Your child has left school. They can still sit their GCSEs.

Yes. Most GCSE subjects are assessed entirely by written exam, so a home educated child can sit them as a private candidate at an exam centre. A few subjects include non-exam assessment or a practical element that a centre has to run, and this varies by board, so check the specification before choosing one. Not every centre takes private candidates, so start looking early.

Make your exam plan: boards, dates and centres

Rocket Learning covers 7 subjects: Maths, Science, English, Geography, History, Computing, and Business Studies. Content spans Year 1 through to GCSE (Y11) and is mapped to the national curriculum for England.

Yes. Every lesson is mapped to the national curriculum for England and aligned to all major GCSE exam boards (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA) as well as Pearson Edexcel International and Cambridge CAIE for IGCSE. Home educating families in England are not required to follow the national curriculum or to provide reports.

Rocket Learning is designed for students aged 5–16 (Year 1 to Year 11), covering Key Stages 1 through 4 including GCSE.

Yes. The parent dashboard provides weekly progress reports, domain-level mastery tracking, lesson history, and personalised recommendations for each child.

Yes. Every family gets unlimited real-world Missions and five free lessons in every subject, every month, free forever, no card. Paid plans (from £12.42/month billed annually) unlock unlimited lessons and your child's termly portfolio, with a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Yes. We offer GCSE-specific revision content including exam-style questions, full-length practice papers in the style of each board, and lessons mapped to the national curriculum for England, for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA across Maths, Science, English, Computing and Business Studies. The practice papers are written by us and matched to each board's timing, mark total, calculator rules and tiers. They are not past papers.

Yes. We cover Pearson Edexcel International GCSE and Cambridge IGCSE, the two IGCSE boards a UK private candidate can realistically sit, with practice papers and lessons across maths, biology, chemistry, physics, English, geography, history and business. We also hold OxfordAQA material, though OxfordAQA is built for international schools and we have not been able to confirm a UK centre that takes private candidates. Not every exam centre accepts private candidates, and availability varies by area and subject, so it's worth contacting centres early.

It's built for them. Weekly progress reports give you a clear record of learning you can share with your local authority if you choose to. Home educating families in England are not required to follow the national curriculum or to provide reports. Content is mapped to the national curriculum for England so a move to or from school is smooth, you can pick IGCSE (Edexcel International, Cambridge or OxfordAQA) as easily as standard GCSE, and you can manage multiple children from a single Family Pack.

Read: your first week after your child leaves school

Yes. Rocket Learning is available on the App Store for both iPad and iPhone. The app is touch-optimised for kids, with the same lessons, interactive engines, and progress as the web. Sign in on any device and everything syncs automatically, so a child can start a lesson on the iPad or iPhone and pick it up on a laptop later. Search 'Rocket Learning' on the App Store or scan the QR code on this page.

Existing accounts from the previous version still work. Visit our legacy site (link in the footer) to log in. New signups should use this site, which has the latest features.