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A letter from Chief Regulator Jo Saxton to heads of schools and colleges, ahead of GCSE, AS and A level exams starting on 16 May 2022.

• Updated: 13 May 2022

• Letter to heads ahead of the start of GCSE, AS and A level exams, May 2022

  We have now reached the start of the summer series, with exams and formal…

Pass, merit and distinction criteria for 2021 published, with flexible approach to assessment in class or on a one-to-one basis.

• Updated: 5 November 2020

Pupils up and down the country receive A level results - with entries to STEM subjects increasing for both boys and girls

• Updated: 15 August 2019

Statement by Minister of State for Schools Nick Gibb about GCSE, AS and A level subject content for teaching from September 2017.

• Updated: 4 February 2016

Written ministerial statement by Schools Minister Nick Gibb about reformed History of Art AS and A level subject content.

• Updated: 21 January 2016

Written ministerial statement on final subject content for further GCSE and AS and A level subjects.

• Updated: 17 December 2015

Written ministerial statement on revised subject content for AS and A levels in geology and politics, and GCSE short course in PE.

• Updated: 3 November 2015

Written ministerial statement by Schools Minister Nick Gibb on a consultation on revised subject content for GCSE and A levels.

• Updated: 16 July 2015

Minister for School Reform Nick Gibb's statement on reforming GCSE and A level content.

• Updated: 12 February 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces final content for more rigorous and demanding arts GCSEs and A levels, and GCSE computer science.

• Updated: 26 January 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Letter from Nick Gibb to the A Level Content Advisory Board (ALCAB) about its recommendations for revised A level subject content.

• Updated: 18 December 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Minister for School Reform Nick Gibb's statement about the publication of reformed A level content.

• Updated: 18 December 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan announces the next steps on GCSE and A level reform.

• Updated: 16 July 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Education Secretary Michael Gove’s statement about the publication of reformed GCSE and A level content.

• Updated: 9 April 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Elizabeth Truss speaks to the School Leaders Summit about reforms to the curriculum, exams and school accountability.

• Updated: 18 October 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government