Choose the track that fits your family's learning style and schedule.
Access to the learning portal plus live teaching sessions following a weekly timetable.
More info →Learning portal access with no live sessions. Correspond remotely with your tutor for marked assignments and guidance.
Fees & info →Access to course content only — no associated tutor. Awarded on a case-by-case basis.
IGCSEs are the international equivalent of British General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) qualifications. IGCSEs are awarded by recognised UK exam boards including Cambridge Assessment International Education and are the most popular international qualifications in the world for 14 to 16 year olds.
IGCSE qualifications are recognised by colleges, universities and employers in the UK, USA, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany and beyond.
Immanuel Online School prepares students to take Cambridge IGCSE examinations at age 16 as private candidates in convenient local examination centres of their choice.
On the IOS Live Track, we offer a core of six IGCSE exam subjects plus Foundations, together with as many elective IGCSE subjects as students wish to take. It is possible for a student to swap out one core subject for an option subject (e.g. Biology for Computer Science).
By arrangement with the school, it will be possible for students who have already made substantial progress to begin some IGCSE subjects in Year 9 to take the exams in Year 10 and reduce the number of exams taken at the end of Year 11.
Compulsory core subjects
Optional subjects
One of our GCSE students (NSW track) wrote in with a testimonial, having achieved five A grades and four A*s. It is a helpful article that outlines how she found her time with Immanuel Online School but also how she went about managing her time and tackling the GCSEs over three years.
| Item | Per Term | Annually (upfront) |
|---|---|---|
| 📚 IGCSE core — six exam subjects + Foundations | £1,000 | £2,800 Save £400 |
| ➕ Optional IGCSE subject (each) | £125 | £355 Save £20 |
| 🔒 Holding deposit | £100 | |
Fees reflect all applicable UK taxation. Local taxes may apply in other jurisdictions — please contact the school for details.
From September 2025, stated fees are exclusive of VAT; VAT will be added where applicable. Fees cover academic and pastoral tutors, server and technical infrastructure, content, maintenance, and administrative support.
We recommend students take at least 6 IGCSEs. By exception, a half-core package is available. This always includes Foundations as a non-examined compulsory subject. The table below compares the half-core (4 subjects) against the standard core of six.
| Plan | Subjects (inc. English) |
Foundations | Components | Per Term | Annual | Per Subject (upfront) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
⭐ Core
Recommended
|
6 | ✔ | 7 | £1,000 | £2,800 | ~£400 |
|
🔵 Half-Core
By exception
|
4 | ✔ | 5 | £800 | £2,250 | ~£450 |
IGCSEs are regarded as the international equivalent of British GCSEs and closely reflect the content and level of GCSE qualifications. IGCSEs have been offered for 30 years, since GCSEs replaced O Levels as the general form of examination for 16 year olds in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland). IGCSEs are currently offered by three UK based exam boards: Cambridge Assessment International Education, Pearson Edexcel and OxfordAQA.
IGCSEs can be taken at hundreds of examination centres worldwide. Students can be assessed 100% by written exam rather than by a combination of exam and coursework and do not require practical laboratory work. For these reasons, IGCSEs are more suited to online learning than GCSEs. We take account of this exam emphasis by carefully training all students in exam techniques, model answers and revision methods to ensure they are well prepared for written exams.
An advantage of IGCSE exams is that they can be taken in multiple locations in many countries across the world. To find out where your nearest centre for Cambridge IGCSE exams is located, please consult their website. Please note that the current arrangements anticipate parents or guardians will need to book and pay their local centre for the exams taken. Exam fees are not included in the school fees.
