News and insight

Summer 2021 consultation decisions published

Thursday 25 Feb 2021

Read the decisions from the joint DfE and Ofqual consultation for the summer 2021 series.
e-AQA to be replaced by Centre Services

Monday 15 Feb 2021

In March, e-AQA will start to transition to a new system, Centre Services. Centre Services will become the place for most of the activities you’ll carry out in May and June.
AQA Unlocking Potential 2021 launches

Monday 8 Feb 2021

Eighty students have begun their journey on this year’s AQA Unlocking Potential programme.
Functional Skills entries for the March 2021 series

Tuesday 2 Feb 2021

The Department for Education (DfE) confirmed on Friday 22 January that schools and colleges can continue with the March series exams where they judge it right to do so.
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.