Ofqual - Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

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Malpractice in GCSE and GCE

Awarding organisations must investigate and issue penalties for any candidate or centre malpractice that might undermine the integrity of an exam.

Ofqual collects and reports information on the total number of incidents of malpractice in the GCSE and GCE summer examination series in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. No geographic breakdown of the data is currently published.

YearTitlePublished datePagesDetails
2011 Malpractice in GCSE and GCE: Summer 2011 examination series 26/10/11 20 PDF 342kb
Data tables (XLS)
2010 Malpractice in GCSE and GCE: Summer 2010 examination series 08/12/10 20 PDF 278kb
Data tables (XLS)
2009 Malpractice in GCSE and GCE: June 2009 examination series 03/02/10 8 PDF 76kb
2008 Statistics for malpractice at GCSE and A level: 2008 18/03/09 10 PDF 53kb

 

Release list:

In addition to the professional and production staff at Ofqual, CCEA and DCELLS, pre-release access to the statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders:

Ofqual: Chief Executive; Head of Awarding Organisation Performance; Director of Communications; Chief Press Officer, Press Officer

Department for Education: Examinations Delivery team leader; Senior Press Officer

CCEA:  Communications Manager

AQA: PR & Media relations manager

OCR: Group Director, Public Affairs

WJEC/CBAC: Marketing & Communications Manager

Edexcel: Head of UK Corporate Affairs

JCQ:  Head of Policy and Communications

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