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Examinations

 

  • Telephone Exams Office 
  • 01395 255735 or  01395 255663

 

 

 

EXAM CONTINGENCY DAY

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have announced a contingency afternoon for the summer exams series 2025 The date that has been set aside as the ‘contingency afternoon session’ is Wednesday 24th June 2026.

The contingency afternoon for ALL external examinations has been put in place “in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom.

Therefore, in the event of a major disruption, JCQ and/or the relevant Awarding Bodies may decide to postpone an exam to another date in the June 2026 exam series. This means that any students sitting external examinations in June 2026 must be available on Wednesday 24th June 2026. 

 

  • Key Stage 4 Students are expected to attend examinations in full College uniform.
  • We expect students to arrive on time for examinations:  students may be unable to enter an examination after it has been formally started.
  •  We expect students to attend with all the necessary equipment.
  • Students should not expect that we will supply equipment.
  • Students will be told what is required for examinations well in advance.
  • All students receive a personal examinations timetable.
  • Revision and support classes are run for all students taking exams: please encourage your child to take these extra classes.
  • Ensure that your child knows his/her examination timetable.
  • Organise a suitable place for your child to revise.
  • Make sure your child has a revision timetable worked out.

Privacy Notices for each examination board can be found below:-

AQA https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/privacy-notice

NCFE https://www.ncfe.org.uk/legal-information

OCR https://www.ocr.org.uk/about/our-policies/website-policies/privacy-policy/

Pearson https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/about-us/qualification-brands/gdpr.html

WJEC https://www.wjec.co.uk/home/privacy-policy/

Summer Public Examination results are published in August

In 2026

 
A-Level: GCE Thursday 13 August 2026
GCSE:

GCSE Thursday 20th August 2026