A Level reform

AS and A Levels accredited by Ofqual for first teaching from September 2017

OCR has been accredited for a range of AS and A Levels by Ofqual for first teaching from September 2017. You can see our reformed specifications and sample assessment materials on our new qualification pages.

Accredited

AS and A Levels accredited by Ofqual for first teaching from September 2016

OCR has been accredited for a range of AS and A Levels by Ofqual for first teaching from September 2016. You can see our reformed specifications and sample assessment materials on our new qualification pages.

AS and A Levels accredited by Ofqual for first teaching from September 2015

OCR has been accredited for a range of AS and A Levels by Ofqual for first teaching from September 2015. You can see our reformed specifications and sample assessment materials on our new qualification pages.

Decoupled qualifications

The reformed AS Levels will be stand-alone qualifications in their own right. There will be one examination series each year. The AS will not count towards the final grade of an A Level. The reformed A Levels will be fully linear so assessment of a student’s knowledge and understanding of the whole course takes place at the end of two years of study.

AS/A Level reform factsheet

Co-teaching

We are carefully designing our AS Levels to be co-taught with the first year of the A Level.

The content of the AS Level specification is a subset of the content of the A Level specification, which can be taught in the first year of the A Level course. The content you deliver for the AS qualification is the same as the content for the first year of the A Level qualification. This allows AS and A Level learners to be taught together throughout the first year until the AS assessments.

AS and A Level co-teaching guide (PDF, 354KB)