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New research looks at whether perceptions of difficulty affect subject choices.
A table listing the subjects that are not being reformed and the reasons why.
Our decision on grading standards in A level science and modern foreign language subjects.
An Ofsted subject report into factors that influence the quality of mathematics education in schools in England.
A review of international approaches to inter-subject comparability across 30 countries.
Includes a list of subjects that we are proposing to discontinue.
A consultation following recommendations made in Professor Smith’s review of A levels and proposed changes to subject criteria.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
An overview of QCA's studies to address the issue of standards across A level subjects.
Research into the attitudes of male and female students aged 15 to 16 towards STEM subjects.
A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality.
Ofqual’s research on the comparability of different GCSE, AS and A level subjects in England and related reference papers.
An analysis of the effect of revised GCSE and GCE A level subject content on specific protected groups of people.
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