GCSE, AS and A Level Physical Education update
26 September 2024
In this update, we provide an overview of the practical performance assessment arrangements for the coming year, including confirmation of the submission arrangements, details of updated support materials and key dates for the year.
For the June 2025 series, we also confirm we will be asking you to upload all off-site and on-site filmed evidence rather than post it to us. We hope you find this makes the moderation process much smoother.
Overview of the practical performance submission arrangements
Visit and moderation arrangements
As for last year, you will submit the arrangements online. Following your feedback, we will be making some small improvements to the online form, which will be available at the start of January.
After you have submitted your visit and moderation arrangements request, your moderator will contact you to arrange your moderation visit. We aim to have all visits arranged by 15 March.
Submitting marks
Once you have made your entries, you will be able to submit your marks. To improve your experience, we are making some improvements to the way you submit your marks.We will confirm the arrangements before the end of term and we will let you know when our system is open to submit your marks.
Submitting filmed evidence to OCR
Once you have made your entries, you will also be able to submit your off-site (AS, A Level and GCSE) and on-site (AS and A Level) filmed evidence.
New for this year, we will be asking you to upload all off-site and on-site filmed evidence digitally to OCR. It will no longer be possible to send your evidence by post. We will confirm the arrangements before the end of term. At the same time, we will confirm the submission arrangements for your moderation day filmed evidence.
You can read more about filmed evidence on our website.
Updated filming guidance
Following your feedback, we have updated our filming guidance to provide more detail. This includes what to keep in mind when filming specific sporting activities to help you obtain high quality footage.
You can view the updated filming guidance in Appendix B of each of the documents below:
You can also download these from the Physical Education qualification pages on our website and Teach Cambridge.
Key dates for 2024/25
There is no change to the key dates and deadlines for the upcoming year:
- 1 January–21 February – Submit your visit and moderation arrangements request
- 21 November–21 February – Make your entries
- Early February–15 March – Submit your marks
- Early February–15 March – Submit GCSE, AS and A Level off-site filmed evidence and the sample of AS and A Level on-site evidence
- 15 March–15 May – Moderation visit window
- Within 10 working days of the moderation visit – Submit your moderation day filmed evidence
If you have any queries about this update, please contact our PE Subject Advisor team at pe@ocr.org.uk or call our Customer Support Centre on 01223 553998.
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