always recommend Tutors & Exams for the latter.