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Ofqual guidance on submission of students' grades

New guidance from Ofqual gives information for heads of centre, heads of department, subject leads and teachers about how to generate grades in 2021 and the evidence that should be considered.

Consultation on autumn 2021 exam series

Ofqual is asking for views on how an autumn exam series for GCSEs, AS and A-levels should run this year, in a two-week consultation launched on 17 March.

Keeping students' work for the summer 2021 series

The JCQ has confirmed that all evidence on which a student’s grade is based should be kept safely by the school or college.

What it means: summer 2021 consultation decisions explained

Clarification on how grades will be awarded this summer for GCSE, AS and A-levels, as well as Vocational, Technical and other qualifications.

Summer 2021 consultation decisions published

Read the decisions from the joint DfE and Ofqual consultation for the summer 2021 series.

AQA donates laptops to help children learn online

We've donated 300 laptops to school children in the Trafford area in support of a local council initiative.

A-level English Lit A (7712) specification change

We need to make two changes to the Paper 2A – World War I and its aftermath component that will be implemented for first teaching from September 2021 and examined in summer 2023: we’re introducing a new post-2000 drama text and My Boy

e-AQA to be replaced by Centre Services

In March, e-AQA will start to transition to a new system, Centre Services. Centre Services will become the place for most of the activities you’ll carry out in May and June.

GCSE Physical Education (8582) updated specification

We have updated our GCSE Physical Education specification.

Technical Award Performing Arts ends after summer 2023 series

The last exams for students taking the current qualification will be in the summer 2023 series, which will also be the final resit opportunity.