Skip to main content
  1. Home
Secondary curriculum, key stage 3 and key stage 4 (GCSEs)

Guidance and regulation

217 results

217 results sorted by Most viewed
  • Teaching mathematics at key stage 3

    Guidance for teaching mathematics at key stage 3 in secondary schools to help pupils progress through the national curriculum.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • GCSE modern foreign languages

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for modern foreign language GCSEs for teaching from 2016.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Teaching music in schools

    Guidance for schools to help teach music at key stages 1, 2 and 3 and progress pupils through the national curriculum.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • GCSE mathematics

    Subject content and assessment objectives for GCSE in mathematics.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Exam system contingency plan: England, Wales and Northern Ireland

    This joint contingency plan is in place to deal with any major disruption that may affect exam candidates.

    • From: Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • GCSE history

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in history for teaching from 2016.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Grade descriptors for GCSEs graded 9 to 1

    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. 

    • From: Ofqual
    • Updated:
  • National curriculum: video interviews for schools

    Video interviews on the new national curriculum and how it can be taught in schools.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • GCSE French, German and Spanish subject content

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for French, German and Spanish GCSEs from 2024.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Ofqual Student Guide 2023

    This guide provides you with information about 2023’s arrangements for qualifications regulated by Ofqual. It also explains what support is in place when taking or retaking exams and assessments.

    • From: Ofqual
    • Updated:
  • GCSE design and technology

    Subject content, aims and objectives for GCSE in design and technology for teaching from 2017.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • GCSE (9 to 1) qualification-level conditions and requirements

    Rules and regulations for all GCSEs (9 to 1).

    • From: Ofqual
    • Updated:
  • GCSE sociology

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in sociology for teaching from 2017.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • GCSE computer science

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in computer science for teaching from 2016.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • GCSE geography

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in geography for teaching from 2016.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • GCSE combined science

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

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Subject-by-subject support for GCSE, AS and A level students in 2022

    Overview of the support being provided for each qualification for students taking GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2022.

    • From: Ofqual
    • Updated:
  • GCSE engineering

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in engineering for teaching from 2017.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated:
  • Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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

    • From: Ofqual
    • Updated:
  • GCSE art and design

    Subject content, aims and learning objectives for GCSE in art and design for teaching from 2016.

    • From: Department for Education
    • Updated: