How to decide what to do after GCSEs

Armed with your GCSE results, at last you’re in a position to decide on your next step. Should you carry on into the sixth form and study for A-levels? If so, what A-levels should you be doing? If your GCSE results were disappointing, should you be retaking?

Most students who have decided to continue into sixth form will have provisionally made their A-level choices already. But now it’s time to reflect on your earlier decisions in the light of the grades you actually received.

If your results were disappointing

Bluntly, if you got low grades, doors to most good universities are slammed shut unless you are prepared to have another stab at your GCSE exams. Your GCSE grades really do matter because,…