Get the facts: as and a level reform

* Guidance GET THE FACTS: AS AND A LEVEL REFORM Updated 26 January 2018 APPLIES TO ENGLAND CONTENTS * 1. Introduction * 2. What new AS and A levels will look like * 3. Timetable Print this

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-the-facts-gcse-and-a-level-reform/get-the-facts-as-and-a-level-reform 1. INTRODUCTION New AS and A levels will be taught in schools in England

from September 2015. The first results for the new AS levels will be in 2016, and for the A levels in 2017. Further subjects will be introduced over the following two years. 2. WHAT NEW AS

AND A LEVELS WILL LOOK LIKE The main features of the new qualifications are: * Assessment will be mainly by exam, with other types of assessment used only where they are needed to test

essential skills. * AS and A levels will be assessed at the end of the course. AS assessments will typically take place after 1 year’s study and A levels after 2. The courses will no longer

be divided into modules and there will be no exams in January. * AS and A levels will be decoupled – this means that AS results will no longer count towards an A level, in the way they do

now. * AS levels can be designed by exam boards to be taught alongside the first year of A levels. * The content for the new A levels has been reviewed and updated. Universities played a

greater role in this for the new qualifications than they did previously. 3. TIMETABLE NEW AS AND A LEVEL TO BE TAUGHT FROM: FIRST AS RESULTS WILL BE ISSUED IN: FIRST A LEVEL RESULTS WILL BE

ISSUED IN: SUBJECTS September 2015 Summer 2016 Summer 2017 art and design biology business chemistry computer science economics English language English language and literature English

literature history physics psychology sociology September 2016 Summer 2017 Summer 2018 ancient languages (classical Greek, Latin) dance drama and theatre geography modern foreign languages

(French, German, Spanish) music physical education religious studies September 2017 Summer 2018 Summer 2019 accounting ancient history classical civilisation design and technology

electronics environmental science film studies further mathematics geology government and politics history of art (A level only) [footnote 1] law mathematics [footnote 2] media studies

modern foreign languages (Chinese, Italian, Russian) music technology philosophy statistics September 2018 n/a [footnote 1] Summer 2020 ancient languages modern foreign languages (Arabic,

Bengali, Gujarati, Greek, Japanese, modern Hebrew, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish, Urdu) * No qualifications have been or are currently being developed at AS level in these

subjects. ↩ ↩2 * Mathematics A level can be first awarded in 2018 after 1 year of study. ↩ Back to top