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September 2020

17 September

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE English Language

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE English Language (8700)

15 September

Our new plans for GCSE English Literature

Our new plans for GCSE English Literature (8702)

15 September

Update: GCSE English Literature changes for 2021 exams

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE English Literature following approval from Ofqual.

10 September

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE English Literature

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE English Literature

February 2020

3 February

Updated: Question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam: what’s available when

We’re changing the date of when we publish question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam on our website. This is now applicable to all qualifications.

December 2019

2 December

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

10 October

Step Up to English (5970) updated NEA tasks for 2019/20

Each year we replace our non-exam assessment (NEA) topics, one for each component, to the bank of externally-set tasks.

1 October

English anthologies available now

English anthologies are available now.

September 2019

13 September

A-level English Literature A (7712) changes to specification

We’ve made a few changes to the non-exam assessment (NEA) section of our A-level English Literature A (7712) specification.

13 September

A-level English Literature B (7717) changes to specification

We’ve added a list of ‘NEA prohibited texts’ to the non-exam assessment (NEA) section of our A-level English Literature B (7717) specification to ease the administrative process of checking texts against the exam lists.