GCSE Short Courses in Citizenship, Geography and Physical Education
01 June 2016
Redevelopment of GCSE Short Courses in Citizenship, Geography and Physical Education qualifications
Our new GCSE (9–1) Citizenship Studies, Geography and Physical Education qualifications have been redeveloped for first teaching in September 2016. We will be focusing our resources and support into providing you with the full course GCSEs in these subjects following their successful accreditation.
Citizenship
Our new GCSE (9–1) in Citizenship Studies specification replaces the current full and short courses. The final assessment opportunities for the current qualifications are:
Entry Code
|
Qualification Title
|
Qualification number
|
Final Assessment Opportunity
|
Resit Opportunity
|
J269
|
GCSE Citizenship Studies
|
500/4670/6
|
Summer 2017
|
N/A
|
J029
|
GCSE (Short Course) Citizenship Studies |
500/4649/4
|
Summer 2017 |
N/A
|
The GCSE short course in Citizenship Studies was not redeveloped due to low demand.
Geography
Our new GCSE (9–1) in Geography A and GCSE (9–1) in Geography B specifications replace the current full and short courses. The final assessment opportunities for the current qualifications are:
Entry Code
|
Qualification Title
|
Qualification number
|
Final Assessment Opportunity
|
Resit Opportunity
|
J382
|
GCSE Geography A
|
600/6550/3
|
Summer 2017
|
N/A
|
J385
|
GCSE Geography B
|
600/6341/5
|
Summer 2017 |
N/A
|
J085
|
GCSE (Short Course) Geography
|
600/6340/3
|
Summer 2017 |
N/A
|
The GCSE short course in Geography was not available for redevelopment.
Physical Education
Our new GCSE (9–1) Physical Education specification replaces the current full and short courses. The final assessment opportunities for the current qualifications are:
Entry Code
|
Qualification Title
|
Qualification number
|
Final Assessment Opportunity
|
Resit Opportunity
|
J586
|
GCSE Physical Education
|
500/4671/8 |
Summer 2017
|
N/A
|
J086
|
GCSE (Short Course) Physical Education
|
500/4648/2
|
Summer 2017 |
N/A
|
The GCSE short course in Physical Education was not available for redevelopment at the time of development for subjects for first teaching in September 2016.
The full courses for these qualifications have been redesigned and accredited to create engaging and exciting qualifications for students and will count towards progress 8 measures.
For further information on deadlines for submitting entries, entry amendments/withdrawals and the submission of marks for internal assessment please see the admin webpages. We will continue to support and assess the current qualifications up to the conclusion of the final assessment series with resources such as Examiner Reports.
If you have any queries about this notice, please call our Customer Contact Centre on 01223 553998.