Exams Officers: receiving exam materials
At intervals throughout the year you will receive exam material from AQA, including stationery (which is called 'non-confidential despatch') and question papers (the 'confidential despatch').
Please check the delivery as soon as you can and contact us or call 0844 209 6614 if you have any problems.
For more general help you can contact your Regional Support team.
- Exam stationery is sent to schools and colleges automatically, based on entry information. Use the order form to request additional exam stationery.
- The despatch schedule indicates which exam materials we send you and when
- Preliminary material and early question papers tells you about the materials that you receive in advance of the exams based on estimated entries.
- When will I receive my computer generated material?
January–March 2012 exam series
The following table shows when you will receive question papers from us:
| Question papers | Exam series | Papers for the exams during the period/date of issue for preliminary materials | Papers will be sent to you as follows |
| GCSE/GCSE Applied (Double Award)/Principal Learning Level 1 and Level 2/Functional Skills | 1A12 | 9 January - 1 February 2012 | December 2011 |
| GCE/Principal Learning Level 3/VRQ | 1A12 | 19 January – 2 February 2012 | January 2012 |
| GCSE pre-release | 6G12 | February – March 2012 | January 2012 |
| Principal Learning Levels 1 and 2 pre-release | 6V12 | February – March 2012 | January 2012 |
| Functional Skills pre-release | 3G12 | 3 February 2012 | January 2012 |
| GCE pre-release/MFL speaking tests (March/April/May) | 6A12 | 1 March – 5 June 2012 | February 2012 |
| Functional Skills/GCSE Maths and Science | 3G12 | 1 – 9 March 2012 | February 2012 |
| Basic Skills | 3G12 | 5 – 6 March 2012 | February 2012 |
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