Official Statistics

Pre-release access list: Access Arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level, 2017 to 2018 academic year

Updated 24 September 2019

This official statistics was withdrawn on

In 2025, Ofqual analysed a more detailed access arrangements dataset that we had requested from exam boards. Our analysis highlighted that our previously published official statistics on access arrangements overstated the number of approved access arrangements in place for the exam cohort in each year. For more details, see

Using this new more detailed dataset, we are strengthening our methodologies for analysis and quality assurance and plan to publish revised figures in our 2025 release. We intend for this release to include the academic years between 2020 to 2021 and 2024 to 2025, for which we have the new data.

While we complete that work, we are withdrawing the previously published statistics because of the limitations we have identified through our analysis.

This issue does not affect the figures relating to modified papers, which are based on a different data source and which are now available at Modified papers for GCSE, AS and A level: 2014 to 2024.

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In addition to the professional and production staff at Ofqual, pre-release access to the statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following post holders.

Ofqual

  • Senior Manager, GQ Policy and Strategic Relationships
  • Senior Manager, Policy and Strategic Relationships for GQ
  • Executive Director for General Qualifications
  • Senior Manager - Policy
  • Executive Director of Strategy, Risk and Research
  • Chair
  • Chief Regulator
  • Director of Strategic Relationships for GQ, General Qualifications Policy
  • Associate Director Communications

AQA

  • PR & Media Executive
  • PR & Media Relations Manager

Department for Education

  • Senior Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon Damian Hinds MP, Secretary of State for Education
  • Private Secretary to Minister Gibb
  • Special advisor to the SoS
  • G7, Qualifications Division
  • Deputy Director, Qualifications Division
  • Policy Special Advisor
  • Head of School Performance Data Unit (Acting)
  • Comms Special Advisor
  • Senior Media Officer, Education and Schools

Pearson

  • Responsible Officer
  • Director of Assessment
  • Director of Business Improvement and Regulation
  • Director of Accreditation and Standards
  • Senior Vice President Schools

Qualifications Wales

  • Head of Research

WJEC

  • PR and Brand Manager
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