1. Major Changes to English: 1.Our exam board is now EDUQAS. 2.There no controlled assessments for either English Language or Literature. It is now 100% exam. 3.The weighting for SPAG has now increased to 20% of the overall grade for English Language. 4.All students must do both Language and Literature. 5.There are no tiers in the exam.

4. Changes to the Maths GCSEs A minimum four and a half hours assessment time across both tiers 100% terminal exam – no controlled assessment Increased teaching time – greater content Revised subject content – fixed for all Awarding Bodies by DfE Tiered exams will still exist

5. Subject content introduced in the new GCSE at both Foundation and Higher know the exact values of sin θ and cos θ for θ = 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°; know the exact value of tan θ for θ = 0°, 30°, 45° and 60° use inequality notation to specify simple error intervals due to truncation or rounding change freely between related standard units (eg time, length, area, volume/capacity, mass) and compound units (eg speed, rates of pay, prices, density, pressure) in algebraic contexts Venn diagrams work with percentages greater than 100% identify turning points of quadratic functions graphically

6. Previously Higher tier content now included at Foundation tier trigonometric ratios calculate with and interpret standard form (A x 10 n ), where 1 ≤ A < 10 and n is an integer simplify and manipulate surds apply addition and subtraction of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a scalar, and diagrammatic and column representations of vectors factorising quadratic expressions of the form x 2 + bx + c, including the difference of two squares using y = mx + c to work with straight lines on graphs

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8. Maths exams format 3 exam papers Each 90 minutes long One non-calculator, two calculator Students must have a calculator and start bringing it to lessons – they must be confident in using their calculator in the exam Sharp or Casio - £5.20 from the maths shop