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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Italian and Polish GCSEs to go digital in 2026, says England’s largest exam board

Pupils sitting an exam
AQA plans for the assessment of at least one large-entry subject to be partly digitalised by 2030. Photograph: David Jones/PA

GCSEs in Italian and Polish are to be assessed digitally in England from 2026, with plans to move at least one large-entry subject such as English to partial digital assessment by the end of the decade, a major exam board has announced.

England’s largest exam provider, AQA, said that subject to regulatory approval, the reading and listening components of the two language GCSEs would be examined through digital assessment for the first time.

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