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Anglia Examinations Paper Updates

Anglia Examinations has announced minor changes to their exam papers effective February 2025, based on feedback from stakeholders and to enhance accessibility and compliance with Ofqual. Key updates include a standardized mark count for listening tests across levels A1 to C2, while maintaining equal weighting for Reading, Writing, and Listening skills. The syllabus remains unchanged, with some level-appropriate phrasal verbs added.

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Anglia Examinations Paper Updates

Anglia Examinations has announced minor changes to their exam papers effective February 2025, based on feedback from stakeholders and to enhance accessibility and compliance with Ofqual. Key updates include a standardized mark count for listening tests across levels A1 to C2, while maintaining equal weighting for Reading, Writing, and Listening skills. The syllabus remains unchanged, with some level-appropriate phrasal verbs added.

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Anglia Examinations Paper Updates 2025

After a period of consultation with our major stakeholders, and in conjunction with the
reaccreditation process with AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group, we have made minor
changes to our exam papers. These changes will come into effect in February 2025.

Why?

The reasons for these changes are:

: as a result of feedback from teachers and representatives

: as a result of feedback from markers and assessors

: to improve accessibility for learners and bring certain tasks up to date

: to ensure compliance with Ofqual through our partnership with AIM

: to improve alignment to the CEFR

What?

The main changes to the exam papers are highlighted in the table below, with sample papers
also available to provide everyone, especially teachers and candidates, a clear idea of any
updates.

Changes have been made to the number of marks available on the listening papers from A1 –
C2. Listening tests at these levels now all have a total mark count of 34. In some cases, this
has affected the number of questions. For clarity of results, we wanted all listening tests from
A1 – C2 to have the same number of marks.

The Reading, Writing and Listening skills still carry equal weighting. Speaking is still awarded
separately.

Please note there is no change to the Anglia syllabus at any level. However, some phrasal verbs
have been added which are level appropriate.

Level Reading Writing Listening Speaking


First Step, no change no change no change no change
Junior,
Primary
A1 R4 task change Plurals task deleted L1 - 6 questions (not 5) no change
Preliminary (was ‘opposites’. Now short W4 now 10 marks L2 – 2 plurals included
reading) W3 now 3 text boxes L3 – 6 questions (not 5)
Mark reallocation
A2 R4 –Prepositions. Format W3 – 50 words L3 – 9 questions (not 10) no change
Elementary change Mark reallocation

A2+ Pre- no change W2 – 60 words L2 – 12 questions (not no change


Intermediate 10)
L3 – 11 questions (not
10)
Mark reallocation
B1 R5 – new multiple-choice W1 total marks = 25 L2 – 9 questions (not 10) Task 3 –
Intermediate section testing phrasal (CARAT mark L3 – 11 questions (not Planning an
verbs. 10 questions scheme) 10) event. Now
W2 – 80-100 words Mark reallocation includes visual
W4 – phrasal verbs prompts as
deleted (now tested guidance. No
in R5 other change
B2 R4 and R5 re-ordered in W2 Formal – 90-110 L3 – 10 questions (not 8) no change
Advanced line with rest of suite Informal – 80 words with 5 speakers (not 4)
C1 R4 – remains a word- W2 – Formal 150- L1 – 13 questions (not no change
Proficiency building task, but now split 170 Informal – 70- 12)
into 2 texts from different 100 Questions 9 – 13 all have
sources eg job decription, Includes viual a two-part answer
Reorder of instructions prompts in the form L2 – 10 questions (not 8)
tasks for of advert/notes etc with 5 speakers (not 4)
exam-paper for guidance. L3 – 6 questions (not 5)
layout W3 – 5 questions
reasons (not 10) Sentence
stem and word in
brackets provided

C2 R1 – Pt1 - now open cloze All W tasks renamed L2 – 6 questions (not 5) no change
Masters passage W2 – 15 marks , in L4 – no writing marks
Pt 2 –open cloze sentences line with rest of suite allocated to this task.
(idioms) (CAT mark scheme) Note completion
R3 – original literature Now 150 words
extract with 5 questions
R4 – new reading task.
Multiple source (x 4) with 6
questions
R5 – extended text now
with multiple choice
questions to replace
synonyms task

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