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November 2017 exams and summer series 2018

I am sure many of you reading this blog will already be focussed on next summer’s GCSE and A level exam series, and first awarding of more new qualifications. Below are a few points of potential...

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Navigating the qualifications landscape

At Ofqual’s recent employer event we spoke about the regulated qualifications landscape and what we’re doing to help people navigate it. We have now updated some of the charts we used at that event to...

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GCSE and A level awarding in 2018

We, like schools and colleges, are already looking ahead to this summer’s exams. This year there are more new AS and A level subjects and 9 to 1 GCSEs being awarded for the first time. They include the...

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GCSE grade boundaries in 2018

Grade boundaries for GCSEs and A levels are never set in advance of the exams being taken, for a variety of reasons. A key one is that it is impossible to judge precisely how difficult students will...

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New GCSEs in French, German and Spanish

Among the new GCSEs being awarded for the first time this year are French, German and Spanish. These qualifications are different from the previous versions in several ways, which I’ll discuss first....

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Teachers' views on GCSE maths tier entries in 2018

In the run up to the first exams in the new GCSE maths, we knew that one of the issues worrying schools was choices about which tier to enter students for. In early 2017, we asked GCSE maths teachers...

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GCSE 9 to 1 grades: a brief guide for parents

If you have children in year 11 taking GCSEs this year, many of their results will be reported on the new grade scale which runs from 9 (the highest grade) to 1 (the lowest grade). Here’s a brief guide...

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5 questions and concerns answered about new 9 to1 GCSE grading

This week we’re addressing some of the common questions and concerns posted in response to our recent Facebook updates and blogs. ‘New GCSEs are very hard’ We have seen quite a few comments about new...

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Setting standards in the new A level maths qualifications

This summer we will see the first awards of the new A level maths qualifications. These were available for schools to teach from September 2017, so they would not normally be available to enter after...

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Grading the new GCSE science qualifications

The new GCSE science qualifications can be taken in different ways – students can take single GCSEs in one or more of biology, chemistry and physics, or they can take a double GCSE in combined science....

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