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Any updates will be posted on the Exams administration/Entries page of [our website aqa.org.uk](our website aqa.org.uk)  \nIssued September 2025 v1  \nContents  \n1 General information 3  \n  Series 3   \n Entry codes 3   \n2 Restrictions on entry in 2025/26 4   \nUnique Learner Numbers (ULNs) 4   \n Discount (classification) codes 4   \n Prohibited combinations 5   \n Private candidates 5   \n Restricted pilot specifications 5   \nOxfordAQA centres 5   \n3 Changes to exams 6   \nAvailability of qualifications within Wales 6   \nAvailability of qualifications within Northern Ireland 6   \nGCSE exams in 2025/26 6   \n4 Explanatory notes on the entry code tables 7   \n Example entry code table 7   \nKey to symbols 9   \n5 Entry code tables 10   \nAQA Certificate (all levels, including Applied General) 11   \n ELC (Entry Level Certificate) 14   \n FCSE (Foundation Certificate of Secondary Education) 15   \nGCE 17   \nGCSE 55   \n Project 87   \n6 Index to entry codes 88   \n1 General information  \nThis document lists the unit and subject award entry codes for the academic year 2025/26 Further information about making entries is available from the Exams administration | Entries page of our website [aqa.org.uk](aqa.org.uk)  \nSeries  \nAll entries for our examinations are collected by series, irrespective of the method of entry you use to submit them. The closing date for the receipt of entries and the date of publication of results for particular examinations determine each series.  \nA copy of the Exam series guide 2025/26 is available from the Exams administration | Entries page of our website  \n[aqa.org.uk](aqa.org.uk)  \nEntry codes  \nSection 5 contains all the entry codes for all the exams (subject awards, options, units and components) that are available in any given series. You must use the appropriate entry code irrespective of your method of entry.  \nBasedata (containing information on the specifications, units, options and components) will also be provided for each series for centres wishing to submit entries by EDI.  \nA separate entry, using the appropriate entry code, is required for every assessment (subject award, unit or option) for which a result is to be reported.  \nBefore making an entry for a particular subject, you should refer to:  \n• the specification for the subject  \n• any changes to examination provision detailed in the appropriate specification  \n• any restrictions on entry detailed in Section 2 of this document.  \nPlease see the Exams administration | Entries | Entries for exams officers page of our website [aqa.org.uk](aqa.org.uk for)[ for](aqa.org.uk for) full details on basedata and submitting entries.  \n2 Restrictions on entry in 2025/26  \nUnique Learner Numbers (ULNs)  \nFrom January 2014, all students entered for an exam at a state funded school/college in England need a ULN. 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