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<p>Departmental funding rules require full time students with prior attainment of
a D to work towards achieving a C grade or higher in GCSE English and maths. Students
who achieve lower than a D grade at 16 may study other qualifications such as Functional
Skills as a ‘stepping stone’ towards GCSE.</p><p> </p><p>For those opting to retake
their GCSE(s) or being required to do so due to having previously attained a grade
D, there is no requirement for them to repeatedly re-sit the GCSE exam. Schools and
colleges have the freedom to determine when a student is ready to re-sit their GCSE.
This is because our 16-19 English and maths requirements relates to enrolments rather
than exam entries. This provides a school or college the flexibility to determine
when best for a student to be entered for and sit an exam. For some students that
might be the following November, while other students may require</p><p>a year, or
two years study and tuition before they are ready to re-sit the exam.</p><p> </p><p>If
students resit their GCSE part way through their programme and fail to gain a grade
C then they are expected to continue studying for the GCSE.</p>
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