WillHR94

Hello everyone, It's the least I could do seeing as you all helped a lot. It also means if anyone else in the same situation has problems they could (hopefully) find the answers they need. Patf, as for the International Baccalaureate, the French Bac isn't similar at all. In fact they're complete different qualifications therefore companies can't compare my Bac with the International Bac. Doesn't make sense [blink] Regards, Will

Hello again, Problem solved. I finally received feedback from a company about my qualifications. It turns out it's because of the English that we study for the Bac as it isn't equivalent to GCSE's, it's a lower level again. Therefore I must take a GCSE in English or an equivalent for my applications to be accepted. Otherwise they do recognise that it's equivalent to A-Levels. Thank you all for your help!

So would you say a Baccalauréat Général is better than GCSEs? I know this sounds like a stupid question but none of the companies believe it's better than GCSEs.

Thank you for your quick response NormanH. This has helped a lot!

Hello, I moved to France at the age of twelve and having lived there for seven years have now moved back to the UK. I achieved my Brevet and my Scientific Baccalauréat there but I am having troubled getting them recognised by companies. I am trying to apply to engineering apprenticeships but I get the same response everytime being that they will not take my application further as I don't meet the minimum qualification criteria. I believe my qualifications are being misunderstood as the minimum qualifications requested are 5 GCSEs A-C Grade. I believe that these companies are using UK NARIC (UK Government Body) to obtain official transcripts but apparently the British equivalent isn't enough. I find this hard to believe as I looked into doing a year's foundation course at Uni and the curriculum was the exact same as that of Terminale. Has anyone ever had similar problems? I would really appreciate some advice on this topic as I am confused. Thanks.