The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for short are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by virtually all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (25) _______ school before you (26) _______ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examination up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English and mathematics, and you can select (27) _______ , such as music, drama, geography and history from ...

The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for short are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by virtually all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (25) _______ school before you (26) _______ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examination up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English and mathematics, and you can select (27) _______ , such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (28) _______ you can build (29) _______ at colleague and eventually at university.