Examination Boards

[DieselShaq]

I've been looking at some of the examination threads around and realised that none of you actually have examinations from the same examination board as me. How many of them are there? So far in the threads, I've seen AQA, OCR MEI, WJEC and EdExcel but my school uses EdExcel and CIE (UCLES).

Just out of interest, which one is actually the hardest/toughest?

[Technologic]

No idea, AQA is probably the easiest because it's like the one the government uses

[Immenseman]

Surely there isn't a "hardest" one as I guess they'd all cover roughly the same questions, dependant on the topic obviously. We use a variety of AQA, EdExcel and OCR. I have no idea which one is "better" and I have never heard anyone say a specific exam board is harder than another.

[colourpot]

My school uses AQA, Edexcel and WJEC

[GommeInc]

Surely there isn't a "hardest" one as I guess they'd all cover roughly the same questions, dependant on the topic obviously. We use a variety of AQA, EdExcel and OCR. I have no idea which one is "better" and I have never heard anyone say a specific exam board is harder than another.

Apparently GCSE exam boards vary in terms of difficulty. I remember hearing something like that at school. For A-Levels though they're pretty much the same.

I had AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC (which I think might be the welsh one).

[Technologic]

Also, my school uses AQA and EdExcel, also a few people took an ICT exam which was CEA

[DieselShaq]

The thing is, one of my friends who left to the UK said that the EdExcel physics is really easy, even in the higher tier, since it requires more of measuring than writing and knowing the theory behind it. My school uses CIE for physics and it often requires lengthy answers, so I'm pretty sure there's a difference in difficulty between examination boards.

[Abbie.]

NICCEA

or CCEA

:]

[Catzsy]

Apparently GCSE exam boards vary in terms of difficulty. I remember hearing something like that at school. For A-Levels though they're pretty much the same.

I had AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC (which I think might be the welsh one).

Yes WJEC is the welsh one. Although they also use OCR for IT etc.

[Josh-lives]

I think mine uses AQA and OCR but it will use others aswell, - i think.
just, i don't know about them