Question Japanese Years 1-3?

[lv426]

I've been doing Japanese for just under two years at my college, I move to Uni in about two weeks. I really wanted to do the GCSE for Japanes this year, hoever the only college in the area that I have found that does lessons does not do the GCSE.
It does Japanese from years 1 - 3, I dont really know what this means but I guess it just to learn. The college did say that thouse years cover what you would learn in both GCSE and Alevels, do you actually get and writen documentation after compleating each year.
I'm also not sure what year to start at, I guess I'm getting near to GCSE level. Another year of studying and I should be fine for that, I guessed Year one but would that go over a whole load of stuff I've already learnt?

If these course do not actually count as anything, would it still be possible for me to take the GCSE at the end of the year, I'm sure there would be somewhere in London that would do this.
I guess I would just get some practice papers somewhere and then work with them.

The only place I have heard about Japanese year one and so befor is on this forum, I think moslty from American people. Is this a more reconised course internationaly, than say a GCSE?

Thanks for any advice...