Support for teachers and schools

We offer an unparalleled level of support, which is one of the many reasons we remain such a popular Awarding Body.

We host and attend a range of educational exhibitions/conferences across the country throughout the year.

Our Regional Officers also support the exams officers who administer exams in schools and colleges. Programmes of meetings are held with exams officers to talk about administrative issues and listen to their views.

To join any of these meetings, use our easy online event booking service. If you are not permitted to use this online service, complete our event booking form and return it to us by fax or post.

Teacher Support meetings and events

We offer an extensive programme of activities to support the teaching of our GCE, GCSE and other qualifications and National Curriculum (Key Stage) tests, including:

New in 2008

Some delegate packs for those unable to attend all meetings are available to purchase.

Coursework standardisation meetings

  • Free
  • October–January
  • local meetings for centres in the first year of teaching a new specification
  • then for new centres and those who have been identified as needing support.

Otherwise, specific advice available from the subject teams: see Contacting AQA.

Support materials for GCE/GCSE

  • New GCEs specifications for first teaching in 2008.
  • New GCSE specifications for first teaching in 2009.
  • Current GCE/GCSE (including Applied) – Teacher's Guide, Specimen Papers, Mark Schemes etc are available to download from the subject pages or to purchase in print from Publications.
  • Exemplar materials for many current specifications are available to download from the subject pages or to purchase in print from Publications.
  • Resource lists for many current specifications are available to download from the subject pages or by post from Subject Officers: see Contacting AQA.

AQA Support – supporting teachers to teach and students to learn.