--- title: "Results: Your exam boards" description: Last week’s Sunday Survey asked music teachers to look at the draft specifications and say which exam board they were thinking of choosing.  Interestingly, the results suggest that Edexcel is still the most popular choice by quite a large margin.  At both GCSE and A-Level, 50% of respondents indicated that they were opting for Edexcel. I […] --- [Skip to content](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/results-your-exam-boards.html#main-content) [![Teacher and Musician](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/hs-fs/hubfs/81896E98-B64E-4BC2-A2A2-A247BD8FBD34.png?width=100&height=100&name=81896E98-B64E-4BC2-A2A2-A247BD8FBD34.png)](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation May 25, 2015 6:00:00 AM # Results: Your exam boards [John Kelleher](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/author/john-kelleher) Share: [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/results-your-exam-boards.html) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/results-your-exam-boards.html) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/results-your-exam-boards.html) [pinterest-p icon](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/results-your-exam-boards.html) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/results-your-exam-boards.html) [![results - which specification will you choose? - gcse music - a-level music - draft specification - teacher and musician - survey sunday](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)Last week’s [Sunday Survey](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/which-exam-board-will-you-choose.html) asked music teachers to look at the draft specifications and say which exam board they were thinking of choosing.  Interestingly, the results suggest that Edexcel is still the most popular choice by quite a large margin.  At both GCSE and A-Level, 50% of respondents indicated that they were opting for Edexcel. I was quite surprised to see that Eduqas (the new bran for WJEC’s offer in England) came in as the second most popular choice at GCSE.  28% of respondents said they would offer Eduqas putting AQA into third place with 17%. At A-Level, the proportions were more in line with my expectations.  Edexcel taking 50% but AQA and OCR tied for second place. As usual, this leaves a few questions that need consideration: - are teachers sticking with Edexcel because they are familiar with the board? - has Edexcel’s ‘[playing it safe](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/edexcels-gcse-music-specification.html)‘ strategy to designing their qualification paid off? - what is it about Eduqas’ offering that is so popular at GCSE?   - why are teachers not choosing Eduqas at A-Level even if they like it for GCSE? [![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GCSE.jpg) [![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/A-Level.jpg) [Blog](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/tag/blog) ## Related posts [Blog](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/tag/blog) ## [Results: Your ideal KS4](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/07/results-your-ideal-ks4.html) [John Kelleher](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/author/john-kelleher) Jul 20, 2015 7:00:23 AM I recently conducted a survey to see what music teachers thought their ideal Key Stage 4 for music... [Read more](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/07/results-your-ideal-ks4.html) [Blog](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/tag/blog), [boards 2015](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/tag/boards-2015), [A-Level](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/tag/a-level) ## [Edexcel’s A-Level Music Specification](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/06/edexcels-level-music-specification.html) [John Kelleher](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/author/john-kelleher) Jun 15, 2015 6:00:00 AM [Read more](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/06/edexcels-level-music-specification.html) [Blog](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/tag/blog) ## [What would your set works be?](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/what-would-your-set-works-be.html) [John Kelleher](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/author/john-kelleher) May 24, 2015 12:10:00 PM [Read more](https://www.teacherandmusician.com/2015/05/what-would-your-set-works-be.html) facebook-f icon linkedin-in icon Twitter icon instagram icon --- Copyright © 2026