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.

Exam timetables

Year 10 and Year 12 Exams April / May 2025

• Year 10 Exams
• Year 12 Exams

Public Exams Summer 2025 

• Y11 Exam Timetable - Summer 2025
• Y13 Exam Timetable - Summer 2025

Student's personal timetables will be available on Talaxy after half term.

Exam board timetables

A Level and Cambridge Technicals

• AQA
• OCR
• Pearson Edexcel

GCSE and Cambridge Nationals

• ​AQA
• Edquas
• OCR
• Pearson Edexcel

Exam boards and specifications

• A level and Cambridge Technical 2024-26 

• GCSE and Cambridge National 2024-26

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 2024/2025 (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 2024-25

• Coursework assessments 2024-25

• Non examination assessments 2024-25

• Plagiarism in Assessments

• Preparing to sit exams checklist

• Privacy Notice 2022 – 23

• Unauthorised items

• Use of AI

• Using social media and examinations/assessments

• 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)