Overview
Exam boards design courses and determine the assessment methods they use in order to ascertain a candidate’s grade in that qualification.
The Isle of Man draws upon a wide range of exam boards, from different jurisdictions.
This allows us to have a wide and varied selection of qualifications, each one chosen based on the content and the assessment methodology. Students are then able to choose to study subjects that allow them to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in the most appropriate way.
This flexibility is a huge benefit to students. However during this period of disruption, due to Covid19, it does highlight the complexity of the examination system as different jurisdictions can act independently of each other.
Below is a list the exam boards and qualifications we currently use. The links will enable you to monitor, for yourself, information issued by the exam board. You will also be able to navigate to the relevant courses for updates about content or assessment methods.
Teachers and Subject Leaders are monitoring the situation carefully and will keep their students up to date with changes taking place; they will also adapt their teaching and ensure they are setting appropriate assignments that could be used as evidence if needed further down the line.
The school will issue updates, in the form of letters, to students and parents in an attempt to help everyone understand any changes made.
Please contact the school if you have any concerns or if you are having trouble interpreting information relating to changes being made to a course being studied.
Exam boards at KS4
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Wales |
International |
Scotland |
England |
England |
England |
England |
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Drama Mathematics French Spanish PE (Short Course) RE
RE (short Course) Fashion & Textiles Food & Nutrition Product design Engineering design
Maths (entry level) |
Business Studies Computer Science English Language English Literature Geography History Music PE Science (Combined) Science (Coordinated) Science (Separates) |
Digital Applications ICT Practical cookery Practical Woodwork Skills for Work Engineering |
Health and Social Sport Child development |
RE (entry level) |
English (Entry Level) Science Entry level) |
CoPE |
KS5 Exam boards
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England |
Wales |
England |
Scotland |
England |
International |
England |
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Art and Design Computer Science Economics Maths Core Maths Spanish Extended Project Psychology Sociology |
Business Food science Product design Fashion and Textiles RE Drama and Theatre studies |
Financial Studies |
ICT |
BTEC Enterprise & Entrepreneurship BTEC Health and Social BTEC Sport English Language English Literature French Government & Politics PE |
Geography History Media Music |
Biology Chemistry Physics |
Current situation overview
| Scotland (SQA) |
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We have receive no further detail as to how SQA will
extrapolate from the coursework element to calculate the
final grade. Students to focus on completing any coursework components to the highest possible standard. |
| Wales (WJEC) |
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This means that students’ grades will be determined by us
in school, based on an assessment of work. An assessment framework will be provided by Qualifications Wales (the Regulator for exams in Wales) and guidance and quality assurance over our activities will be provided by WJEC. Detailed proposals are under development in Wales, and more information will be available as the plans progress. Students to continue working on covering all subject content and coursework until further guidance is issued. |
| England (AQA, Pearson, BTEC, OCR) |
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This means that students’ grades will be determined by us
in school, based on an assessment of work. Exam boards may also provide short assessment tasks/papers for school to set and mark in order to help staff gather enough evidence on which to base their grades. Detailed proposals are under development about how exam boards will ensure consistency across all centres. Students to continue working on covering all subject content and coursework until further guidance is issued. |
| Cambridge International (CIE) |
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We will update students and parents when we receive
information from CIE Students to continue working on covering all subject content and coursework until further guidance is issued. |