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Our entry fees for summer 2025 exams
We’ve published the fees on entry fees webpage.
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Visiting exams: safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges
We understand the importance of safeguarding within schools and colleges, and we appreciate the challenges that can be faced during visiting exams for our subjects with visiting components. To help improve your experience during visiting exams, we’ve provided some useful safeguarding guidance. Find out more.
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Ofqual guides for 2023 and 2024
Ofqual has recently published new and updated guides for schools, colleges and students for November 2023 and summer 2024 exams. Learn more.
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Submitting examined and moderated NEA files in summer 2024*error
We’ve been working hard to improve the way schools and colleges submit audio and visual files to us. Our final testing is now complete and for summer 2024, we’re pleased to say we’ve built on the system we used last year and listened to your feedback. Learn more.
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GCSE English Literature Paper 2 (specification 8702)
GCSE English Literature Paper 2 (specification 8702)
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Updated JCQ guidance: use of artificial intelligence in assessments
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has published updated guidance on artificial intelligence (AI) use in assessments.
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Guidance on recruiting invigilators
Over the last few years, many schools and colleges have found they've been unable to recruit enough invigilators to cover their exams during the summer. To help prepare you for summer 2024, we've provided some guidance and advice from The Exams Office on recruiting invigilators.
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Ofqual's letter to schools and colleges on exams and grading arrangements in summer 2024
Ofqual's Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, has shared the plans for exams and grading in summer 2024.
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Extended Project Qualifications: What do the statistics say about student growth?
A former student from Nottingham College won top prize in AQA’s Project Excellence Awards 2023/24 for her Extended Project Qualification on Queerness and Vampirism.
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Increased security measures from Summer 2024
As part of increased security measures and to protect the integrity of exams, from this summer exam series and onwards, we’re introducing additional security steps when schools and colleges download question papers on the day of the exam.
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Delivery of results for vocational and technical qualifications
Following the success of the term-time checkpoints that Ofqual introduced in 2023 to make sure results for vocational and technical qualifications (VTQs) were issued on time, this work will continue into 2024 and beyond. Find out more.