how relevant is 2022 advanced information for 2023 exams?

There's no advance info for this year's exams I think

I came across the advanced information topic lists from last year's exams and they were written in order of importance. Just curious if the importance of those topics are likely to be seen in this year's exams too; or they may just be the most common topics that show up. Anyway, I just wanted to know if 2022 advanced information has any real value for exams this year or if they should just be ignored.

Thanks in advance!

I came across the advanced information topic lists from last year's exams and they were written in order of importance. Just curious if the importance of those topics are likely to be seen in this year's exams too; or they may just be the most common topics that show up. Anyway, I just wanted to know if 2022 advanced information has any real value for exams this year or if they should just be ignored.

Thanks in advance!

I think they mean that the advanced info for last year the topics that came up are they likely to come up again or are they irrelevant is what they mean.

Ignore it.

It wasn’t even great for some of the papers it was intended for last year, plus this year’s exams will likely assess other topics that didn’t come up last year.

Famously, the aqa gcse physics advance info had a howler last year
https://www.aqa.org.uk/news/an-update-on-gcse-physics-higher-tier-paper-1

Always AQA messing up so I wasn't surprised when that happened.

The kids were last year.

kids?

gcse students who took the exam. Or goats.

Yeah I think some pupils and teachers/tutors last year for some exams complained about the advanced information being inaccurate/useless and would have preferred if pupils had been told what wasn't going to come up in last year's exams.

Having sat exams last year, I mostly ignored the advance info (turned out to be a wise idea). I would agree that your idea of listing topics that won’t be assessed is a preferable option, but for some subjects, it would give away too much imo.

I honestly don’t think anyone is really missing out on much if the quality of any advance information they expect to receive is of a similar calibre to that which was given out last year.