News

May 2022

19 May

Advance information for GCSE Sciences

As there’s different advance information for biology, chemistry and physics depending on whether you’re taking a separate or combined science GCSE, it’s important to choose the right one.

September 2020

21 September

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE, AS and A-level Science

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE, AS and A-level Science

February 2020

3 February

GCSE science summer 2020 entries and tiering decisions

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.

3 February

Updated: Question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam: what’s available when

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.

January 2020

31 January

Changes to GCSE Science exam papers for 2020

We’ve made some changes to the instructions on our summer 2020 GCSE Science exam papers, to help students understand what is required in the exam. The changes won’t affect the assessments or the way they are marked.

December 2019

2 December

AS and A-level Environmental science: new practical handbook for 2020

There is a new practical handbook available for AS and A-level Environmental Science.

2 December

Question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam: what’s available when

We’re changing the date of when we publish our AS, A-level and GCSE question papers, mark schemes and reports on the exam on our website.

October 2019

1 October

A-level science practical endorsement: monitoring visits cycle 3

If your school/college is scheduled for a monitoring visit by us this academic year, your allocated adviser will be in touch in the coming weeks to make arrangements for monitoring. Initial visits will take place between October 2019 and March 2020.

May 2019

1 May

Find out about exams in our new podcast series

We’re excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Craig Barton on our new series of podcasts, Inside Exams.