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December 2019
Question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam: what’s available when
We’re changing the date of when we publish our AS, A-level and GCSE question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam on our website.
October 2019
GCSE History (8145) changes to specification for 2020 exams
We’re making some changes to the command word and stems to a number of GCSE History questions to make the demands of these questions clearer for all students.
GCSE Music (8271) additional specification changes for 2022
We’ve made a further change to the replacement study piece for Area of Study 4 in the GCSE Music specification. The change affects first teaching in September 2020 for exams in summer 2022.
September 2019
GCSE Geography new teaching guide: assessment for grades 1–3
We have uploaded a new teaching guide for assessment at grades 1–3.
GCSE and A-level PE changes to activity list from September 2020
The Department for Education (DfE) has announced revised non-exam assessment (NEA) activity lists for GCSE, AS and A-level Physical Education (PE).
GCSE Music (8271) specification changes
We’ve updated our GCSE Music (8271) specification to replace the current study pieces with new pieces for each Area of Study. The change affects first teaching in September 2020 for exams in summer 2022.
GCSE Drama updated set plays for first teaching in 2020
We’re replacing three of our set plays for GCSE Drama (8261). The change will affect first teaching in September 2020 with exams taking place in summer 2022.
GCSE Media Studies specification changes
We’ve updated our GCSE Media Studies (8572) specification to add a number of media terms that were not included in the subject content.
GCSE Task 1: Food investigation released on SKM
The GCSE Food Food Preparation and Nutrition (8585) Task 1: Food investigation has been released on SKM.