Changes to accreditation end dates: GCSEs (graded A* to G)
Decision to change accreditation end dates for legacy GCSEs which will still be available for first teaching in September 2016 and 2017.
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This document sets out our decision to change the accreditation end dates for legacy GCSEs (graded A* to G) which will still be available for first teaching in September 2016 and 2017.
It updates the provisional decisions we made when we published our accreditation criterion in November 2014. We noted at the time that we would need to change these dates when we knew which subjects would still be available for first teaching from September 2016.
Following this decision, the accreditation end dates for GCSEs (graded A* to G) are as set out in the table below. The accreditation end date is the deadline for the last main award - where re-sits are required or made available, they will take place after this date.
| Accreditation end date | Legacy GCSE (A* to G) subjects |
|---|---|
| 31 August 2016 | Applications of mathematics English English language English literature Mathematics Methods in mathematics |
| 31 August 2017 | Additional applied science Additional science Art and design Biology Catering Chemistry Citizenship studies Classical Greek Computer Science Computing Dance Design and technology: food technology Digital communication Drama Expressive arts French Further additional science Geography German History Home economics: food and nutrition Hospitality and catering Human health and physiology Humanities Latin Music Performing arts Physical education Physics Religious studies Science Spanish |
| 31 August 2018 | Ancient history Applied business Applied information and communication technology Arabic Astronomy Bengali Business Business and communication systems Business communications Business studies Business studies and economics Chinese Chinese (Mandarin) Classical civilisation Design and technology (all other routes) Dutch Economics Engineering Electronics Environmental and land-based science Environmental science Film studies General studies Geology Greek Health and social care Home economics (all other routes) Hospitality Information and communication technology Italian Japanese Law Leisure and tourism Manufacturing Media studies Modern Hebrew Panjabi Polish Psychology Russian Sociology Statistics Urdu |
| 31 August 2019 | Biblical Hebrew Gujarati Persian Portuguese Turkish |