Appendix 1: Proposed timeline for implementation
Appendix 1: Proposed timeline for implementation Back
| Early December 2011 onwards | Formal announcement and publication of revised regulatory documents |
| January 2013 | Question papers (and mark schemes) in English literature, geography, history (including ancient history) and religious studies to include additional, specific marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar |
| August 2013 | Final aggregation of specifications entered in a unitised way |
| November 2013 | Re-take opportunity (linear entry only) for English, English language and mathematics |
| May/June 2014 | First series in which all examinations will be taken in a linear way |
It’s a pity that whilst RS is included in this group of humanities subjects, it was not included in the group for the EBacc. Any reason for this?
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Yes, why include RS here but not in the EBacc?
So re-writing the mark schemes is on the cards? As SPG is already incorporated into the mark schemes for history, why bother? Seems utterly pointless.
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Surely the retake opportunity for Maths and English in Nov 13 should allow a retake of the modular specification with the 40% rule. After all it is a retake of the summer 13 exam.
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I agree with Amelia Rood. The students sitting GCSE in Summer 2013 will have followed a modular (unitised?) course and the nature of that means that it may be nearly three years since they sat their first unit. For a weak student (which is the case for those resitting) that is a lot of reviewing to do. It seems unfair to turn their resit opportunity into a linear only opportunity retrospectively.
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I second what Amelia and Tomi’s opinions. you are penalising students who are sitting modular when in all fairness the schools opting this at that time had no clue of your proposed changes.It is an unfair advantage for schools who have chosen linear specs for their learners.
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My daughter is in year 9 and currently studying her GCSE’s and has started coursework and assessments. Why mess with her education? Can’t the new system be brought in for students starting in year 7?
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I agree with N Woodrow. I think you underestimate the numbers of pupils starting a three year GCSE course who this will affect. My daughter is also in Year 9 and is expecting to take her science modules next summer and has begun courses in other subjects also being taught on a modular basis. I do not see the urgency or the need for this change. It should be delayed for 2 years to give teachers time to prepare new schemes of work, which they are constantly having to do with every change in examinations. As everyone in education knows,successive governements have continually moved the goalposts, and now we are back to how GCSEs were in the 1980s. What evidence is there to back up the proposal, and will it really improve our children’s education?
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