International GCSE German

You can enrol and start any time you like, the earlier the better. The important thing to think about is when you wish to sit your exam and to give yourself plenty of time to work through your materials and revise successfully. Our cut-off dates for enrolment can be found here.

Once you have enrolled, you will get access to your course online immediately and your printed course materials will arrive a few days later.

The German IGCSE papers can only be taken in the Summer examination series.  The Summer series typically runs from mid-May to late June.

The German IGCSE exam is not available in the Autumn series.

The final date for booking summer exams with the exam board without incurring late entry fees is the 21st of February. You should book your place at an exam centre well in advance of this date. Start looking once the autumn term begins.

All the information you need to book an exam centre can be found in our Exams Hub. Here you will find

• detailed instructions on how to approach an exam officer if there is no online booking form
• the entry codes needed to book exams
• our map of examination centres where our students have taken exams in recent years.

Tutors & Exams offers discounts to Oxford Home Schooling students and has nine current exam venues across the UK: Birmingham, Bolton,  Coventry, Doncaster, High Wycombe, Romford, St Neots, Taunton and Wimbledon.

Our exam map also shows other private exam centres that will help and also offer a discount. Please be aware that because of the oral local schools may be reluctant to help and you could have to travel to find an exam centre.

Pearson Edexcel also publishes a list of exam centres that accept private candidates. This won’t cover every available centre, so if there’s nothing shown in your area, we recommend contacting local schools and colleges directly.

Your exam fees aren’t included in the course cost as they’re paid directly to the exam centre. They will vary depending on which centre you choose.  Generally speaking, dedicated examination services will be more expensive than a local school or college.

Prices range from £100 to £350 pounds.

Speaking and listening each contribute 25% to your final grade and are an important part of your course. There are listening exercises built into the course, your tutor will provide some time speaking to you on the phone as part of your tutor-marked assignments and general interactions during your course, particularly during Module 5.

However, you will also need to find ways to practice these skills beyond the scope of your interactions with your tutor. Methods might include

• Using smartphone apps
• YouTube videos (there are numerous links within the course materials)
• Watching German language films or television
• Booking Additional 1-1 paid tutorials with your tutor via Oxford Home Schoolings Tutoring Platform

No. The course begins with the most basic elements of the German language. But, of course, any prior experience is advantageous and will make it easier to progress, especially in the early stages. It will also help to have studied another language, e.g. French or Spanish, even though these are organised very differently.

If an exam centre agrees to enter you for Spanish IGCSE, they are also responsible for conducting the oral. It is not shown on the exam timetables as each entering centre has flexibility over the exact time and date, but it will be in a window of about 4 weeks before the first written paper.

Your entering centre will provide a teacher to conduct the oral test which will be recorded and sent to Edexcel for marking.

You will be able to practice for the oral with your tutor but the actual 10 minute exam will be conducted by a tutor at the exam centre where you are sitting your written papers.