News and insight

GCSE Media Studies and Zoella

Monday 1 Feb 2021

Last week we made the difficult decision to remove a section looking at the vlogger and blogger Zoella (Zoe Sugg) from our GCSE Media Studies course. Since then, there have been some misunderstandings in the media and on social media about the reasons and context behind this decision.
AQA Student Advisory Group Zoom event 2021

Monday 18 Jan 2021

We held our first virtual Student Advisory Group reception this month to welcome four new members to the group and announce the new chair for this year.
DfE and Ofqual summer 2021 consultation

Friday 15 Jan 2021

The Department for Education (DfE) and Ofqual have launched a consultation for the summer 2021 exam series for GCSEs, AS and A-levels.
Vocational and Technical exams in January 2021

Thursday 7 Jan 2021

The Department for Education (DfE) confirmed on Monday 4 January 2021 that schools and colleges can continue with the January series exams where they judge it right to do so.
Coronavirus and exams

Tuesday 5 Jan 2021

The government has announced that it won’t be possible for exams to go ahead as normal in summer 2021.
Summer 2021 arrangements

Thursday 3 Dec 2020

Announcement about the package of measures to address the loss of learning and teaching this year, and the contingency plans for summer 2021 exams.