As we start a new academic year many of you outside of mainstream education will be firming up plans as to which qualifications/subjects you will study in preparation for sitting exams in 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Have you thought about which Awarding Organisation (AO) subject specification best meets your needs? Were you aware that most subjects are offered by more than one AO? Would it surprise you to know that all ‘core subjects’ ie English Language, Mathematics, Sciences etc are offered by all five AOs; AQA, Cambridge International, Eduqas, OCR and Pearson Edexcel.
arc exams host subject examinations for most subjects offered by all AOs. To help decide which AO subject specification is best suited to you, our Fees List, available in a downloadable PDF format, has a unique feature to guide and inform you. AO specification codes, numbering over 400 in total, are shown against each qualification level/subject that arc exams currently offers.
Simply click on a specification code and you will re-directed to the AO website area detailing a wealth of useful information pertaining to that specification ie Syllabus Specification, Support/Resource Materials, Past Papers to name but a few. This allows you to easily compare and contrast prior to deciding which specification best meets your studying/learning needs.
To make things even easier for you, we’ve newly introduced an ‘Apply Now’ Button on each page of our Fees List taking you directly to our online booking form.
But that’s not all….
In recent weeks arc exams have published two informative blogs focussing on Awarding Organisation qualification/subject A Level and GCSE market share and, more importantly, selected subject grade distributions for each AO. This allows you to readily compare and contrast subject specification grading for examinations held this Summer. For example, were you aware that one AO awarded 76.3% of GCSE English Language candidates a Grade 4 or above whilst another AO awarded just 20.7% of candidates a ‘pass’!
arc exams routinely produce blogs with the explicit aim of informing and assisting anyone embarking on their examination journey. To ensure you don’t miss out, be sure to follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn to access timely examination insight’s you won’t find anywhere else.
We very much hope the information we provide, either via our Fees List or other publications, assists you in your learning journey. We welcome all feedback so please let us know what you think. If there are any subjects you would like to sit, that do not feature in our Fees List, please feel free to email us or, alternatively, call us on 0121 777 9444 to have a chat about your requirements.