Guidance

Subject-level arrangements

A table setting out the specific subjects in which qualifications are being reformed to meet the requirements set by each regulator.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 15 August 2019

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Schools and colleges can use the table below to see which qualifications have been developed for use in each jurisdiction and, in combination with the table above, which qualifications in which subjects are available to them.

The reforms to qualifications are taking place on a phased transition which means some subjects are being reformed at different times across the 3 countries. Not all subjects have yet been reformed – check the website of the relevant regulator or with your exam board for more details.

This table should be read in relation to the Statement from the qualification regulators on changes to GCSEs, AS and A levels, also attached below.

A levels

A level subject	Requirements set by Ofqual	Requirements set by Qualifications Wales	Requirements set by CCEA Regulation
Accounting	Yes	No	No
Ancient history	Yes	No	No
Ancient languages1	Yes	No	No
Archaeology2	Yes	No	No
Art and design	Yes	Yes	Yes
Business	Yes	Yes	Yes
Classical civilization	Yes	No	No
Computer science	Yes	Yes	No
Dance	Yes	No	No
Design and technology	Yes	Yes	Yes
Digital technology	No	No	Yes
Drama and theatre	Yes	Yes	No
Economics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electronics	Yes	No	No
English language	Yes	Yes	No
English language and literature	Yes	Yes	No
English literature	Yes	Yes	Yes
Environmental science	Yes	No	No
Environmental technology	No	No	Yes
Film studies	Yes	No	No
Further maths	Yes	Yes	Yes
Geography	Yes	Yes	Yes
Geology	Yes	No	No
Government and politics3	No	Yes	Yes
Health and social care	No	No	Yes
History	Yes	Yes	Yes
History of art	Yes	No	Yes
Irish	No	No	Yes
Journalism	No	No	Yes
Law	Yes	Yes	No
Life and health sciences		No	Yes
Modern foreign languages (French, German, and Spanish)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Modern foreign languages (other languages)4	Yes	No	No
Modern foreign languages (listening, reading, writing)5	Yes	No	No
Mathematics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Media studies	Yes	Yes	No
Moving image arts	No	No	Yes
Music	Yes	Yes	Yes
Music technology	Yes	No	No
Nutrition and food science	No	No	Yes
Performing arts	No	No	Yes
Philosophy	Yes	No	No
Physical education	Yes	Yes	No
Politics6	Yes	No	No
Psychology	Yes	Yes	No
Religious studies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Science (biology, chemistry and physics)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sociology	Yes	No	No
Software systems development	No	No	Yes
Sports science and the active leisure industry	No	No	Yes
Statistics	Yes	No	No
Welsh	No	Yes	No
Welsh second language	No	Yes	No

¹ Classical Greek, biblical Hebrew, Latin

² Ofqual has set requirements for A level Archaeology, but no qualifications have been or are being developed in this subject

³ Government and politics A level with separate subject content is available in Wales and Northern Ireland.

⁴ Chinese, Italian, Russian

⁵ Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, modern Greek, modern Hebrew, Japanese, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish, Urdu

⁶Politics A level with separate subject content is available in England.

GCSEs

GCSE subject	Requirements set by Ofqual	Requirements set by Qualifications Wales	Requirements set by CCEA Regulation
Ancient history	Yes	No	No
Ancient languages7	Yes	No	No
Agriculture and land use	No	No	Yes
Applied science (single award)	No	Yes	No
Applied science (double award)	No	Yes	No
Astronomy	Yes	No	No
Art and design	Yes	Yes	Yes
Design & technology	Yes	Yes	Yes
Biology	Yes	Yes	Yes
Business	Yes	Yes	Yes
Business and communications systems	No	No	Yes
Chemistry	Yes	Yes	Yes
Child development	No	No	Yes
Citizenship studies	Yes	No	No
Classical civilisation	Yes	No	No
Combined science (double award)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Computer science	Yes	Yes	No
Construction	No	No	Yes
Contemporary crafts	No	No	Yes
Dance	Yes	No	No
Digital technology	No	No	Yes
Drama	Yes	Yes	Yes
Economics	Yes	No	Yes
Electronics	Yes	No	No
Engineering	Yes	No	No
Engineering and manufacturing	No	No	Yes
English language	Yes	Yes	Yes
English literature	Yes	Yes	Yes
Film studies	Yes	No	No
Food preparation and nutrition	Yes	Yes	Yes
Further maths	No	No	Yes
Gaeilge	No	No	Yes
Geography	Yes	Yes	Yes
Geology	Yes	No	No
Government and politics	No	No	Yes
Health and social care8	No	No	Yes
History	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hospitality	No	No	Yes
Irish	No	No	Yes
Journalism	No	No	Yes
Learning for life and work	No	No	Yes
Leisure travel and tourism	No	No	Yes
Mathematics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mathematics – numeracy	No	Yes	No
Media studies	Yes	Yes	No
Modern foreign languages (French, German and Spanish)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Modern foreign languages (other languages)9	Yes	No	No
Motor vehicle and road user studies	No	No	Yes
Moving image arts	No	No	Yes
Music	Yes	Yes	Yes
Physical education	Yes	Yes	Yes
Physical education short course	Yes	Yes	No
Physics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Psychology	Yes	No	No
Religious studies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Religious studies short course	Yes	Yes	No
Single award science	No	No	Yes
Sociology	Yes	No	No
Statistics	Yes	No	Yes
Welsh	No	Yes	No
Welsh literature	No	Yes	No
Welsh second language	No	Yes	No

⁷ Classical Greek, biblical Hebrew, Latin

⁸ Legacy GCSE provision for child development and health and social care will continue to be available in Wales until 2020.

⁹ Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, modern Greek, Gujarati, modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Urdu

Published 15 August 2019