A-level English Language syllabi: some useful www resources

Produced by Ewa Jaworska, November 2000.

 Last updated 16 Oct 2003.

There is now a consolidated page of facts and figures for 2003.

U.K.'s regional education boards with responsibilities for A-/AS-level examinations were reorganised in the late1990s. New syllabi were introduced in schools in September 2000. The following web sites are useful sources of information:

OCR - Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations

AQA - Assessment and Qualifications Alliance

A/AS subject documentation.

EDEXCEL - (An amalgamation of several institutions.)

 

WJEC - Welsh joint Education Committee

English Language and Literature syllabus.

CCEA - Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Follow the 'post-16 education' page.

 

QCA - Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

This is the government body that oversees all exams.