News

June 2022

29 June

An update on GCSE Music (8271/W)

Students will be awarded the full 4 marks for question 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 in section A of our GCSE Music exam.

February 2022

1 February

Dance, drama and music: performance duration declaration form for 2022

For 2022, you'll need to complete our performance duration declaration form for Dance, Drama and Music qualifications.

September 2020

9 September

Changes to 2021 exams for AS Music

Changes to 2021 exams for AS Music

9 September

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE Music

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE Music

9 September

Changes to 2021 exams for A-level Music

Changes to 2021 exams for A-level Music

May 2020

15 May

Changes to GCSE Music specification

We've updated our specification to include the specific versions students need to study for areas of study 2, 3 and 4.

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

16 December

Summer 2020 NEA face-to-face teacher standardisation available

We encourage all teachers marking centre-assessed components this summer to complete standardisation as a refresher before you start marking assessments.

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

1 October

AS and A-level Music updated scores of set works on SKM

We've made a few changes to the set works scores for Area of Study 1 to correct some discrepancies.