GCSE Panjabi

How is the course externally examined?

The GCSE focuses on three key themes, with several sub-topics within each theme:

Identity & culture

• Me, my family and friends
• Technology in everyday life
• Free-time activities
• Customs and festivals in Panjabi-speaking countries/communities

Local, national & global areas of interest

• Home, town, neighbourhood and region
• Global issues
• Social issues
• Travel and tourism

Current and future study & employment.

• My studies
• Life at school/college
• Education post-16
• Jobs, career choices and ambitions

The course is graded with GCSE grades 1 to 9.

This subject has 2 tiers; Foundation tier is graded 1 to 5, Higher tier is graded 4 to 9

How is the course internally assessed?

Year 10

In Term 1 (September to December), all students will be assessed across the four key language skills: Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. These assessments will consist of selected sections and individual questions from past exam papers. In the March mock exam series, students will sit full past papers in Listening, Reading and Writing. Any topics not yet covered in class will be removed from the papers to ensure fairness. In June, students will complete a mock Speaking exam on a one-to-one basis with their class teacher, using adapted past papers with any unseen topics excluded.

Year 11

In late October, students will sit an individual mock Speaking exam with their class teacher using full past papers, again with any unstudied content removed. They will then complete full Listening, Reading and Writing mock papers in the November exam series. A second set of Listening, Reading and Writing mocks will take place in March; these papers will be slightly shortened. The final GCSE Speaking exam will take place shortly after the Easter break, typically in late April.