Due to the scale of disruption due to Covid, and the possible impact on education across pupils, the Government have put ‘fairness at the heart’ for planning for exams in 2022. Exam boards are also working closely with each other to ensure consistency.
Grades will be decided via external exams and marking, rather than teacher assessments. However, the grade boundaries will be more lenient and will be set at a ‘mid-point’ between 2019 pre-pandemic grade boundaries and those used in teacher assessments in 2021. More generous grade boundaries are being designed to account for lost learning and also ‘push forward’ students who would otherwise ‘just miss’ out on a higher grade.
For Maths and Science exams, formulae sheets and equations will be provided.
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CCEA exam changes links are provided below for your reference.
For AQA: scroll mid-way down on the page and select GCSE for Qualification Level and select Subject from the drop down.
For Edexcel: can be downloaded ‘GCSE – Advance Information’ mid-way down the page.
For OCR: select Qualification level and Qualification from drop downs.
For CCEA: still under discussion where pupils, teachers, parents may decide to drop an exam unit, however a minimum content still needs to be covered.
We will cover the above changes in our lessons with our students in our virtual online lessons. If you/your child needs support, send us a query via the website Contact form.
https://www.aqa.org.uk/2022-exam-changes
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/campaigns/summer-2022-support.html
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/2022-advance-information/
https://ccea.org.uk/
Thank you and All the very best for your GCSE!!
