Consultation outcome

GCSE and A level reform: geology and politics, PE short course

From:
Department for Education
Published
3 November 2015
Last updated
1 March 2016 — See all updates
This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

GCSE and A level reform - geology and politics, PE short course: government response

PDF, 361 KB, 24 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of consultation responses and the government’s response outlining the next steps to be taken.

We’ve also published an equality impact assessment of the revised content for these subjects.

Find out more about revised subject content for GCSEs and A levels.

Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on the subject content of additional reformed GCSEs and A levels for teaching from September 2017.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

The proposals include revisions to:

GCE AS and A level

  • geology
  • politics

GCSE

  • physical education (PE) short course

Content in other reformed GCSE and GCE AS and A level subjects is available.

Ofqual are consulting on assessment arrangements and assessment objectives for these subjects.

Documents

Further additional GCSE and A level subject content consultation

PDF, 272 KB, 18 pages

Geology: draft GCE AS and A level subject content

PDF, 491 KB, 23 pages

Physical education: draft GCSE short course subject content

PDF, 189 KB, 6 pages

Politics: draft AS and A level subject content

PDF, 239 KB, 13 pages

Updates to this page

Published 3 November 2015
Last updated 1 March 2016 + show all updates

  1. Added government consultation response.

  2. Updated response form to include the question on the amount of politics AS and A level content.

  3. First published.

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