Please keep your examination certificates in a safe place. They are often required for employment opportunities, applications to universities etc, in the future. Obtaining replacements from exam boards can be a lengthy and expensive process.

The college is only legally required to hold certificates for 12 months. After this date, they may be destroyed. It is very important that you collect your certificates when they are available. This is usually the December after the summer exam season at the Annual Awards Celebration Evening.

Students are required to collect their certificates in person. If this is not possible, a family member may collect them on their behalf, but only with signed written permission.

If you have not collected your certificates or need a replacement, please use the appropriate links below to apply for these directly with the awarding body. The school cannot reissue any certificates.

https://www.ocr.org.uk/students/replacement-certificates/

https://www.wjec.co.uk/home/student-support/replacement-exam-certificates/

https://www.aqa.org.uk/contact-us/past-results-and-lost-certificates

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/Services/certificate-services.html

https://www.gov.uk/replacement-exam-certificate

Preparing for exams

Be exam smart - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

How to manage your time (ocr.org.uk)

A-level | The Student Room

GCSE - BBC Bitesize

Exams & revision - BBC Bitesize

Yr-11-Keep-up-session-Term-1-and-2-2024.pdf

Be Exam Smart

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Guidance for students, parents, and schools to help students avoid making mistakes which could lose them marks or lead to disqualification from an exam.

Please see the table below for information on recommended revision guides.

Subject	Revision
Biology, Chemistry, and Physics	The CGP GCSE AQA Revision and practice guides for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Biology ISBN-13: 978-1782945833 Chemistry ISBN-13: 978-1782945840 Physics ISBN-13: 978-1782945857
Combined Science	Combined Science AQA Revision Guide from Scholastic. ISBN-13: 978-1407176819
Business BTEC in Enterprise	ISBN: 9781292245607. Revise Btec Tech Award Enterprise Revision Guide
Computing	Revision guides: ISBN-10: 1910523259 ISBN-13: 978-1910523254 Workbooks ISBN-10: 1789086108 ISBN-13: 978-1789086102
Food Preparation and Nutrition	ISBN 978-1-4718-8700-0
French	Pearson REVISE AQA GCSE (9-1) French Revision Guide: (with free online Revision Guide) Additional resources: Revise AQA GCSE French Revision Workbook :for the 9-1 exams. (gives free access to online listening material).
Geography	GCSE AQA (CGP) Geography Revision Guide: for the Grade 9-1 Course ISBN: 9781782946106 GCSE AQA (CGP) Geography Revision Guide: for the Grade 9-1 Course (with revision and practice) ISBN: 9781782946137 GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Revision Guide (Oxford) ISBN: 9780198423461 GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA Exam Practice (Oxford)
History	Oxford AQA GCSE History: Elizabethan England c.1568-1603 Revision Guide. ISBN-10: 9780198422938 Oxford AQA GCSE History: America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Revision Guide ISBN-10: 0198432828 Mrs. Underdown’s Group: Oxford AQA GCSE History: Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972 Revision Guide ISBN-10: 9780198432883
ICT (BTEC)	Revision guides ISBN-10: 1910523267 ISBN-13: 978-1910523261 Workbooks ISBN-10: 1292307005 ISBN-13: 978-1292307008
Mathematics	Higher New 2021 GCSE Maths Edexcel Complete Revision & Practice: Higher inc Online Ed, Videos & Quizzes: perfect for catch-up and the 2022 and 2023 exams (CGP GCSE Maths 9-1 Revision) ISBN: 978-1782944058 Foundation New 2021 GCSE Maths Edexcel Complete Revision & Practice: Foundation inc Online Ed, Videos & Quizzes: ideal for catch-up and the 2022 and 2023 exams (CGP GCSE Maths 9-1 Revision) ISBN: 978-1782949985
Music	OCR GCSE Music revision guide ISBN-10: 1785581619
PE BTEC	CGP BTEC First Sport. Study and exam practice ISBN: 9781847624611
PE GCSE	AQA GCSE (9-1) PE By Ross Howitt and Mike Murray CGP GCSE Physical Education AQA (Grade9-1) Revision Question Cards ISBN: 978 1 78908 416 0 GCSE AQA PE Revision Guide Product code: JHS44 ISBN: 9781782945314
Product Design	Textbook: ‘AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology’ by M J Ross, and the ISBN is 978-1-910523-10-0. Revision guide: ‘New Grade 9-1 GCSE Design & Technology AQA Revision Guide (CGP GCSE D&T 9-1 Revision)’, and the ISBN is 978-1782947523 Theory Workbook: ‘New Grade 9-1 GCSE Design & Technology AQA Exam Practice Workbook (CGP GCSE D&T 9-1 Revision)’, and the ISBN is 978-1782947530.
Spanish	Revise AQA GCSE (9-1) Spanish Revision Guide ISBN 9781292131443 Revise AQA GCSE (9-1) Spanish Revision Workbook ISBN 9781292131412

How are BTECs graded

What is a BTEC?

BTEC Grades comparison to GCSE 9-1 Grades

BTEC Level 3 Nationals and UCAS points

Year 10, 11 & 13 Mock Assessments

Year 11 and Year 13 Winter Assessments

Monday 2 December 2024 to Friday 13 December 2024

Yr11-Winter-2024-Assessment-Timetable.pdf

Yr13-Winter-2024-Assessment-Timetable.pdf

Year 11 and Year 13 March Assessments

Monday 3 March 2025 to Friday 14 March 2025

Year 10 Summer Assessments

Tuesday 24 June 2025 to Friday 4 July 2025

Summer 2025 Formal Exams

EXAM CONTINGENCY INFORMATION

We have been informed by the JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications), the providers of regulations and examination practices across the UK, that they are planning to hold examination contingency days on:

Wednesday 11 June 2025 – PM

Wednesday 25 June 2025 – AM and PM

These will be used if a significant, unexpected event arises, and students are unable to take an examination when planned and therefore needs to be rescheduled. Of course, we all hope there won’t be such disruption and that the contingency day's will not be required.

All candidates must be available to sit examinations from the start of the Summer 2025 series in May 2025 up to and including Wednesday 25 June 2025, regardless of the dates on their individual timetables.

Examination students will not be expected to be in school that day, unless they have a rescheduled examination; however, they must be available and not away on holiday.