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A letter from Chief Regulator Jo Saxton to heads of schools and colleges, ahead of GCSE, AS and A level exams starting on 16 May 2022.
We have now reached the start of the summer series, with exams and formal…
Pass, merit and distinction criteria for 2021 published, with flexible approach to assessment in class or on a one-to-one basis.
Pupils up and down the country receive A level results - with entries to STEM subjects increasing for both boys and girls
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Statement by Minister of State for Schools Nick Gibb about GCSE, AS and A level subject content for teaching from September 2017.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Written ministerial statement by Schools Minister Nick Gibb about reformed History of Art AS and A level subject content.
Written ministerial statement on final subject content for further GCSE and AS and A level subjects.
Written ministerial statement on revised subject content for AS and A levels in geology and politics, and GCSE short course in PE.
Written ministerial statement by Schools Minister Nick Gibb on a consultation on revised subject content for GCSE and A levels.
Minister for School Reform Nick Gibb's statement on reforming GCSE and A level content.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces final content for more rigorous and demanding arts GCSEs and A levels, and GCSE computer science.
Letter from Nick Gibb to the A Level Content Advisory Board (ALCAB) about its recommendations for revised A level subject content.
Minister for School Reform Nick Gibb's statement about the publication of reformed A level content.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces the next steps on GCSE and A level reform.
Education Secretary Michael Gove’s statement about the publication of reformed GCSE and A level content.
Elizabeth Truss speaks to the School Leaders Summit about reforms to the curriculum, exams and school accountability.
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