Curriculum and assessment news

To view information about the Awarding Organisations (AOs) that NAHT regularly meets with, use the links below; these AOs hold termly meetings with NAHT and other school leader and teaching associations.

If you wish to access information and updates from AQA please click here
If you wish to access information and updates from Pearson please click here
If you wish to access information and updates from OCR please click here
If you wish to access information and updates from WJEC please click here

You can also access additional information from Ofqual and JCQ

Coronavirus and the cancellation of summer exams and assessments 2020: vocational and technical qualificationsFollowing the decision to close schools and not go ahead with this summer's exams, the Department for Education, Ofqual and awarding organisations have been working together to consider how best to... 09 April 2020
Awarding grades for GCSE, AS and A levels summer 2020: what do schools and colleges need to do?Awarding of Summer 2020 grades for GCSE, AS and A level, Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and Advanced Extension Award (AEA) 03 April 2020
Safe remote learning in PSHE education: advice from the PSHE AssociationThe PSHE Association has created a guide to teaching PSHE remotely includes valuable advice on what can be safely covered at home but also topics that should be avoided. 02 April 2020
Support from the PSHE Association during Covid-19 closuresThe Association continues to support teacher and schools during school closures and has created a support hub with resources and guidance to assist schools, teachers and parents with PSHE delivery in... 02 April 2020
Latest information and updates from the Standards and Testing Agency (STA)The date of the key stage two reading test has changed. It will now take place on the Tuesday of test week, not Monday as in previous years. 24 March 2020
Latest information and updates from AQAAQA is an independent education charity and a provider of academic qualifications. Their qualifications include GCSEs, AS and A-levels, the Extended Project Qualification, the AQA Baccalaureate,... 23 March 2020
Latest information and updates from OCRNAHT's round-up of the latest news and information from OCR. 23 March 2020
New literacy hub launched with 50 free resources to help students with literacy difficulties or SENDDriver Youth Trust has launched a free literacy resource hub. 03 March 2020
Research report: improving literacy in secondary schoolsThe Education Endowment Foundation has published a guidance report on improving literacy in secondary schools. 03 March 2020
Withdrawal of funding approval from qualifications with low and no publicly-funded enrolmentsOver 5000 qualifications could cease to be funded from August 2021 28 February 2020