New a levels: subject content consultation

Consultation outcome NEW A LEVELS: SUBJECT CONTENT CONSULTATION Get emails about this page This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

APPLIES TO ENGLAND This consultation has concluded READ THE FULL OUTCOME A LEVEL REFORM: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE PDF, 562 KB, 53 pages LETTER FROM MICHAEL GOVE TO PROFESSOR SMITH PDF, 48.6 KB, 1

page A LEVEL CONTENT: EQUALITY ANALYSIS Ref: DFE-00349-2014 PDF, 293 KB, 26 pages DETAIL OF OUTCOME Summary of proposed revisions to A level subject content for teaching from September

2015. The final GCE AS and A level subject content is also available. ------------------------- ORIGINAL CONSULTATION SUMMARY A consultation following recommendations made in Professor

Smith’s review of A levels and proposed changes to subject criteria. This consultation ran from 25 OCTOBER 2013 TO 5PM ON 20 DECEMBER 2013 CONSULTATION DESCRIPTION In March 2012, the

Secretary of State for Education set out a programme of reform for A levels to help ensure that the qualifications equip students for higher education. In March 2013, the Secretary of State

confirmed his intention that new linear A levels should be available for first teaching from 2015. A review of A level subject content was therefore conducted between April and July 2013 by

the 4 awarding organisations for A levels in England, working with representatives from a range of higher education institutions. The review was independently chaired by Professor Mark E.

Smith, Vice Chancellor of Lancaster University. This consultation seeks views on the outcome of Professor Smith’s review and the subsequent work undertaken by awarding organisations to

translate recommendations into changes to the subject criteria content and highlight the criteria content for AS qualifications. The subjects included in this consultation are: * art and

design * biology * business * chemistry * computing * economics * English language * English literature * English language and literature * geography * history * physics * psychology *

sociology The consultation summarises the key content changes proposed for each individual subject as a result of the review and asks whether the revised A level subject content gives

students the foundation to progress to undergraduate study. DOCUMENTS NEW A LEVELS: SUBJECT CONTENT CONSULTATION SUMMARY PDF, 151 KB, 4 pages A LEVEL SUBJECT CONTENT CONSULTATION PDF, 263

KB, 22 pages ART AND DESIGN SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 125 KB, 4 pages BUSINESS SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 154 KB, 6 pages COMPUTER SCIENCE SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 186 KB, 5 pages ECONOMICS SUBJECT

CRITERIA PDF, 164 KB, 6 pages ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 151 KB, 4 pages ENGLISH LANGUAGE SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 123 KB, 4 pages ENGLISH LITERATURE SUBJECT CONTENT

PDF, 113 KB, 4 pages GEOGRAPHY SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 153 KB, 6 pages HISTORY SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 115 KB, 4 pages SCIENCE SUBJECT CONTENT - INCLUDING BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS AND

PSYCHOLOGY PDF, 564 KB, 41 pages SOCIOLOGY SUBJECT CONTENT PDF, 185 KB, 5 pages SHARE THIS PAGE The following links open in a new tab * Share on Facebook (opens in new tab) * Share on

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