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Feedback from students suggests they are enjoying studying the subject from KS3 onwards.  \n• However, we have received a lot of feedback from teachers about the volume of content and about exams being too difficult for some students.  \n• GCSE 9–1 specifications were designed to be more challenging: e.g. , in History we saw the removal of internal assessment and the emphasis on knowledge over skills.  \n• The increased content demands have made it difficult for teachers to get through the content in the available teaching time – cf. optionality in summer 2022.  \n• We are listening!  \n• We are reviewing our assessment model to identify ways to improve the student experience.  \n• We are also considering what changes would improve GCSE History at next reform.  \n© Pearson Education 2023  \n5  \nStudent feedback  \n• Following this summer's exams we ran a student survey which had 412 responses.  \nThe skills I learn will help me pursue my career  \n© Pearson Education 2023 6  \nStudent feedback  \n• Students clearly enjoy studying the content; however, they are less positive about the amount of content.  \n2023 7  \nPaper 1 entries by option  \nPaper 1 thematic study entries, 2023  \n Crime and Punishment  Medicine  Warfare  Migration  \n• Medicine continues to be the most popular thematic study, with 60% of entries.  \n• We were very pleased to see the rapid uptake of Migrants in Britain – this summer it overtook Warfare, with over 5000 entries from 64 centres.  \n© Pearson Education 2023 8  \nPaper 2B entries by option  \nPaper 2 British depth study entries, 2023  \n B1 Anglo-Saxons  B2 Richard-John  B3 Henry VIII  B4 Elizabeth I  \n• Early Elizabethan England and Anglo-Saxons and Normans remain the most popular options (87% of British depth study entries) .  \n© Pearson Education 2023 9  \nPaper 2P entries by option  \nPaper 2 Period study entries, 2023  \n P1 Spain and New World  P2 British America  P3 American West  \n P4 Cold War  P5 Middle East  \n• Superpower relations and American West account for 97% of Period study entries.  \n© Pearson Education 2023 10","cbCaijhFJwR3UKvK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijhFJwR3UKvK","pdf",4857145,95,"English","# Agenda\n## Summer 2023 entry data\n## Percentage outcomes, grade boundaries and statistics\n## ResultsPlus and Access to Scripts\n## Paper 1 Medicine and Paper 3 Germany\n## Senior examiner feedback / exemplar student answers\n## Summer 2024, upcoming support and training\n# Student feedback\n## Students’ views on content amount\n# Entry breakdown by options\n## Paper 1 thematic study entries\n## Paper 2B entries by option\n## Paper 2P entries by option","[{\"question\":\"What does the event agenda include for the GCSE History Summer 2023 series?\",\"answer\":\"The agenda covers Summer 2023 entry data, percentage outcomes with grade boundaries and statistics, ResultsPlus and Access to Scripts, Paper 1 Medicine and Paper 3 Germany, senior examiner feedback with exemplar student answers, and upcoming support and training for Summer 2024.\"},{\"question\":\"How has Ebacc affected GCSE History entries and student choice?\",\"answer\":\"The introduction of Ebacc drove significant growth in GCSE History entries, leading more lower-attaining students to choose GCSE History. 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