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AQA Education, [ 1 ] trading as AQA (formerly the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance), is an awarding body in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It compiles specifications and holds examinations in various subjects at GCSE, AS and A Level and offers vocational qualifications. AQA is a registered charity and independent of the government.
The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is an English language based secondary qualification similar to the GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attainment. [1] It was developed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
Currently, there are five exam boards available to state schools: AQA(Assessment and Qualifications Alliance) CCEA(Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment) OCR(Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations) Pearson, under its Edexcelbrand. WJEC(Welsh Joint Education Committee), under its WJEC and Eduqasbrands.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. However, private schools in Scotland ...
Those with GCSEs in Combined Science can progress to A Levels in all of the three natural science subjects. Prior to this, around 1996, Combined Science GCSEs were available as an alternative to three separate Sciences for many exam boards. Combined Science consists of either Higher Tier (HT) or Foundation Tier (FT) papers.
Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations[2] (OCR) is an examination board that sets examinations and awards qualifications (including GCSEs and A-levels). It is one of England, Wales and Northern Ireland 's five main examination boards. OCR is based in Cambridge, with an office in Bourn, Coventry. It is part of the University of Cambridge 's ...
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Edexcel (also known since 2013 as Pearson Edexcel[ 2 ]) is a British multinational education and examination body formed in 1996 and wholly owned by Pearson plc since 2005. It is the only privately owned examination board in the United Kingdom. [ 3 ] Its name is a portmanteau term combining the words education and excellence.