Guidance

Accreditation of GCSEs and A levels for teaching from 2018

A table showing the status of subjects being accredited for teaching from September 2018.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 14 June 2017
• Last updated: 4 June 2018 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

GCSE and A level subjects accredited to be taught from 2018

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Details

The timetable shows the dates by which exam boards have to send their specifications to Ofqual for consideration. As we receive and accredit specifications, we will update the attached table showing the progress.

When new information is available, the document will be updated at least weekly. Check the ‘+ full page history’ link on bottom-left of this page to see when and what the last update was.

Number of qualifications accredited

Each of the 18 subjects in the accreditation process has only 1 specification.

All GCSE subjects have been accredited.

All A level subjects have been accredited.

Number of specifications accredited

 For teaching from 2017

See “Accreditation of GCSEs, AS and A levels for teaching from 2017”.

For teaching from 2016

In 2016 we accredited 147 GCSE, AS and A level specifications.

For teaching from 2015

In 2015 we accredited 122 GCSE, AS and A level specifications.

The accreditation process

We have produced a diagram of the accreditation process.

The subjects covered in the attached documents are listed below.

GCSEs

See also subject content from DfE and requirements and guidance from Ofqual.

• biblical Hebrew
• Gujarati
• Persian
• Portuguese
• Turkish

A levels

See also subject content from DfE and requirements and guidance from Ofqual.

• Arabic
• Bengali
• biblical Hebrew
• Gujarati
• Japanese
• modern Greek
• modern Hebrew
• Panjabi
• Persian
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Turkish
• Urdu

Published 14 June 2017
Last updated 4 June 2018 + show all updates

1. 4 June 2018

   Updated - all subjects for 2018 now accredited.

2. 24 May 2018

   Update to A level Persian.

3. 2 May 2018

   Pearson Gujarati accredited

4. 25 April 2018

   Submission dates updated.

5. 16 April 2018

   Pearson (Edexcel) A level Urdu and GCSE Biblical Hebrew accredited.

6. 13 April 2018

   Table updated to show changes in submission date.

7. 29 March 2018

   Updated GCSE Biblical Hebrew and A level Urdu.

8. 23 March 2018

   Pearson, Portuguese accredited

9. 12 March 2018

   Arabic A level (Pearson (Edexcel) accredited Submission date updated

10. 6 March 2018

    Pearson (Edexcel) A level Turkish accredited. Updates to A level Persian and Portuguese.

11. 28 February 2018

    Submission date updated for Pearson - Urdu A level

12. 23 February 2018

    A level Gujarati updated.

13. 21 February 2018

    Updated A level Arabic.

14. 16 February 2018

    Updates to A level Persian, Portuguese and Turkish.

15. 30 January 2018

    Urdu, Pearson (Edexcel) 2nd submission due 7th March

16. 17 January 2018

    Pearson A level modern Greek accredited; submission dates updated

17. 12 January 2018

    Submission date updated for Modern Greek

18. 14 December 2017

    A level Panjabi accredited.

19. 27 November 2017

    Pearson (Edexcel) GCSE Turkish accredited.

20. 24 November 2017

    Accredited Pearson (Edexcel) GCSE Persian.

21. 20 November 2017

    Updates to A level Portuguese and update to GCSE Persian.

22. 16 November 2017

    Accredited GCSE Gujarati. Updates to A level Gujarati, A level Turkish and A level Urdu.

23. 13 November 2017

    Updates to A level Arabic and Persian, and to GCSE Gujarati and Persian.

24. 1 November 2017

    Updates to A level Bengali and Panjabi, and to GCSE Gujarati, Persian and Turkish.

25. 17 October 2017

    AQA A level Polish accredited.

26. 16 October 2017

    Update to GCSE Turkish: awaiting 4th submission.

27. 13 October 2017

    Pearson GCSE Portuguese accredited.

28. 12 October 2017

    Updates to GCSE Gujarati and A level Polish.

29. 3 October 2017

    Updates to GCSE Gujarati, GCSE Portuguese and A level Polish.

30. 28 September 2017

    Pearson A level Japanese and AQA A level modern Hebrew accredited.

31. 14 September 2017

    Updates A level to Bengali, Modern Hebrew, Panjabi, Polish, Japanese and Modern Greek.

32. 5 September 2017

    Updated GCSE submission information: Portuguese, 3rd submission due 2 October - Pearson (Edexcel). Turkish, 3rd submission due 2 October - Pearson (Edexcel).

33. 24 August 2017

    Update to A level modern Hebrew and GCSE Biblical Hebrew.

34. 22 August 2017

    Update to A level Bengali and Panjabi.

35. 16 August 2017

    AQA A level Biblical Hebrew accredited.

36. 7 August 2017

    Updates to AQA - Biblical Hebrew: A level, Pearson - Japanese: A level, Pearson - modern Greek: A level, and AQA - modern Hebrew: A level.

37. 27 July 2017

    Update to GCSE Portuguese, Pearson (Edexcel), awaiting 3rd submission

38. 25 July 2017

    Update to A level Modern Greek: Pearson (Edexcel), 2nd submission due 7 September. Update to A level Polish: AQA, 2nd submission due 7 September.

39. 20 July 2017

    Updates to GCSE Portuguese and Turkish.

40. 13 July 2017

    Update to Japanese: A level, Pearson (Edexcel), Awaiting 2nd submission. Update to Modern Greek: A level, Pearson (Edexcel), Awaiting 2nd submission. Update to Modern Hebrew: A level, AQA, Awaiting 2nd submission. Update to Polish: A level, AQA, Awaiting 2nd submission.

41. 7 July 2017

    Update to GCSE Turkish, Pearson (Edexcel), 2nd submission received 6 July.

42. 6 July 2017

    Update to GCSE Gujarati, Pearson (Edexcel), 2nd submission due 18 September. Update to GCSE Persian, Pearson (Edexcel), 2nd submission due 18 September.

43. 29 June 2017

    Update to GCSE Portuguese.

44. 28 June 2017

    GCSE Portuguese, Pearson (Edexcel), 2nd submission due 26 July.

45. 26 June 2017

    GCSE, AS level and A level submission dates updated for several subjects.

46. 23 June 2017

    Updates to: A level Japanese, Pearson (Edexcel), 1st submission received 23 June. A level Modern Greek, Pearson (Edexcel), 1st submission received 23 June.

47. 22 June 2017

    Modern Hebrew: A level (AQA) - submission date updated Polish: A level (AQA) -submission date updated

48. 19 June 2017

    GCSE Gujarati (Pearson) - 2nd submission due

49. 16 June 2017

    Update to GCSE Persian.

50. 14 June 2017

    First published.