News

February 2020

3 February

GCSE languages summer 2020 entries and tiering decisions

The entries deadline for GCSE exams this summer is 21 February 2020, but you can change your tier of entry up to 21 April 2020 without any additional charge.

3 February

GCSE Design and Technology new example responses on SKM

We’ve released five new portfolios for GCSE Design and Technology (8552) which have all been marked and discussed by our lead moderating team.

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.

January 2020

31 January

Changes to GCSE Science exam papers for 2020

We’ve made some changes to the instructions on our summer 2020 GCSE Science exam papers, to help students understand what is required in the exam. The changes won’t affect the assessments or the way they are marked.

28 January

AS and A-level Politics specification changes for summer 2020

We’ve made a small change to the AS and A-level Politics (7151, 7152) specifications to clarify the requirements for the 12 mark extract based question (AS) and the 25 mark extract question (A-level).

27 January

A-level Geography: new example material for Papers 1 and 2

We’ve created a suite of new example materials for A-level Geography Paper 1 (Physical Geography) and Paper 2 (Human Geography).

22 January

Summer 2020 NEA teacher online standardisation (T-OLS) available

We strongly advise all teachers marking centre-assessed components to complete teacher online standardisation (T-OLS) on e-AQA before you start marking assessments.

17 January

Updated A-level Computer Science teachers notes on SKM

A-level Computer Science, summer 2020 teacher notes updated on secure key materials (SKM).

16 January

AQA launches Student Advisory Group at parliamentary reception

We launched our new Student Advisory Group at a parliamentary reception on 15 January, entitled ‘Celebrating the voice of students in the exam system’.

14 January

Exam results day – what you need to know

Good luck to everyone receiving their results this week. Here's some useful information to help get you through the day.