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Public and Mock Examinations

Mock examinations are held in March for year 10 students and November for year 11 students, and last for approximately two weeks. Information is given to the students in plenty of tme time for them to prepare for these mock exams and they will be given a timetable of when and where they need to be for each examination.

Public GCSE examinations are taken during year 11, some of these are in November, January and March with the majority being held during May to June each year and consist of written and practical examinations. (Please note that not all students take exams at each time and they will be given plenty of notice regarding dates and times if they are scheduled to sit an exam), some year 10 students will also take public exams, such as GCSE science modules which are held in November, March and June. Some year 10 students will also take maths or statistics GCSE in the summer.

Once students are entered for exams the exam boards send confirmation slips confirming the details. Along with these year 11 students are given a full personal exam timetable, and copies of the rules and regulations, during March, they should keep these in a safe place.

For students and parents information, dates are listed here, these will be updated as and when confirmed dates and times are received from the Examination Boards.

Coursework
Coursework also has to be completed by set dates and students will be informed of this by their subject teacher. If this is not receieved by the deadline it may not be accepted by the Examination Boards, and therefore may effect their final exam marks.

Final Examinations Dates
Many Year 11 students ask when their last examination date will be so that families can book summer holdays. It is not possible to find out each students personal timetable until January/February of their final year when complete lists are received from the teachers. If details are needed before this date it is best to use the actual final examination date as opposed to the students personal final exam date, this is usually during the final week of June.

Rules and Regulations
There are rules and regulations from the examinations boards that all students taking exams must adhere to. Copies of these are shown below. Students will all receive hard copies of these before the exam periods, plus the Notice to Candidates and the Warning to Candidates notices are both displayed in poster format inside and outside the examination room. Parents and students can view them below or print them off to be fully aware of these regulations.

Illness
If students have a long term illness during the examination period or during the coursework completion period please inform the subject teacher or Student Learning Manager immediately. It may be possible to send in a request for special consideration from the examination board.