Information for Students and Parents Including Exam Board Regulations
Students and parents should familiarise themselves with the documents below.
Written Exam Information for Candidates 2018-2019
Onscreen Tests Information for Candidates 2018-2019
Non-Examination Assessments Information for Candidates 2018-2019
Coursework Information for Candidates 2018-2019
Social Media Information for Candidates 2018-2019
Poster JCQ Warning to Candidates
In Spring 2019 students will be handed an exams information booklet which will include essential information in preparation for the exams.
Information for Students and Parents Including The Examination Process, Preparation and Revision
The Awarding Body WJEC have prepared some short guides to help students and their parents better understand the key aspects of the assessment process.
https://www.wjec.co.uk/students/the-examination-process/index.html
WJEC have also produced some guidance on how students can prepare and revise for their exams.
https://www.wjec.co.uk/students/exam-preparation-and-revision/
These documents will be useful to all students, even those who are not sitting an exam with WJEC. The school will also run assemblies and revision sessions in the build up to exams to help students in their preparation.
GCSE/ GCE Summer Timetable
Dates of exams for the 2019 GCSE/GCE have been confirmed by the exam boards. The schools 2019 timetable can be viewed here. Students will receive a personalised timetable by February, which they will need to check. Summer 2019 TT
IMPORTANT Contingency Day 26th June 2019
For the first time in 2019 a contingency exam day has been arranged by the exam boards. The contingency day has been arranged for “GCSE and/or GCE examinations, should sustained national or local disruption arise during the June 2019 examination series.”
In the case of ‘sustained national or local disruption’ during the Summer exam period an exam will be rescheduled for this date. Students must be able to attend and no special dispensation would be applied if they were to be absent.
A letter concerning this date was sent to parents on 11th December 2018.
