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  • Practical materials for primary and secondary schools to use to train staff about teaching mental wellbeing.

  • Ofqual's service for reviewing the decisions made by exam boards on appeals against GCSE, AS, A level and some vocational or technical qualifications results.

  • Scaled score conversion tables for schools and local authorities to use for the 2023 national curriculum tests.

  • Advice and guidance for students on how to cope with pressure associated with test and exam anxiety.

  • Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in combined science, which were introduced in 2016.

  • Information for parents about the optional assessments at the end of key stage 1.

  • Information for parents about the pre-key stage standards used for primary school children working below the standards of the national curriculum assessments.

  • How to participate in review panels for developing the key stage 1 (KS1) and key stage 2 (KS2) tests, phonics screening check and reception baseline assessment (RBA).

  • Information about primary school progress measures.

  • Guidance for students, parents and schools to help students avoid making mistakes which could lose them marks or lead to disqualification from an exam.

  • Grade descriptors for GCSEs graded 9 to 1. Designed to provide an indication of the likely level of performance at grades 2, 5 and 8. 

  • Information about applying for a review of marking for key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests.

  • Subject content, aims and leaning objectives for GCSE in physical education (PE) for teaching from 2016.

  • Explains schools’ legal duties on political impartiality to help school leaders, teachers and other staff consider these in teaching and extra-curricular activities.

  • Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in food preparation and nutrition for teaching from 2016.

  • This guide explains what schools, colleges and other exam or assessment centres can expect from awarding organisations regulated by Ofqual and the arrangements for qualifications in 2025.

  • Materials used to administer the modified large print (MLP) and braille versions of the optional English reading test in 2024.

  • Modified materials for the 2024 phonics screening check.

  • Regulations to make sure national assessment standards are properly set and maintained and the results are used appropriately.

  • Actions we can take to deal with problems at awarding organisations, and how we will use them.