Guidance: Accreditation of GCSEs, AS and A levels for teaching from 2017

Updated: Updates to GCSE sociology. Updates to AS and A level law and design and technology.

The timetable shows the dates by which exam boards have to send their specifications to Ofqual for consideration. As we receive and accredit specifications, we will update the attached table showing the progress.

When new information is available, the document will be updated at least weekly. Check the ‘+ full page history’ link on bottom-left of this page to see when and what the last update was.

Number of qualifications accredited

7 of 26 GCSE subjects have at least 1 specification accredited. 5 of 26 subjects have all specifications accredited.

1 of 18 AS and A level subjects has at least 1 specification accredited. 1 of 18 subjects has all specifications accredited.

Number of specifications accredited  For teaching from 2017

11 of 44 GCSE specifications have been accredited.

2 of 70 AS and A level specifications have been accredited.

For teaching from 2016

In 2016 we accredited 147 GCSE, AS and A level specifications.

For teaching from 2015

In 2015 we accredited 122 GCSE, AS and A level specifications.

The accreditation process

We have produced a diagram of the accreditation process.

The subjects covered in the attached documents are listed below.

GCSEs

See also subject content from DfE and requirements and guidance from Ofqual.

ancient history arabic astronomy Bengali business Chinese classical civilisation design and technology economics electronics engineering film studies geology Italian Japanese media studies modern Greek modern Hebrew PE short course Polish psychology Punjabi Russian sociology statistics Urdu AS and A levels

See also subject content from DfE and requirements and guidance from Ofqual.

accounting ancient history archaeology Chinese classical civilisation design and technology electronics environmental science film studies further maths geology history of art Italian law maths media studies music technology philosophy politics Russian statistics

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accreditation-of-gcses-as-a-levels-for-teaching-from-2017

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