Official Statistics

Perception of A levels and GCSEs: wave 13

Results of our annual survey of heads of schools, teachers, general public, parents, students, employers and higher education institutions.

From:
Ofqual
Published
2 June 2015
Last updated
22 July 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Perceptions of A levels and GCSEs in England: Wave 13 - Errata

Ref: Ofqual/15/5754

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Perceptions of A levels, GCSEs and other qualifications in England: Wave 13

Ref: Ofqual/15/5705

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Perception of A levels and GCSEs - wave 13: Data Tables

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Pre-release list

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Detail

This report presents the findings of wave 13 of the Annual Perceptions of A Levels, GCSEs and other qualifications survey. This research project was commissioned by Ofqual and the research was managed by YouGov.

YouGov surveyed heads of schools, teachers, parents, students, the general public, employers and higher education institutions. The objectives of the research were to investigate:

  • overall perceptions and confidence in qualifications taken by young people, particularly A levels, GCSEs and other academic and vocational qualifications delivered in schools
  • confidence in qualifications’ standards and the examination system both in its implementation and regulation
  • awareness and perceptions of Ofqual

Survey

Ofqual is running a rolling series of online surveys to make sure its statistical releases meet your needs.

Ofqual would like to invite you to take part in the online survey for this release.

It will take about ten minutes to complete and your responses will remain entirely confidential in any reports published about the survey.

The survey can be found here

Published 2 June 2015
Last updated 22 July 2015 + show all updates

  1. Corrected versions of the report and data tables published, as well as an errata of the changes made.

  2. Erratum notice published

  3. First published.

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