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However, in the Physics paper 1 exam, a topic that was stated as "Not Assessed" came up; AQA accepted the mistake and awarded all students the full 9 marks to the question. [70] Also, in 2022, a question on one of the higher Maths papers was leaked hours before students sat them.
The UK's examination boards sometimes work together. For example, they sometimes offer qualifications jointly or share training materials for common parts of specifications. The JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) is a common voice for UK exam boards. The JCQ is made up of AQA, CCEA, City & Guilds, Edexcel, OCR, SQA and WJEC.
These subjects are French, English, Spanish, Mandarin and Science (Level 1 candidates sit a single Science paper, Level 2 three separate papers). [5] In addition, in Latin and Mathematics, Levels 1, 2 and 3 are offered. Level 3 is a higher level, requiring more knowledge and skills than Level 2. [6] All other subjects consist only of one level.
In June 2015, students across the United Kingdom who had taken an Edexcel GCSE Maths paper expressed anger and confusion over questions that "did not make sense" and were "ridiculous", mocking the exam on Twitter. [13] [14] [15] On a Sky News segment, presenter Adam Boulton answered one of the paper's 'hardest' questions with a former maths ...
The Chief Executive of AQA runs the organisation on a day-to-day basis, while being accountable to the AQA Council. The role was known as the Director General from its introduction in April 1998 until July 2010. [21] Kathleen Tattersall OBE, 1 April 1998 – 30 September 2003 [22] [23] Mike Cresswell CBE, 1 October 2003 – 31 March 2010 [24] [25]
Graded A*–E and worth up to 28 UCAS tariff points, [1] it is part of level three of the national qualifications framework. [ 2 ] The extended project was devised by Sir Mike Tomlinson in 2006, during his review of 16 to 19-year-olds' education, [ 3 ] and entered a pilot phase during the academic year 2007–8. [ 4 ]
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According to the British Department for Education, in the academic year 2014/15, approximately 7.3%, 2.7%, 1.0%, and 0.3% of all the candidates from the GCSE cohort (548,480) achieved one to four A*s or a better result in the GCE A-level examination. This percentile rank is one important input for equating the levels in both examinations.