Asked to register that I have a child sitting A-levels - anyone else been asked??

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Just that, really.

I'm a humanities teacher in a secondary school and this year I was asked to register if I had a child sitting A-levels (not specifically in my subject).

This didn't happen when my DC were doing GCSEs so wondered if this is something new?

And why??

It’s not new. It’s laid out in the JCQ general regulations if you want the letter of the law. You’re being asked specifically about A Levels because they generally have a significant centre-assessed component in the NEAs, which GCSEs generally do not.

https://www.jcq.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gen_regs_approved_centres_22-23_FINAL.pdf

Pages 11 and 12 set out why.