GCSE Criteria

GCSEs are governed by two sets of regulatory criteria. The GCSE Qualification Criteria set out general rules relating to content, assessment and reporting for all GCSEs. The GCSE Subject-specific Criteria set out additional detail covering aims, content, assessment objectives and scheme of assessment. Awarding bodies must adhere to both sets of criteria when developing the detail of their specifications.

These criteria have been revised to ensure that the content of GCSEs is up-to-date and relevant and that coursework arrangements will address issues of authenticity and reliability, thereby ensuring that standards and public confidence in the qualification are maintained.

GCSE Subject Criteria

Art and Design PDF, 83K

Business SubjectsPDF, 76K

Citizenship StudiesPDF, 97K

Classical SubjectsPDF, 99K

Construction and the Built EnvironmentPDF, 76K

DancePDF, 75K

Design and TechnologyPDF, 112K

DramaPDF, 71K

EconomicsPDF, K

EngineeringPDF, 57K

EnglishPDF, 103K

English LanguagePDF, 100K

English LiteraturePDF, 82K

Expressive ArtsPDF, 73K

GaeilgePDF, 64K

GeographyPDF, 72K

Health and Social CarePDF, 72K

HistoryPDF, 79K

Home EconomicsPDF, 101K

Hospitality and/or CateringPDF, 73K

HumanitiesPDF, 73K

ICTPDF, 78K

ICT controlled assessment regulationsPDF, 72K

LawPDF, 104K

Leisure and TourismPDF, 75K

ManufacturingPDF, 81K

MathematicsPDF, 72K

Media SubjectsPDF, 72K

Modern Foreign LanguagesPDF, 110K

MusicPDF, 75K

Physical EducationPDF, 80K

PsychologyPDF, 83K

Religious StudiesPDF, 64K

SociologyPDF, 74K

StatisticsPDF, 116K

 

Reports

Consultation summary reportPDF, 137K

GCSE General Criteria PDF, 54K

Controlled Assessment

Download Report PDF, 192KB

RegulationsPDF, 292KB

Regulations for EnglishPDF, 85KB

Regulations for English LanguagePDF, 69KB

Regulations for English LiteraturePDF, 70KB

Regulations for GaeilgePDF, 64KB

Regulations for ICTPDF, 71KB