The information on this page is correct as of October 2017.
In November 2016, a letter was sent to all schools by the department of education, informing them that WJEC GCSEs would not be available for schools here to use from September 2017.
AQA
List of all new AQA GCSE qualifications that have been accredited for use in Northern Ireland from September 2017 (first teaching).
All the GCSE qualifications listed below will be graded 9-1 (9 being the highest grade).
All these qualifications will be linear, meaning all assessments must be taken together at the end of the course.
| Awarding Body | Level | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| AQA | GCSE | Bengali |
| AQA | GCSE | Business |
| AQA | GCSE | Chinese |
| AQA | GCSE | Design and technology |
| AQA | GCSE | Economics |
| AQA | GCSE | Engineering |
| AQA | GCSE | Italian |
| AQA | GCSE | Media studies |
| AQA | GCSE | Modern Hebrew |
| AQA | GCSE | Polish |
| AQA | GCSE | Psychology |
| AQA | GCSE | Panjabi |
| AQA | GCSE | Sociology |
| AQA | GCSE | Statistics |
| AQA | GCSE | Urdu |
CCEA
List of all new CCEA GCSE qualifications that have been accredited for use in Northern Ireland from September 2017 (first teaching).
All the qualifications listed below will be graded A*-G with a realigned A* and a new grade C*.
Some qualifications will be linear and some will be modular.
| Awarding Body | Level | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| CCEA | GCSE | Agriculture and Land Use |
| CCEA | GCSE | Art and Design |
| CCEA | GCSE | Biology |
| CCEA | GCSE | Business and Communication Systems |
| CCEA | GCSE | Business Studies |
| CCEA | GCSE | Chemistry |
| CCEA | GCSE | Child Development |
| CCEA | GCSE | Construction |
| CCEA | GCSE | Contemporary Crafts |
| CCEA | GCSE | Digital Technology |
| CCEA | GCSE | Double Award Science |
| CCEA | GCSE | Drama |
| CCEA | GCSE | Economics |
| CCEA | GCSE | Engineering and Manufacturing |
| CCEA | GCSE | English Language |
| CCEA | GCSE | English Literature |
| CCEA | GCSE | French |
| CCEA | GCSE | Further Mathematics |
| CCEA | GCSE | Gaeilge |
| CCEA | GCSE | German |
| CCEA | GCSE | Government and Politics |
| CCEA | GCSE | Health and Social Care |
| CCEA | GCSE | History |
| CCEA | GCSE | Home Economics: Food and Nutrition |
| CCEA | GCSE | Hospitality |
| CCEA | GCSE | Irish |
| CCEA | GCSE | Journalism in the Media and Communications Industry |
| CCEA | GCSE | Learning for Life and Work |
| CCEA | GCSE | Leisure and Tourism |
| CCEA | GCSE | Mathematics |
| CCEA | GCSE | Motor Vehicle and Road User Studies |
| CCEA | GCSE | Moving Image Arts |
| CCEA | GCSE | Music |
| CCEA | GCSE | Physical Education |
| CCEA | GCSE | Physics |
| CCEA | GCSE | Religious Studies |
| CCEA | GCSE | Single Award Science |
| CCEA | GCSE | Spanish |
| CCEA | GCSE | Statistics |
| CCEA | GCSE | Technology and Design |
OCR
List of all new OCR GCSE qualifications that have been accredited for use in Northern Ireland from September 2017 (first teaching).
All the GCSE qualifications listed below will be graded 9-1 (9 being the highest grade).
All these qualifications will be linear, meaning all assessments must be taken together at the end of the course.
| Awarding Body | Level | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| OCR | GCSE | Ancient history |
| OCR | GCSE | Business |
| OCR | GCSE | Classical civilisation |
| OCR | GCSE | Design and technology |
| OCR | GCSE | Economics |
| OCR | GCSE | Film Studies |
| OCR | GCSE | Media studies |
| OCR | GCSE | Psychology |
Pearson
List of all new Pearson GCSE qualifications that have been accredited for use in Northern Ireland from September 2017 (first teaching).
All the GCSE qualifications listed below will be graded 9-1 (9 being the highest grade).
All these qualifications will be linear, meaning all assessments must be taken together at the end of the course.
| Awarding Body | Level | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| OCR | GCSE | Arabic |
| OCR | GCSE | Astronomy |
| OCR | GCSE | Business |
| OCR | GCSE | Chinese |
| OCR | GCSE | Design and technology |
| OCR | GCSE | Italian |
| OCR | GCSE | Japanese |
| OCR | GCSE | Modern Greek |
| OCR | GCSE | PE (short course) |
| OCR | GCSE | Psychology |
| OCR | GCSE | Russian |
| OCR | GCSE | Statistics |
| OCR | GCSE | Urdu |
WJEC Eduqas
List of all new WJEC Eduqas GCSE qualifications that have been accredited for use in Northern Ireland from September 2017 (first teaching).
All the GCSE qualifications listed below will be graded 9-1 (9 being the highest grade).
All these qualifications will be linear, meaning all assessments must be taken together at the end of the course.
| Awarding Body | Level | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Eduqas | GCSE | Business |
| Eduqas | GCSE | Design and technology |
| Eduqas | GCSE | Electronics |
| Eduqas | GCSE | Film studies |
| Eduqas | GCSE | Geology |
| Eduqas | GCSE | Media studies |
| Eduqas | GCSE | PE (short course) |
| Eduqas | GCSE | Sociology |