Resit proposals announced for legacy GCSE, AS and A Levels

Resit proposals announced for legacy GCSE, AS and A Levels 17 December 2015

As reformed qualifications are introduced in England, ‘legacy’ GCSEs, AS and A Levels are being withdrawn. Ofqual is now consulting on the final re-sit arrangements for these qualifications.

The two main recommendations are:

AS and A Levels

Ofqual is proposing that re-sit opportunities in all AS and A Level subjects, where new qualifications were introduced in September 2015, will be available for the last time in the legacy qualifications in May or June 2017. This arrangement would be repeated for subsequent phases of AS and A Level reform.
GCSEs

The consultation proposes that students taking GCSEs in English, English language and mathematics in summer 2016 will have a re-sit opportunity in November 2016. Ofqual is also seeking views on whether these students should have a further re-sit opportunity in May/June 2017.

There will be no re-sit opportunities in other GCSE subjects that are subject to reform.

Ofqual has produced a table to illustrate the last teaching, last exams and resit timings for its proposals. The table does not currently include information about modern foreign languages (other than French, German and Spanish). Final decisions have not been taken about when these subjects will be reformed.