Simon Northcott

Principal of Stafford International School

We have made the decision to switch to Edexcel Int. GCSEs for a number of reasons. Firstly the support from the team here in Sri Lanka is 2nd to none. Secondly during this Covid period, the decision-making by Edexcel globally has been clear and made early, which has enabled us as a school to respond in good time, and to communicate clearly with parents. Thirdly, having looked in detail at the syllabi, we feel that the exams and the exam style is more child friendly than some of the rival examination boards. In particular they seem to test what children know rather than try and find out what children don’t know. The support we have had from Edexcel in our early stages of the switch has been great and we don’t regret it at all.