AS and A level criteria (first teaching 2008)
These documents were published by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). The regulatory function of QCA is now the responsibility of the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual). Ofqual regulates qualifications and monitors national curriculum assessments in England.
- GCE AS/A level qualification and subject criteria: Consultation summary report (PDF, 325 KB)
- GCE AS/A level qualification criteria (PDF, 55 KB)
- Accounting performance descriptions (PDF, 60 KB)
- Accounting subject criteria (PDF, 63 KB)
- Art and design performance descriptions (PDF, 53 KB)
- Art and design subject criteria (PDF, 77 KB)
- Biology performance descriptions (PDF, 66 KB)
- Business studies performance descriptions (PDF, 59 KB)
- Business studies subject criteria (PDF, 58 KB)
- Chemistry performance descriptions (PDF, 66 KB)
- Classics performance descriptions (PDF, 51 KB)
- Classics subject criteria (PDF, 61 KB)
- Computing performance descriptions (PDF, 66 KB)
- Computing subject criteria (PDF, 66 KB)
- Design and technology performance descriptions (PDF, 68 KB)
- Design and technology subject criteria (PDF, 66 KB)
- Drama and theatre studies performance descriptions (PDF, 52 KB)
- Drama and theatre studies subject criteria (PDF, 58 KB)
- Economics performance descriptions (PDF, 61 KB)
- Economics subject criteria (PDF, 63 KB)
- Electronics performance descriptions (PDF, 65 KB)
- English literature performance descriptions (PDF, 53 KB)
- English literature subject criteria (PDF, 63 KB)
- English language and literature performance descriptions (PDF, 54 KB)
- English language and literature subject criteria (PDF, 64 KB)
- General studies performance descriptions (PDF, 51 KB)
- General studies subject criteria (PDF, 64 KB)
- Geology performance descriptions (PDF, 65 KB)
- Geography subject criteria (PDF, 71 KB)
- Geography performance descriptions (PDF, 51 KB)
- Government and politics performance descriptions (PDF, 52 KB)
- Government and politics subject criteria (PDF, 58 KB)
- History performance descriptions (PDF, 61 KB)
- History subject criteria (PDF, 63 KB)
- Home economics performance descriptions (PDF, 55 KB)
- Home economics subject criteria (PDF, 61 KB)
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) performance descriptions (PDF, 67 KB)
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) subject criteria (PDF, 62 KB)
- Law performance descriptions (PDF, 51 KB)
- Law subject criteria (PDF, 57 KB)
- Media studies performance descriptions (PDF, 52 KB)
- Media studies subject criteria (PDF, 58 KB)
- Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) performance descriptions (PDF, 60 KB)
- Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) subject criteria (PDF, 77 KB)
- Music technology performance descriptions (PDF, 58 KB)
- Music performance descriptions (PDF, 90 KB)
- Music and music technology subject criteria (PDF, 64 KB)
- Physical education performance descriptions (PDF, 53 KB)
- Physical education subject criteria (PDF, 61 KB)
- Physics performance descriptions (PDF, 65 KB)
- Psychology performance descriptions (PDF, 66 KB)
- Religious studies performance descriptions (PDF, 59 KB)
- Religious studies subject criteria (PDF, 72 KB)
- Science subject criteria (PDF, 132 KB)
- Sociology performance descriptions (PDF, 50 KB)
- Sociology subject criteria (PDF, 61 KB)