whats the difference between AQA & Edexcel?

I know its two different exam boards but does that mean people doing Edexcel gcse papers will have a different paper to AQA?

Yes.

Skeppy

I know its two different exam boards but does that mean people doing Edexcel gcse papers will have a different paper to AQA?

Yes. When I changed school's for sixth form, the whole year had done different GCSE papers to me, which did get quite annoying when the teachers would say 'so, you remember when you did this at GCSE?' and they'd simply assumed everyone had when I hadn't.

Reply 3

enthstudent

Yes - exams are set by individual awarding bodies, rather than a central organisation.

Reply 4

ByronicHero

yes - and AQA seems to be easier.

Reply 5

Skeppy

paddy__power

yes - and AQA seems to be easier.

good i want it to be easy as pie

Reply 6

ByronicHero

Skeppy

good i want it to be easy as pie

Everyone I know who did AQA (certain subjects) found it easy.

Reply 7

Skeppy

yeh thats because you know clever people my friends are hood-rats

Reply 8

Princestia

The papers are different for Edexcel and AQA since they are different exam boards. Sometimes, different topics (within the syllabus though) come up on the papers but it really depends on the exam paper style, topics chosen by examiners, etc.