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The scope of the autumn series (pp.6-8)  \n1. To what extent do you agree or disagree that we should require exam boards to offer exams for all of the GCSE, AS and A level qualifications this autumn they had intended to offer in the summer?  \nStrongly disagree  \n2. To what extent do you agree or disagree that an exam board that receives no entries  \nfor a qualification by its entry deadline can withdraw the exams for that qualification from the exam timetable?  \nStrongly agree  \n3. Do you have any comments on our proposal to require the exam boards to offer exams in every GCSE, AS and A level subject in autumn 2020?  \nIn the context of resource and operational pressures on centres and exam boards, AQA believes the exceptional autumn 2020 resit series should prioritise those qualifications which deliver the most educational benefit and are important for progression.  \nFor example, we note that AS-level Maths and Further Maths are often used for progression, and therefore we believe should be included. However, all other AS qualifications have low entries and over 80% are taken in Year 12. These can be resat in summer 2021 if candidates are unhappy with their result in summer 2020.  \nOfqual’s consultation document proposes that only qualifications with zero entries should be withdrawn. AQA believes this threshold is far too low, and would instead propose that a national entry of 100 should be set as the minimum threshold, in the context of costs to exam boards, considerable awarding challenges related to our ability to set standards in line with previous awards and the obligation to preserve savings from the summer 2020 exam series for returning to centres.  \nWe further have concerns about offering subjects whose assessment relies heavily on NEA, such as Drama, Music and PE, in a series where no NEA will be considered for them. We detail this further below.  \nDue to concerns about entry numbers, pressures on centres , operational constraints for awarding organisations, the need for the qualifications for progression as the core educational benefit of an autumn series, and the unsuitability of some subjects being offered with no NEA, we would advocate a minimum entry number of 100 for all resit series. We would further advocate only offering resits in A-level subjects plus GCSE maths and English, or the EBacc qualifications.  \nWe would advocate for an exemption for specifications being offered for the last time as a final resit opportunity.  \nii. Should the form of the exam papers be the same as those normally taken in a summer exam series? (pp.8-9)  \n4. To what extent do you agree or disagree that for the autumn series the same number of exams should be taken by students as they would have taken if the summer exams had not been cancelled?  \nStrongly agree  \n5. To what extent do you agree or disagree that the exams taken in the autumn series  \nshould be in the same form for each qualification as those normally taken in the summer series?  \nStrongly agree  \n6. Do you have any comments on our proposal that students taking the autumn exams  \nshould take the same number of exams in each subject as they would have taken if the summer exams had not been cancelled and that the exams should be in the same form as the ones they would have taken in the summer?  \nWhile AQA recognises that not all schools will have finished their specifications before lockdown, and will have undertaken varied levels of home learning during quarantine, the introduction of any type of ‘exceptional’ or ‘hybrid’ paper would incur significant operational and awarding challenges and risks. Furthermore, they would risk confusing teachers and students, who previously prepared for a normal exam paper, and it is likely that students would not be able to access the support of teachers in helping them navigate the changes.  \nTo have any hope of mitigatin","cbCaipUGv5s85Jre","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipUGv5s85Jre","pdf",176781,"English","# i. The scope of the autumn series\n## 1. Requiring exam boards to offer intended exams for all qualifications\n## 2. Withdrawal when no entries are received by the entry deadline\n## 3. Requirement to offer exams in every GCSE, AS and A level subject\n# ii. Should the form of the exam papers be the same as those normally taken in a summer exam series?\n## 4. Same number of exams as would have been taken in summer\n## 5. Same form for each qualification as summer exams\n## 6. Same number and form per subject\n# iii. Should non-exam assessment be taken into account in the autumn series?\n## 7. Grades based only on exam performance (no NEA, except art and design)\n## 8. Approach to basing grades on exam performance only","[{\"question\":\"What entry threshold does AQA propose for withdrawing autumn series exams?\",\"answer\":\"AQA argues that a zero-entry threshold is too low. 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