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Ofqual has today (4 April 2019) published Wave 17 of the annual qualifications perceptions survey. This information, published annually as Official Statistics, was carried out by the research organisation YouGov on our behalf. 皇冠体育appse regular survey outputs allow us to understand changes and variations of levels of understanding about qualifications among learners, parents, business groups, teachers, headteachers and the general public.

Some highlights from this year鈥檚 survey:

GCSEs, AS and A levels

1. Overall confidence in GCSEs, AS and A levels was similar to wave 16 (conducted in late 2017).
2. Seven in ten (71%) stakeholders agreed that GCSEs 鈥榓re a trusted qualification鈥�, comparable with waves 16 and 15 (conducted in late 2016).
3. 皇冠体育app proportion who said that 鈥楪CSE standards are maintained year on year鈥� was unchanged from the previous two waves (40%).
4. 8 in 10 (81%) stakeholders said that AS and A levels 鈥榓re a trusted qualification鈥�, the same as in wave 16. Half of respondents (49%) said that 鈥楢S and A level standards are maintained year on year鈥�, consistent with the previous two waves.
5. Overall, levels of agreement that GCSE, AS and A level 鈥榤arking is accurate鈥� were consistent with waves 16 and 15.

GCSE 9 to 1 grading

1. 皇冠体育appre has been an increase year-on-year since wave 14 (conducted in early 2016) in the proportion of stakeholders overall who correctly identified that 9 is the best grade GCSE students can get. In particular in this wave, the proportion of parents who correctly identified that 9 is the best grade rose to 85%, from 73% in wave 16. Seven in ten (69%) employers also correctly identified that grade 9 was the best grade, compared with 64% in wave 16.
2. We asked about the 9-9 to 1-1 grading scale for the new GCSE combined science for the first time this wave. Nearly nine in ten (88%) headteachers said they were aware of the new scale.

Review of marking, moderation and appeals

1. Overall, two thirds (64%) of respondents knew that there was a review of marking, moderation and appeals system for GCSEs, AS and A levels, up from 42% in wave 16. More than nine in ten (94%) headteachers and eight in ten (83%) teachers knew, up from 78% and 58% in wave 16 respectively.
2. 皇冠体育appre were also increases in the proportions of teachers who said the systems for GCSEs and A levels were fair. 皇冠体育app proportion who said the system for GCSEs was fair rose to 50% in wave 17, from 38% in wave 16. 皇冠体育app proportion who said the system for A levels was fair rose to 49%, from 39%.

Special consideration, reasonable adjustments and malpractice

1. Three quarters (77%) of teachers and headteachers said they had 鈥榓dequate information鈥� about arrangements for students eligible for special consideration. Nearly seven in ten (67%) said they had 鈥榓dequate information鈥� about reasonable adjustments. Both outturns were consistent with wave 16.
2. 皇冠体育app vast majority (86%) of teachers and headteachers said they had 鈥榓dequate information鈥� about what constitutes malpractice for GCSEs, AS and A levels, and to whom they should report such incidents (88%). Both outturns were consistent with wave 16.

Applied Generals

1. Questions about Applied Generals were asked for just the second time in wave 17. Outcomes were consistent with wave 16.

Commenting on today鈥檚 release, Dr Michelle Meadows, Deputy Chief Regulator, said:

We are pleased to see improvement in the proportion of teachers reporting knowledge of the system for reviews of marking, moderation and appeals for GCSEs, AS and A levels, and also in those reporting that the system is fair. We believe these outcomes reflect the important changes to our rules that we introduced in summer 2017, and our collective work with exam boards to engage and inform schools and colleges.

We also welcome the further improvement seen in levels of understanding of the new 9 to 1 GCSE grading scale among parents and employers.

We focused our communication effort over the past year on raising awareness in schools and colleges of the 9-9 to 1-1 grading scale for the new GCSE combined science. Today鈥檚 results indicate good progress had been made by the time this survey was conducted in late 2018, and we are doing more on this front ahead of this year鈥檚 exams.

Other results in this wave show general stability in levels of trust, perceived marking accuracy, and maintenance of standards across GCSEs, AS and A levels. We recognise the importance of public confidence in these qualifications. To that end, we are delivering a broad range of communications this year, including work to reduce incidents of malpractice in exams, to support students in their exam preparation, and to explain further how we maintain standards in these qualifications.