Exams office availability during the summer holidays

Between 15 August 2024 to 23 August 2024 the Exams office will be open Monday-Friday 9:00am - 2:00pm to answer any questions or queries about results. Please note we cannot share marks over the phone or via private email. 

Contact the Exams Office​ 

For exam queries, please use the contact form and select Exams office in the drop down menu.

Replacement exam certificates

The school does not hold copies of or have access to former students' exam certificates. If you have lost an exam certificate you will need to contact the relevant exam boards directly. There is a fee for replacement certificates.

Results will be available to collect from the School Hall on the dates listed below. Results will be posted to the Student's Talaxy account later that day. 

A level and Cambridge Technical results

Thursday 15 August 2024 at 8:00am - 9:30am

The sixth form team will be available until 2:00pm on results day. 

GCSE and Cambridge National results

Thursday 22 August 2024 at 9:00am - 10:30am

GCSE results clinic will be held on Friday 23 August. Appointments with Senior Leadership and Innvervate are available for support with Post-16 arrangements, these can be booked through Main Reception on results day.

Collecting results

Please enter the School through the Main Reception entrance only. Do not enter the school via any other entrance.

If a student is unable to collect their results in person they may nominate someone to collect on their behalf. This request must be emailed to the Exams Office from the student's school email account. The email must be received before Wednesday 14 August for A Level students and before Wednesday 21 August for GCSE students. The nominated person collecting the results must bring photo ID. We are unable to accept telephone calls or text messages on the day as permission to release results.

Uncollected results will be posted to the Student's home address on Talaxy. We are unable to share marks/grades over the phone or via private email.

Post results information

Information about grade boundaries, appeals and post results services will be available on the Results & Post Results page on results day.

Exam boards and specifications

• A level and Cambridge Technical 2022-24 

• GCSE and Cambridge National 2022-24

Links to exam boards

AQA - aqa.org.uk

Pearson - qualifications.pearson.com/

OCR - ocr.org.uk

WJEC - wjec.co.uk/

Preparing for an Exam 

• Year 10 exams - Things to remember
• Year 11 exams - Exam briefing 2024
• Public exams - Things to remember
• Instructions for Candidates 2023/2024 (Information video from The Exams Office)
• Understanding exam stress - booklet

Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) Information for candidates

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) oversees the administration of public examinations in the UK and it is their rules and regulations with which we must comply.

Candidates should familiarise themselves with the following JCQ documents

Information for candidates

• Information for Candidates - Written exams 2023 – 24

• Coursework assessments 2023-24

• Non examination assessments 2023/24

• Plagiarism in Assessments

• Preparing to sit exams check

• Privacy Notice 2022 – 23

• Unauthorised items

• Use of AI

• Using social media and examinations/assessments 2023/24

• Warning to Candidates

The exam process

Ofqual - The role of an Exams Officer

AQA

• The life of script
• How exam papers are marked

Pearson - The Life of a Script: Scanning and processing exam papers

OCR - How exam papers are marked

• Complaints procedure
• Conflicts of interest
• Internal appeal against centre assessed marks
• Internal appeals (Review of results and appeals)
• Internal appeals (Access arrangements, special consideration and other administration issues)
• Malpractice (Exams)
• Use of word processors
• Escalation process (Exams)
• Emergency evacuation (Exams)
• Candidate identification procedure
• Access to scripts, review of results and appeals procedures
• Access arrangements procedure
• Whistleblowing (Exams)
• Alternative rooming arrangements (Exams)