Private candidates
A private candidate is a learner who wants to take a qualification but doesn't want to study full-time at a school or college. This includes learners who are:
- home-schooled
- self-taught
- looking to resit/retake an assessment
- students studying a course not offered by their own school or college.
UK GCSEs and A levels
A list of exam centres that accept private candidates for the upcoming examination series is available via the JCQ website.
Once you’ve found a centre, they will help you with the registration process. To register, you’ll need to provide the school or college with:
- your full name, address, postcode and date of birth
- a telephone number
- details of the subjects for which you want to register
- details of any coursework marks you want to transfer (if relevant)
- your Unique Candidate Identifier (UCI) number (if you've previously taken Pearson exams)
- your bank details.
If you require a list of centres within the UK that deliver a particular BTEC course, then please create a case record so one of our Learner Support Specialists can assist, providing the full title of the BTEC you wish to complete.
International Students
Our easy-to-use international centre search here, will help you find centres around the world that offer Edexcel and BTEC qualifications. Please note that these centres have given us permission to share their details here and these are, therefore, not complete lists of all centres offering these qualifications.
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