England鈥檚 biggest exam board has scrubbed the names of two photographers from one of its GCSE assessments over concerns their websites contain images that 鈥渕ay not be appropriate” for students. In an email to schools last week, announced that references to Sam Taylor-Johnson and Tim Walker in questions for an art and design paper had been removed to 鈥減rotect鈥� pupils. One of the pages contains a video of a fully-naked man, while the other has photographs of models appearing to simulate sex. Teacher flagged the issue An AQA spokesperson said: 鈥淲e recognise that the photographers are distinguished artists in their field, but some of their content may not be appropriate for GCSE students.鈥� Both photographers were referenced in questions in this year鈥檚 externally set assessment for GCSE art and design. The papers are usually shared with pupils in January. They contain seven 鈥渟tarting points鈥� on different themes for pupils to choose from and suggest artists to research. Students then use them to inform their preparation for a ten-hour supervised assessment, by the end of which they will have produced their own piece. AQA confirmed it had been informed by a teacher earlier this month about material on one of the artists鈥� websites. It made 鈥渇urther checks鈥� and found another 鈥渨hose website similarly had images that were potentially not appropriate鈥�. …but no complaints received It has since 鈥渦pdated鈥� the papers to remove the references to Taylor-Johnson and Walker. In the email, the exam board said its 鈥減riority is always to protect our learners鈥�. Despite this, the spokesperson said it has 鈥渘ot yet received any complaints about this matter鈥�. 鈥淎QA follows strict safeguarding principles while selecting artists, based on information available to us at that time 鈥淲e do however recognise that online content can change and we鈥檙e looking into further processes to reduce the chance of this happening again in the future.鈥� AQA is also 鈥渓ooking into further processes we can put in place to stop this from happening again鈥�. Teachers using printed copies of the assessment have been asked to 鈥渞edact the names of these artists and their work鈥� themselves, or to print the new version. ‘No impact on work’ The AQA spokesperson stressed the 鈥渟tarting points for students’ research are unchanged, so 鈥� this matter has no impact on the way we will assess their work鈥�. Taylor-Johnson鈥檚 website contains various photographs and videos of celebrities, including David Hockney, Daniel Craig, Kirsten Dunst and Megan Rapinoe It also promotes a number of the films she鈥檚 directed, like Fifty Shades of Grey and the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. But among the pieces displayed is one called Brontosaurus, a 10-minute, slow-motion video of a man dancing naked in his bedroom. Meanwhile, Walker鈥檚 page features work produced for a number of publications, like Vogue and the Evening Standard. Among them are photographs of the likes of Harry Styles, Cillian Murphy and Vivienne Westwood. But there are also topless pictures of singer Beth Ditto and images of men appearing to simulate sex. Representatives of both artists have been approached for comment.