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      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.

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