AQA Projects: September 2025 updates

Welcome to our Autumn 2025 newsletter

We hope you have had a restful summer and that you have had a good start to the new term. I know how busy the autumn is, so to save you time searching for information, we've links to everything you need to know over the next term.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at various training events this term and receiving the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment review when it’s published.

If any members of your team would like to receive subject-specific updates, they can easily sign up for AQA subject updates, so they’re always informed and part of our community.

Will Anns
Subject Lead – Physical Education and Projects

myAQA

Sign up to myAQA to get quick access to resources, CPD training and events, Data Insights (our results analysis tool) and much more this autumn term. Make sure you’ve filled in your myAQA profile including your role and subject specialism so we can instantly start connecting you with the tools, training and resources most relevant to you.

Once you’re logged into your myAQA account, you can also access Centre Services.

myNetwork

Curriculum Connects

Autumn 2025 Curriculum Connects are available to book now – we will be looking at range of topics such as ‘Exploring summer 2025’, artefact projects and delivering to large cohorts.

Both Leeds and Southampton University will be introducing their new HPQ resources in a Curriculum Connect on 18 September. You can also find links to university EPQ resources here.

myResources

• Find teaching guides for all elements of project qualifications.
• Access our standardisation material and Lead moderator reports on Centre Services.

mySupport

Log into myAQA for post-results services to find information and deadlines and easy summary guide.

myTraining

Visit our professional development page for Supervisor, Co-ordinator training for both HPQ and EPQ. This is in addition to our EPQ standardisation training, delivered both online and face to face.

You’ll also find our eLearning courses, these are excellent resources for those new to project qualifications.

For those delivering HPQ, you'll find our Teacher online standardisation on Centre Services. Why not use our free standardisation tool during a departmental meeting to check your marking is in line with our lead moderators?

Non-exam assessment (NEA)

NEA digital upload

You can find detailed guidance on how to upload your Level 1 and Level 2 Project 7991 and 7992 files on to Centre marks submission (CMS) and FAQs for teachers on preparing students’ work on our NEA web pages.

AQA NEA advisers

Each school or college has a dedicated NEA adviser. Our advisers are experienced teachers and moderators who can offer guidance and support throughout the academic year on delivering NEA.

They’re there to answer your questions, explain specification requirements, share teaching ideas and discuss general processes, planning and approaches to NEA tasks.

Their details may have changed from last year – so you can find them on Centre Services by going to ‘Pre-exams’ and then clicking on ‘NEA Advisers’. If you do not have an assigned adviser, please contact eos@aqa.org.uk.

Please be aware that contact details are confidential and must not be shared with third parties including students and on social media. Further information about our commitment to data privacy can be found in our privacy notice.

Student Advisory Group – recruitment for 2025/26

We’re looking for learners to join our Student Advisory Group to help us make key decisions about the future of exams. We’d love to hear from learners who’ve completed AQA specification GCSEs since 2024, as well as from those taking AQA AS and A-levels. We also really want to hear from students taking our vocational qualifications, or vocational qualifications with any other exam board, as long as they have sat at least one AQA qualification. Since the Student Advisory group began they’ve; represented the student voice each year at the Parliamentary Youth Reception, shared their views at the Curriculum and Assessment Youth Shadow Panel, fed into our Curriculum and Assessment call for evidence response, given insights on AI in the Classroom at the 2025 Festival of Education, helped with reviewing books for our English literature set texts list, and much more.

So if you know any learners who you think would be interested, please pass this on. Full details of the role and how to apply can be found on our website. Applications open on Monday 8 September and close at 5.00pm on Monday 22 September 2025.

Contact our team

Help is never more than a click away. If you have a question, we’ve got the answer.

Email projects@aqa.org.uk

Call us on 0161 957 3980 8am–5pm Monday to Friday.