GCSE, AS and A level subjects that are not being reformed
Updated 15 December 2015
Applies to England
1. GCSE subjects not being reformed
Subject | 2015 entries [footnote 1] | Reason for withdrawal |
---|---|---|
Additional and further additional science | 343,700 | Subject or content too similar |
Additional applied science | 13,800 | Subject or content too similar |
Applications of mathematics | 13,000 | Subject or content too similar |
Applied business | 13,100 | Subject or content too similar |
Applied information and communications technology | 200 | Subject or content too similar |
Applied science | 0 | Subject or content too similar |
Business and communication systems | 13,100 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Business communications | 2,000 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Business studies and economics | 4,200 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Catering | 31,000 | Subject or content too similar |
Design and technology: food technology | 38,500 | Subject or content too similar |
Digital communication | 400 | Subject or content too similar |
Environmental science | 800 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Environmental and land-based science | 2,000 | Exam board proposal rejected by Ofqual: lack of confidence that content could be developed |
Expressive arts | 2,700 | Subject or content too similar |
General studies | 9,900 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Health and social care | 19,900 | Exam board proposal rejected by Ofqual: lack of confidence that content could be developed |
Home economics: child development | 22,200 | Exam board proposal rejected by Ofqual: lack of confidence that content could be developed |
Home economics: food and nutrition | 9,600 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Home economics: textiles | 300 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Hospitality | 4,000 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Human health and physiology | 1,900 | Subject or content too similar |
Humanities | 7,600 | Subject or content too similar |
Information and communication technology | 67,300 | Department for Education announced content development has ceased |
Law | 2,500 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Leisure and tourism | 6,800 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Manufacturing | 300 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Performing arts | 6,200 | Subject or content too similar |
2. AS and A level subjects not being reformed
Subject | 2015 entries: A level [footnote 1] | 2015 entries: AS level [footnote 1] | Reason for withdrawal |
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Anthropology | 300 | 700 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Applied art and design | 200 | 300 | Subject or content too similar |
Applied business | 9,600 | 9,900 | Subject or content too similar |
Applied information and communication technology | 6,300 | 9,500 | Subject or content too similar |
Applied science | 4,600 | 4,800 | Subject or content too similar |
Citizenship studies | 600 | 2,300 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Communication and culture | 1,800 | 3,000 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Creative writing | 1,000 | 3,400 | Department for Education announced content development has ceased |
Critical thinking | 200 | 4,900 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Economics and business | 2,100 | 3,500 | Subject or content too similar |
Engineering | 300 | 600 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
General studies | 18,100 | 33,000 | Department for Education announced content development has ceased |
Health and social care | 8,300 | 12,900 | Department for Education announced content development has ceased |
Home economics: food, nutrition and health | 400 | 500 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Human biology | 1,400 | 3,200 | Subject or content too similar |
Humanities | less than 50 | less than 50 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Information and communication technology | 10,600 | 15,800 | Department for Education announced content development has ceased |
Leisure studies | 400 | 600 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Media: communication and production | 300 | 400 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Performance studies | 600 | 700 | Subject or content too similar |
Performing arts | 1,000 | 1,300 | Subject or content too similar |
Pure mathematics | 200 | 500 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Quantitive methods, AS level | less than 50 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content | |
Science, AS level | 100 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content | |
Science in society | 100 | 300 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Travel and tourism | 1,800 | 3,100 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content |
Use of mathematics, AS level | 4,300 | Exam boards did not propose to develop reformed content | |
World development | 700 | 1,500 | Exam board proposal rejected by Ofqual: lack of confidence that content could be developed |