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QCF Qualifications in Personal and Social Education

 

 
 

Coursework standardisation meetings

Standardisation meetings will be taking place across the country during the spring term 2012:

DateLocationTimeReference
Thursday 1 MarchHarrogate9.45am-4.00pmPSEXXS101W
Tuesday 6 MarchManchester9.45am-4.00pmPSEXXS102W
Thursday 8 MarchLondon9.45am-4.00pmPSEXXS103W

Book a meeting

  • These are additional meetings from the series held in the autumn term.
  • If you attended a meeting in autumn you do not need to attend this time.
  • Centres are usually notified in writing if they need to attend. Please contact us if you have not received your invitation.
  • If you are teaching this specification for the first time, please contact the subject team to ensure that you are invited.
  • These meetings are free of charge.

AQA's policy on attendance at coursework standardisation meetings


Application for Access Arrangements

Please follow the access arrangements below for the level you require:

  • Entry Level Qualifications – fill in a JCQ Form 11. Please consult page 61 of the Regulations and Guidance handbook.
  • Level 1 and Level 2 Qualifications – fill in a JCQ Form 1, 8 or 9 as appropriate. Please consult page 60 of the Regulations and Guidance handbook.

Your thoughts on PSE

95% of centres would recommend PSE units to another centre. See what else our centres told us in our June survey.


Performance Points

Read/Download the Performance figures for Personal and Social Education in PDF format.

This explains the Achievement and Attainment Table points these qualifications currently attract.


Secure Key Materials

Secure Key Materials is a new e-AQA service which replaces Recent Exam Materials from 1 September. It provides teachers and Exams Officers with exclusive access to a bank of exam-related material that is:

  • secure
  • easy to navigate
  • quick to use
  • intuitive, based on the design of our website.

Please read our new leaflet and look at the following demo to find out more about this new service.

To obtain an e-AQA account and access to Secure Key Materials, please register at e-AQA. For more information about the materials published on Secure Key Materials, please don't hesitate to contact the Subject team.



  • Estimate of Entries. Please use this form to advise AQA of your estimated entries for PSE 5800.

Teacher Network Group

A Teacher Network Group has recently been set up to offer teachers of Personal and Social Education a means of contacting each other regarding subject matter. If you have not yet registered your details with us, please fill out the application form and send it to the subject department.


Full details

Qualification type QCF
Specification title Personal and Social Education
Course type QCF Qualification
Specification codes 5800