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All rights reserved.\n2\nThis meeting will be recorded\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nExam boards have an Ofqual requirement to record event audio.\nRecordings are kept for the lifetime of the specification and not shared as an accompaniment to session resources.\nThe recording will begin now.\n3\nOutline for the session\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nStructure of secondary assessment in England\nWhat is a specification?\nRecent reform of qualifications\nOverview of awarding\nOur Science papers and mark schemes\nOur resources\n4\nStructure of secondary assessment in England\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n5\nSecondary assessment in England\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n‘The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England.’*\nIndependent of government and reports directly to Parliament.\nIn October 2018, there were over 150 awarding organisations recognised by Ofqual.\nWhich awarding organisations are involved with GCSE Science in England?\n*This information is available from: gov.uk/government/organisations/ofqual/about\nThis contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government License v.3.0\n6\nGCSE Awarding Organisations in England\nAQA\nEdexcel\nEduqas\nOCR\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n7\nJoint Council for Qualifications (JCQ)\nUmbrella organisation for all four English Awarding Organisations.\nDetermines the general rules and regulations which are applied to the conduct of all assessments.\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n8\nRegulation\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nDepartment for Education (DfE)\n‘…is responsible for children’s services and education, including higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England.’\nOverall responsibility for setting national policy with regard to education:\nnational curriculum (KS1-4)\ntypes of qualifications (GCSE’s, A-levels, Tech Awards etc) including subjects.\nThis information is from gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about\nThis contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government License v.3.0\n9\nRegulation\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n10\nOfqual\nSet criteria for qualifications (eg types and duration of assessment).\nRegulate the day-to-day activity of the Awarding Organisations:\nawarding and standards\nmalpractice\nensuring that what we are telling centres is fair and equitable\nconflicts of interest (eg examiners who write text books/teachers that write assessments).\nDfE subject content\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nSubject content is the minimum content that must be in a subject specification; for GCSE science, this:\nconsiders overlaps with Science PoS (KS1-4)\nprovides continuity and progression to AS/A-level.\nSubject content is owned by the DfE.\nDfE subject content for GCSE and A-level Science was produced in consultation with Ofqual, all four AOs and key stakeholders (ASE, RSB, RSC, IOP etc).\nVersion 3.0\n11\nDfE subject content\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nIf any organisation wishes to produce a GCSE or A-level Science qualification which is recognised for performance table points, they must:\nuse the DfE subject content\nbe accredited by Ofqual (subject level guidance).\nVersion 3.0\n12\nWhat is a specification?\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n13\nWhat is a specification?\nEach Awarding Organisation creates its own unique subject specification.\nSpecifications for a subject must be based on the DfE subject content.\nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n14\nWhat is a specification?\nThe specification outlines:\ndetails of the assessments\nsubje","cbCaibYww8pV9ZAT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibYww8pV9ZAT","pptx",5816587,58,"English","# Outline for the session\n## Structure of secondary assessment in England\n## Secondary assessment in England\n## GCSE Awarding Organisations in England\n## Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ)\n## Regulation\n## Ofqual\n## DfE subject content\n## What is a specification?\n## Our specification\n## Recent reforms of qualifications\n## New GCSE grading\n## Grading in Combined Science","[{\"question\":\"Who regulates qualifications and examinations in England for this session’s overview?\",\"answer\":\"Ofqual sets criteria for qualifications and regulates the day-to-day work of awarding organisations, including standards and malpractice handling. 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