Consultation outcome

AS and A level reform: regulations for ancient languages

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 5 February 2015
• Last updated: 17 June 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England and Northern Ireland

This consultation has concluded

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AS and A level Ancient Languages: Decisions on Conditions and Guidance

Ref: Ofqual/15/5698

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Analysis of Responses to our Consultation on Conditions and Guidance for AS and A Level Ancient Languages

Ref: Ofqual/15/5697

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Detail of outcome

We have decided we will not introduce guidance on the subject content, but are adopting all our other proposed rules and guidance for reformed AS and A level ancient languages qualifications. We have made some drafting changes to clarify some of our expectations; in particular, we have specified that the qualification’s specification must include any vocabulary and grammar lists.

We have now published final versions of our:

• GCE Subject Level Conditions and Requirements for Ancient Languages
• GCE Subject Level Guidance for Ancient Languages

Our new rules will require reformed AS and A level ancient languages qualifications to comply with the Department for Education’s AS and A level subject content for ancient languages, our assessment objectives, and our rules around the use of vocabulary and grammar lists.

Our guidance explains how awarding organisations should interpret our assessment objectives.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation is about the rules and guidance we need to put in place for new AS and A levels in classical Greek and Latin.

This consultation ran from
4pm on 5 February 2015 to 11:45pm on 6 March 2015

Consultation description

This consultation is about the rules and guidance we plan to put in place for new AS and A levels in ancient languages (classical Greek and Latin). These rules will apply to the exam boards that want to offer new classical Greek and Latin AS and A levels from September 2016.

This consultation takes forward decisions made following our earlier consultation ‘Developing new GCSE, A level and AS qualifications for first teaching in 2016’, and is part of Ofqual’s work supporting the government’s changes to GCSEs, AS and A levels.

Documents

AS and A level Ancient Languages: Consultation on Conditions and Guidance (Classical Greek and Latin)

Ref: Ofqual/15/5599

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Published 5 February 2015
Last updated 17 June 2015 + show all updates

1. 17 June 2015

   Published consultation outcome

2. 5 February 2015

   First published.