IT degree with A levels & 7 years of work experience

[rachel83az]

It was a legitimate brick-and-mortar place that has been closed for about 10 years. 
There are thousands of people who have graduated from it since it's been in operation for many decades. It was actually called "The Chemistry and Technology College of D.I. Mendeleev". Rumor has it that he was part of its opening, but I'm not sure.

This one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Mendele..._of_Russia Looks like it's still going. I don't know how much of that might or might not be propaganda, but it seems valid enough. And potentially decently ranked.

The vocational school was in Russia, and given how bad a rap it has these days, I'm a bit afraid of possible prejudices.

A valid concern, but I don't think I'd be too worried. At least in theory, the evaluators are supposed to be at least somewhat politically neutral.

If you're anxious anyway, you can always get 2 or 3 evaluations at once. Not the cheapest way to go about it, but nothing says you have to stick with one evaluation company.

If you don't mind possibly signing up for emails from WES (or you can use a service like 10 minute mail), you can get an idea of what they'd say with this tool: https://applications.wes.org/degree-equivalency-tool/