The government has announced details of a support package for secondary school students taking exams in England this summer.
Exams regulator Ofqual has said the package, which includes 'generous' grading, is intended to be 'as fair as possible' to pupils given the disruption they have faced due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Those taking some GCSE, AS and A level qualifications will see changes including formulae and equation sheets in a few exams and less topics to memorise.
But assessments are expected to return to normal standards by 2023, according to the Department for Education (DfE) and Ofqual.
It comes after the proportion of GCSE and A-level entries awarded the top grades surged to a record high last year after results were determined by teachers amid cancelled exams due to coronavirus.
Scroll down to see the full list of subjects and their changes for 2022...
GCSEs
Ancient history
- Exams will cover less content than usual
- In the exams there will be a choice of topics on which students must answer questions.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Art and design
- The qualification will be assessed on the portfolio only, there will be no externally-set assignment.
- Exam boards are allowed to carry out moderation by photographic and digital portfolio.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Astronomy
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Schools and colleges are allowed to deliver observational activities by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Biblical Hebrew
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Biology
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Business
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Chemistry
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Citizenship studies
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Exam boards will provide guidance on citizenship action in a socially distanced context.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Classical civilisation
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Classical Greek
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Combined science
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- A revised equation sheet has been provided for teaching and learning.
- A clean copy of the equation sheet will be provided for students in the exams.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Computer science
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Dance
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Design and technology
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Teachers can demonstrate processes and use of machinery and tools.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Drama
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment and associated content requirements have been relaxed.
- Students can watch streamed or recorded performances instead of live theatre and can analyse and evaluate these performances in the exams.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Economics
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Electronics
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Engineering
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
English language
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Speaking assessment does not have to be recorded and can be conducted virtually and by a single teacher.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
English literature
- Exams will cover less content than usual.
- In the exams there will be a choice of topics on which students must answer questions.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Film studies
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Food preparation and nutrition
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been reduced.
- Preparation and cooking techniques can be demonstrated by teachers.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Geography
- Exams will cover less content than usual.
- In the exams there will be a choice of content on which students must answer questions.
- There will be no questions on the student’s fieldwork experience.
- Fieldwork requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Geology
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Fieldwork requirements have been relaxed.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
History
- Exams will cover less content than usual.
- In the exams there will be a choice of topics on which students must answer questions.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Latin
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Maths
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- A formulae sheet has been provided for teaching and learning.
- A clean copy of the formulae sheet will be provided for students in the exams.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Media studies
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Modern foreign languages
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- No requirement to use words not on the vocabulary list.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Music
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Physical education
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Physical education (short course)
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Physics
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- A revised equation sheet has been provided for teaching and learning.
- A clean copy of the equation sheet will be provided for students in the exams.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Psychology
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Religious studies
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Religious studies (short course)
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Sociology
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Statistics
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
AS and A levels
Accounting, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Ancient history, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Art and design, AS and A level
- The qualification will be assessed by the portfolio only, there will be no externally-set assignment.
- Portfolios can be moderated by photographic or digital methods.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Biblical Hebrew, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Biology, AS
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Biology, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Requirements for the assessment of practical activities have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Business, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Chemistry, AS
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Chemistry, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Requirements for the assessment of practical activities have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Classical civilisation, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Classical Greek, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Computer science, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Dance, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Design and technology, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Teachers can demonstrate processes and use of machinery and tools.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Drama and theatre, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment and associated content requirements have been relaxed.
- Students are allowed to watch streamed or recorded performances instead of live theatre and can analyse and evaluate these performances in the exams.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Economics, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Electronics, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
English language, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
English language and literature, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
English literature, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Environmental science, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Fieldwork requirements have been relaxed.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Film studies, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Further maths, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Geography, AS
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- There will be no questions on the student’s fieldwork experience.
- Fieldwork requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Geography, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Fieldwork requirements have been relaxed.
- Exam boards will review their guidance relating to primary data for the independent investigation.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Geology, AS
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Fieldwork requirements have been relaxed.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Geology, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Fieldwork requirements have been relaxed.
- Requirements for the assessment of practical activities have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
History, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
History of art, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Latin, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Law, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Maths, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Media studies, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Modern foreign languages, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Music, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Music technology, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been reduced and relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Philosophy, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Physical education, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Non-exam assessment requirements have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Physics, AS
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Teachers can deliver practical work by demonstration.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Physics, A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Requirements for the assessment of practical activities have been relaxed.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Politics, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Psychology, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Religious studies, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Sociology, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
Statistics, AS and A level
- Information on some of the exam content has been provided to help students focus their revision.
- Examiners will build in generosity for students when setting grade boundaries.
