GCSE, AS and A level: Autumn and November 2020 exam series
Main trends related to entries, certificates, requests for modified papers, applications for special consideration, and malpractice offences and penalties.
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This publication presents figures on a number of topics relating to the autumn 2020 exam series for GCSEs, AS and A levels and the November 2020 exam series for GCSEs in English language and maths in England.
In this report, figures for the November 2020 series relate only to GCSE English language and maths, as only GCSEs in those subjects could be taken in that series. The autumn 2020 series covers other GCSE subjects as well as AS and A levels.
Exams were cancelled in summer 2020 following the closure of schools and colleges to most students, as part of the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As part of the exceptional arrangements for exam grading and assessment in 2020, students ultimately received the higher of a centre assessment grade or calculated grade for GCSE, AS and A level. The autumn series was put in place to give private candidates who had been unable to receive a grade in the summer the opportunity to do so. The autumn series also allowed students who were disappointed with their grade in the summer the opportunity to improve their grade. The November exam series occurs every year.