Key stage 5 exam marking, qualifications and results

Regulated qualifications and awarding bodies, assessing, marking, participation and performance, appeals.

Services

Find a regulated qualification

Check if a qualification is regulated and what level it is on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
Check if an awarding body is recognised

How to check if the organisation giving you an award is registered and accredited by the exams regulator
Appeal against a GCSE, AS or A level grade or the result of a qualification

How to get a grade reviewed (GCSE or AS or A level or other qualifications) by your school or college: how to appeal to your exam board and to Ofqual.

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Guidance and regulation

Exam system contingency plan: England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Guidance
- 5 October 2023
- Ofqual and Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
Subject-by-subject support for GCSE, AS and A level students in 2022
- Detailed guide
- 7 February 2022
- Ofqual
Infographic: A level results 2023
- Guidance
- 17 August 2023
- Ofqual
GCE qualification-level conditions and requirements
- Regulation
- 19 December 2023
- Ofqual
Be exam smart
- Detailed guide
- 2 March 2020
- Ofqual

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News and communications

Equalities analysis: what the 2023 results tell us
- 7 December 2023
- Ofqual
- Authored article
Guide to AS and A level results for England, summer 2023
- 17 August 2023
- Ofqual
- News story
Government praises students as grading system returns to normal
- 17 August 2023
- Department for Education
- Press release
Further analysis of 2021 National Reference Tests
- 20 December 2022
- Ofqual
- News story
Grading exams and assessments in summer 2023 and autumn 2022
- 29 September 2022
- Ofqual
- Authored article

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Research and statistics

16 to 18 school, college and multi-academy trust performance data in England: 2022 to 2023
- 18 April 2024
- Department for Education
- National statistics
A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2023 (revised)
- 18 April 2024
- Department for Education
- National statistics
Year 12 and Year 14 examination performance at post-primary schools in Northern Ireland: 2022 to 2023
- 31 January 2024
- Department of Education (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- National statistics
Malpractice in GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2023 exam series
- 14 December 2023
- Ofqual
- Official statistics
A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2023 (provisional)
- 16 November 2023
- Department for Education
- National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

Ensuring the resilience of the qualifications system in 2023: GCSE, AS, A level, Project and AEA
- 30 November 2022
- Ofqual and Department for Education
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 20 October 2022
Proposed changes to the assessment of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2022
- 30 September 2021
- Ofqual and Department for Education
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 01 August 2021
Terms of Reference for EPRS in summer 2021
- 23 July 2021
- Ofqual
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 02 July 2021
Arrangements for non-exam assessment for qualifications in 2022
- 16 June 2021
- Ofqual
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 28 May 2021
Consultation on arrangements for an autumn 2021 exam series
- 13 May 2021
- Ofqual
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 09 April 2021

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Terms of reference of Ofqual's 2021 committee
- 28 June 2021
- Ofqual
- Foi release
Comparing international GCSEs and GCSEs in England, 2018
- 5 November 2019
- Department for Education
- Transparency
Exam Procedures Review Service: 2017 Report
- 28 June 2019
- Ofqual
- Corporate report
A level grade combinations
- 16 September 2013
- Department for Education
- Foi release
A level passes in foreign languages, including the Irish language
- 5 October 2010
- Department for Education
- Foi release

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Organisations

Department for Education