Press Release
Ofqual publishes statistics for the 2009 examination series
3 February 2010
Ofqual today publishes three statistical reports on the 2009 summer examination series.
The Access arrangements, Special consideration and Malpractice reports published today cover the June 2009 GCE and GCSE examinations. During the series 5.5 million GCSEs, more than 1 million AS qualifications and more than 840,000 A level qualifications were awarded and in total more than 16 million scripts were marked.
The 2009 summer examination series was the first to use Access Arrangements Online, a new centralised online system for the submission of access arrangement requests. The number of access arrangements granted during the period covered was 343,017. In addition 22,758 modified papers were produced.
Special considerations allow for adjustments to be made to the marks of candidates who have not been able to demonstrate their attainment because of exceptional circumstances. Special considerations were granted for learners taking 2.2 per cent (359,766) of the total question papers.
Malpractice penalties were issued to 0.03 per cent of candidates (4,415) for all examinations. In addition awarding organisations imposed malpractice penalties on 88 centre staff and 70 centres.
Kathleen Tattersall, chair of Ofqual, comments:
"As regulator it is our role to ensure that fair systems are in place and that these are followed correctly. We require that awarding bodies report annually on the number of candidates notified as having particular requirements and the number of malpractice incidents reported and investigated.
"These figures provide invaluable information regarding the examination season and allow us to check that the systems put in place to protect learners are followed."
Please view the three statistical reports below-
Access arrangements in GCSE AND GCE exams
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