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SUMMER 2021 GCSE, IGCE & A-LEVELS UPDATE

PRIVATE CANDIDATE SUPPORT GRANT

15 March 2021

The Department for Education has confirmed that there will be a clear and accessible route for private candidates to work with an approved exam centre to receive a grade this year, at the same time as other candidates, and without significantly increased cost compared to a normal year. We are working with the sector to ensure there are sufficient centres accepting private candidates.Exam boards have also announced that private candidates will not incur late fees until 26 April for GCSE, AS level and A levels.

A grant will be available to support approved exam centres to meet costs associated with the additional demands of assessment for private candidates this year. This is to avoid those extra costs being passed on to candidates. The department encourages all exam centres to offer to support private candidates to access a grade in this exceptional year.

Candidate Eligibility

Exam centres can claim this grant for private candidates in England only. A private candidate is defined by Ofqual as a learner in relation to whom there is no relevant centre.

It is the responsibility of centres to satisfy themselves that candidates meet the criteria. Examples of private candidates include:

individuals who are electively home educated
individuals who are alternatively educated
independent adult learners
individuals otherwise not affiliated with a school, college, or similar provider

Students who are enrolled in a school or college (state-funded or otherwise), but taking an additional subject that they have studied entirely without support from that school or college, can be included in centres’ grant claims for that additional subject only. Centres cannot claim for a candidate resitting a qualification if they are resitting at the centre where they originally took that qualification and that centre funded their previous entry, or if their resit is already funded by an educational provider. However, the centre can claim the grant if the candidate originally sat the subject as a private candidate, or if the candidate can no longer return to the original centre to resit the qualification. Centres cannot claim funding for candidates resitting GCSE English Language or Maths as a condition of funding.

Centres should not claim for the grant if exam fees are already included in a broader fee for tuition or a course of study, for example:

students paying for an independent school
students on a college course, part-time course, or distance learning course where the exam fees are included in the course cost

Funding is only available where an individual would normally pay a specific cost just for exams. Students who are enrolled with an approved centre, for example a distance learning provider, for the purposes of tuition only, and who would ordinarily have made a private candidate entry with a different centre for the purpose of sitting the exam, can be included in a claim for funding by the centre that ultimately enters them, provided that exam fees are not already included in a broader fee for tuition or a course of study.

Candidates should be in England and registered with an England-based centre, or otherwise have a reasonable expectation that they would have taken exams in England if the exams had gone ahead.

There is no candidate age restriction for this grant.

Qualifications

The qualifications eligible for the grant are:

GCSEs, AS levels and A levels, in all subjects
all vocational and technical qualifications and other general qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual and are used to progress to further education and higher education on the same basis as GCSE, AS and A level, and would normally have assessments or exams in the summer term
functional skills qualifications which would normally have had an exam between March and June 2021 inclusive and need to be assessed under alternative arrangements

The grant is available only for teacher assessed grades produced in summer 2021, not to any other assessment period, due to the unique circumstances this year. Candidates may enter for multiple subjects, though candidates should only enter for subjects they were already planning to enter this summer. The department will work with JCQ to review the list of centres for GCSE, AS and A level to identify gaps in coverage for particular subjects and take appropriate action where possible.

International GCSEs and A levels are not eligible because these are not regulated by Ofqual.

Important update on international qualifications

In addition to the GCSE & A-Level exams cancellation, Pearson is cancelling exams for its international GCSEs and A-level series and instead using teacher assessed grades. The board said they had made the decision to “ensure a level playing field for all” and to protect the safety and wellbeing of students.
Today we have confirmed three important updates:

We will use a robust approach based on teacher assessment for International GCSE and International AS/A Level assessment in May/June 2021 and exams will not go ahead as planned
We will offer an additional exam series for International GCSE later this year
The International AS/A Level October exam series will go ahead as planned.

STATEMENT FROM PEARSON
Today Wednesday 3 February 2021, we are confirming that will use a robust approach based on teacher assessment for International GCSE assessment in May/June 2021 and exams will not go ahead as planned. We will offer an additional exam series for International GCSE later this year. Our priorities throughout this pandemic have been to keep everyone safe and well and to ensure fairness so that every student receives a grade that reflects their knowledge and understanding. In making this decision, we have spoken to many schools, teachers and students and have carefully considered a range of options. These included having exams in some countries and teacher assessment in others. Given the ongoing uncertainty, we feel that this could not be done fairly and would risk unintentionally disadvantaging individual students. You should continue to teach your students, and we will ensure that you are fully supported as we work through the next steps.'
A Pearson spokesperson said: “We’ve undertaken a thorough review of the situation and listened to the views of the schools, parents and students we serve. Sadly, it is clear that with the ongoing global uncertainty and changing nature of the pandemic, it will not be possible to run exams without the risk of unintentionally disadvantaging individual students.
“The new approach will follow a rigorous process, ensuring all teachers can accurately and fairly assess their students. We will provide schools with fully comprehensive support as we move forward, and we will run additional exams in early autumn for any student wishing to take them.”
Cambridge International is continuing to prepare for its exams to take place this year.

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