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  2024-09-25T12:35:42Z

  Student success: Every little achievement counts

  Baroness Morgan is calling for students to be given ‘self-belief’ lessons as a way of developing their characters and preparing them for the future.

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  2025-12-18T09:48:20Z

  Stride Maths

  Provides personalised student insights and fully funded for your centre.

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  2025-12-19T13:53:50Z

  Our entry fees for summer 2026 exams

  We’ve published the fees on our entry fees webpage

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  2026-01-14T16:15:37Z

  Project Q

  Use a streamlined online management platform that helps teachers and students track, organise, and complete EPQ with real‑time progress monitoring and simple, intuitive tools.

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  2025-10-15T08:05:00Z

  There’s more to accessibility than extra time

  Special educational needs coordinators (SENCos) and exams officers share their views on current access arrangements and how the future of accessibility might look.…

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  2025-10-07T12:48:40Z

  Level 2 Further Maths case study – Brockington College

  Peter Mattock has been teaching maths since 2006 and now works as an Assistant Principal at an 11-16 school in Leicestershire. He is an NCETM PD Lead, a specialist leader of education, and the author of “Visible Maths”, “Conceptual Maths” and “Leading Maths”. Peter is also a member of the AQA Maths Expert Panel.

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  2026-03-04T16:47:20Z

  Exams Officer November 2025 updates

  Welcome to our November 2025 update

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  2025-09-23T14:56:31Z

  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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  2026-01-14T14:37:22Z

  All About Maths

  Your hub for AQA maths teaching support with resources.

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  2025-10-07T12:48:40Z

  Fit for the future: assessing skills for the 21st century

  Sheradan Miller considers how qualifications can assess the skills students need for the workplace today and in the future.

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  2025-09-23T14:57:13Z

  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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  2025-09-23T14:57:43Z

  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.