AQA exams in countries where exams have been cancelled

Ofqual’s plan where exams cannot go ahead

Ofqual has confirmed to exam boards, that its post-covid resilience arrangements such as Teacher Assessed Grades were designed for events that have a system-wide impact, and not for localised or regional disruption.

This means exam boards cannot issue results based on mock exams or other forms of evidence, to students where exams cannot go ahead in their country.

We appreciate that this may not be what schools and students were expecting and recognise the challenges it may bring. We’re here to support schools in the next steps and guide them through the options available.

OxfordAQA entries: what evidence to submit

Please make sure you follow the steps so that all evidence can be reviewed successfully by an OxfordAQA examiner. Please gather the evidence for your students as set out in the OxfordAQA guidance document which outlines what evidence is needed and includes examples for specific subjects and components. This can include AQA past papers as evidence.

Whether your learners switch to an existing OxfordAQA specification or to one of the additional OxfordAQA international A-levels and GCSEs that we’re making available, the evidence should reflect the work carried out as part of students’ preparation for assessment through the AQA specification. You do not need to address any content differences between AQA and OxfordAQA specifications. 

OxfordAQA entries: Centre declaration form

Once all evidence has been uploaded, you’ll need to complete the Centre Declaration Form to confirm that: 

• the evidence submitted is authentic and that of the individual students named
• all required evidence has been submitted
• the evidence is final and ready for an OxfordAQA examiner to review.

You should submit one form per specification.

Student predicted grades

You can submit student predicted grades using this form. 

Late entries

If you’ve not already made entries for a student for OxfordAQA or AQA, we’ll need some evidence to support that these students were preparing to sit exams this series.  We cannot accept any new entries after 15 May 2026.

Special consideration for AQA entries and support with NEA and speaking tests

To help support as many students as possible to receive an AQA qualification under the Special Consideration arrangements, we can help you to deliver AQA GCSE MFL spoken language assessments or other oral or performance-based components remotely. Please take a look at our remote speaking tests guidance document.

If your school is open and you can carry out speaking tests safely, please deliver them with your students as usual. 

We’ve automatically applied a two-week extension to the deadlines to submit marks and grades for NEA. Please submit your special consideration request no later than seven days after you’ve submitted the NEA.

If your students have not completed their NEA, they will not be able to use this to get an AQA grade, but they can use this as evidence towards an OxfordAQA grade.

Statement of recognition 

If students are not eligible for special consideration and need evidence of attainment for progression, particularly to higher education, schools can request a statement of recognition.

This statement recognises that the student has been fully prepared for their qualifications but has encountered exceptional mitigating circumstances outside their control which prevent them from completing any components in an award.

The Statement of Recognition is not an award but uses predicted grades to recognise the grades the student was expected to achieve had they been able to sit their exams. Please see Section 5.2, p.18 of the JCQ A guide to the special consideration process for more information. 

While this is not a qualification certificate, it can inform discussions to facilitate progression. Ofqual is speaking with UCAS to ask for their support for students applying for UK higher education.

To apply for this, please email specialconsiderationqueries@aqa.org.uk by 1 May 2026 and they can support you through this process.

Results days

We have tried as much as possible to keep the process for results aligned to what we usually do to make things easier for schools. The main difference to the results process is that, because grades have been calculated or awarded by examiners, marks for components will not be available on results documents or in Data Insights.

For students whose evidence was submitted after the deadline, we'll confirm with you directly if there is an impact to results being released by results day. For students whose evidence was submitted on time, results days will be released as follows.

Please note, for any centres in the contingency series that would normally receive results via EDI A2C, results will only be available through Centre Services.

Confidentiality reminder

You must not share results, grade boundaries or any information about results before 8:00am (UK time) on results day with:

• teachers
• students
• parents
• the media or social media.

Not complying with these confidentiality requirements will be treated as malpractice, and investigated.

Results slips and Candidate Statement of Results (CSoRs)

You'll need to make sure that appropriate arrangements are made for students to receive their results on results day. Students should be aware that we are unable to confirm any results over the phone or by email, even if your school is closed.

To access students’ results slips on Centre Services, simply follow the instructions below:

• log into Centre Services
• click 'Post-exams'
• click 'Results'
• click 'Results documents'
• click drop down arrow to open.

In Centre Services, you will be able to access a broadsheet of Provisional Results. This document provides a single view of all the results that each learner has been awarded in an easy to read format.

Candidate Statements of Results (CSoRs) are strictly confidential documents that will be sent to your school and can be given to students on results day. You will receive a dispatch notification when these have been sent.

We know you do not normally receive Candidate Statement of Results, but as you have switched to OxfordAQA for this exam series, we will provide those for you as this is our normal process for OxfordAQA exams.

Please note that CSoRs will be OxfordAQA branded.

Data Insights

We know how centres value the results analysis tool, Data Insights, following results to look at marks for individual exam paper components and for cohort comparison. For May/June 2026 only, please note that as grades have been calculated, or awarded by examiners, marks for components will not be available on results documents or in Data Insights.

UMS approach

We have outlined how we will assign UMS for OxfordAQA AS and A-level components (modular qualifications) in the guidance document on pages 13 and 14 of our guidance document.

Post-results services

As with results, we have tried as much as possible to keep the process for post-results aligned to what we usually do. The main difference is that we will ask you to email a form to us to carry out a review of grading, rather than making the request in Centre Services.

If a student is not happy with the grade they receive based on the evidence submitted, you can request a review of grading. A second senior examiner will review the original grade awarded along with the original evidence submitted.

As with our usual process, there is no grade protection for review of grading (grades may be lowered, confirmed or raised because of the review). You must ask for students’ consent before submitting a request.

Deadlines

The deadline for requesting a fast-track review of grading is 20 August 2026. The last date to apply for a review of grading is 24 September 2026.

To request a review of grading, please complete this form with the student’s consent and email it to info@oxfordaqa.com

Please note that you will not be able to request a review of grading in Centre Services.

The full post-results guidance document can be found here.

Grades awarded using NEA component

For grades that have been awarded using a completed NEA component (AQA centres) you will be able to request a review of marking for that component only. Please follow the usual AQA post-results process.

Private Candidates

Private candidates can make these requests through their British Council Office.

Appeals

You can make an appeal if you are not satisfied with the review of grading outcome.

Please complete the application for an appeal and email our Appeals team at appeals@aqa.org.uk within 30 calendar days of receiving the outcome.