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The visiting examiner option has been removed for summer for AS and A-level French (7651/V, 7652/V), German (7661/V, 7662/V) and Spanish (7691/V, 7692V)

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE Languages 8658, 8668, 8633, 8698, 8688, 8638, 8648, 8678, 8673, 8683

Guidance on the autumn exam series for MFL.

Judith Rowland-Jones, our Head of Curriculum: Languages, gives an end of term update about the level of demand of assessments.

We’ve made a few minor changes to our FCSE Languages (8958, 8968, 8998, 8973) Full Course and Short Course specifications.

All teachers preparing students for summer 2020 GCSE and FCSE modern foreign languages (MFL) exams must download and read the MFL Instructions for the conduct of exams (ICE) booklet.

All teachers preparing students for summer 2020 exams in A-level modern foreign languages (MFL) must download and read the MFL ICE guidance. For French, German and Spanish, any changes or additions to the previous version are highlighted in yellow.

The summer 2020 GCSE languages Paper 2 speaking tests are scheduled to be conducted between 6 April and 15 May 2020. Schools and colleges can only test during five weeks of this window.

The entries deadline for GCSE exams this summer is 21 February 2020, but you can change your tier of entry up to 21 April 2020 without any additional charge.

We’re changing the date of when we publish question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam on our website. This is now applicable to all qualifications.