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Summer 2010 examinations
Briefing for Parliamentarians
27th July 2010
Welcome
Jim Cunningham MP
Welcome and Setting the Scene
Dame Sandra Burslem, Deputy Chair
Maintaining standards of qualifications for Summer 2010
Dennis Opposs, Director of Standards
Some facts and figures
Summer 2009
Nearly 8 million GCE/GCSE student entries
50,000 examiners
16 million exam papers
150,000 queries from schools/colleges/students
Summer 2010
What’s changed
New A levels
New Level 3 Diploma awards
More Diploma awards at Levels 1 and 2
Business as usual
GCSE
AS
Guiding principles
Fairness for all learners– in 2009, 2010 and 2011
Accountability
Openness and transparency– for awarding organisations– for teachers/learners/parents– for other stakeholders
Targeted and proportionate
Ofqual’s role
Setting out principles for setting/ maintaining standards
Setting expectations for awarding bodies
Overview of the system
Taking action where necessary
Talking to all stakeholders
Listening to all stakeholders
Micro-managing awarding bodies
Agreements in secret
Quotas
New A levels
6 to 4 units (for most subjects)
Stretch and challenge
Revised, updated and re-packaged content
Changes to coursework
Standards maintained
New A* grade– Awarded to candidates who have achieved an A grade in their A
level, and 90% overall at A2
A* examples (4 unit specifications)
Points to note: High uniform marks at AS will not necessarily mean a candidate achieves an
A* grade - candidates will still need 90% at A2 to achieve an A* Some students with grade A will have higher total uniform marks than those
who have achieved an A* if they scored high marks on their AS units
Candidate AS Unit 1
AS Unit 2
A2 Unit 3
A2 Unit 4
Total marks
A2 marks
Grade
1 90 90 95 92 367 187 A*
2 90 95 92 85 362 177 A
3 90 85 95 92 362 187 A*
4 100 100 95 83 378 178 A
Maintaining standards of qualifications for Summer 2010
Cath Jadhav, Head of Qualifications Standards
Diplomas
Pass components
Principal Learning
qualification
Project qualification
•Functional Skills in English, maths and ICT
•Additional and specialist learning (ASL)
•Personal learning and thinking skills (PLTS)
•Work experience
+
Level 1 = 5 GCSEs, grades D - G
Level 2 = 7 GCSEs, grades A* - C
Level 3 = 3½ A levels
Graded components
Diplomas – timetable for introduction
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Phase 1Construction and the built environment
Creative and media
Engineering
IT
Society, health and development
First teaching Sept 2008
First L1/L2 awards Aug 2009
First L3 awards Aug 2010
Phase 2Business, administration and finance
Environment and land-based studies
Hair and beauty studies
Hospitality
Manufacturing and product design
First teaching Sept 2009
First L1/L2 awards Aug 2010
First L3 awards Aug 2011
Phase 3Public services
Retail business
Sport and active leisure
Travel and tourism
First teaching Sept 2010
First L1/L2 awards Aug 2011
First L3 awards Aug 2011
GCSEs – timetable for changes
Timetable for changes to GCSEs
2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013 on
New unitised GCSEs
English, maths, ICT
Sciences
Firstcertificationpoints
GCSEs
Final certification of legacy specifications for all except:– English, maths and ICT (last certification summer 2011)– Sciences (last certification summer 2012)
First certification of new (unitised) short course GCSEs
GCSE sciences– Follow up work to 2009 and 2010 reports – Review outcomes of award meetings before results– Ongoing accreditation of new specifications
Ofqual’s role – summer 2010 and beyond
Reviewing data from awards meetings
Consistency across awarding bodies
Review results before cut-off
Monitoring progress of re-marks
Scrutiny monitoring work
Setting/maintaining standards in 2011
Maintaining standards of qualifications for Summer 2010
Isabel Nisbet, Chief Executive
Key dates this summer
19th August
- AS and A level results - Level 3 Diploma results
24th August
- GCSE results- Level 1 and 2 Diploma results
27th August
- Deadline for priority Level 3 Enquiry About Results (EARs) (20 September for other EARs)
More information…
Ofqual - www.ofqual.gov.uk
AQA - www.aqa.org.uk
Edexcel - www.edexcel.com
OCR - www.ocr.org.uk
WJEC - www.wjec.co.uk
CCEA - www.ccea.org.uk
Post results enquiries (JCQ booklet)
http://www.jcq.org.uk/attachments/published/1257/13.%20Post%20Results%20Services%20Booklet%2010-11.pdf
Panel Discussion
Panel Chair: Isabel NisbetDennis Opposs, Director of StandardsCath Jadhav, Head of Qualification StandardsRichard Garratt, Programme Leader, Diploma