Thanks for your comments guys. I was ready to be 'shot down' regarding my comments on the GCSE's
Hopefully when i find out what my grades were ill have the required 5 but I'm sure it was more like 3-4!
Ivor_Novello could i ask how you got in to NATS without required exams or previous experience? did you have the equivalent of 5 GCSE's from your home country?
I have read through MATS1 a few times as I'm genuinely interested, I'm sure i could learn it in 6 months