Pupils will be continue to be given formulae and equation sheets for some GCSE subjects ahead of curriculum reforms, Ofqual has confirmed. The exams regulator decided exam boards will still be required to provide the exam aids for maths, physics and combined science, up to and including 2030 and 2031, the remaining lifetime of these qualifications. They had previously been confirmed until 2028. The aids were first introduced in 2022 due to concerns about the impact of the pandemic on learning. The requirement has been repeatedly extended. The government said in its response to the curriculum and assessment review that it would consider whether students should be required to memorise and recall each formula and equation, in reformed subjects from 2029 or 2030. Earlier this year, schools minister Georgia Gould said for the lifetime of these existing subjects pupils would not be required to memorise these for assessment purposes. Ofqual launched a three-week consultation and received more than 2,100 responses. Of these, 91.7 per cent supporting the proposals for a formulae sheet and 93 per cent supporting …