WELCOME TO THE EXAMINATIONS DEPARTMENT
Below you can find links to information about forthcoming exams, the JCQ exam regulations, exam timetables, results days, post-results service, exam policies, exam boards and certificates. If Students or parents have any concerns, questions or just need some advice before, during or after the examinations please contact Mrs D. Hodge (Examinations Manager) d.hodge@st-anselms.org.uk or the direct line 01227 826213. We are here to help, GOOD LUCK!
JCQ INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
It is a Joint Council for Qualifications www.jcq.org.uk requirement for all candidates to read, understand and follow these regulations before completing/sitting their coursework, non-examination assessment or written public examinations. Failure to follow these regulations would mean candidate malpractice and could result in a loss of marks for part or all that qualification.
- JCQ Coursework Assessments /Exam-Information/IFC-Coursework_Assessments_2024_FINAL.pdf
- JCQ Non-Examination Assessments /Exam-Information/IFC-NE_Assessments_2024_FINAL.pdf
- JCQ Written Exams /Exam-Information/IFC-Written_Examinations_2024_FINAL.pdf
- JCQ On-screen Tests /Exam-Information/IFC-On-Screen_Examinations_2024_FINAL.pdf
- JCQ Privacy Notice /Exam-Information/Information-for-candidates-Privacy-Notice_24-25.pdf
- JCQ preparing to sit your exams /Exam-Information/Preparing-to-sit-your-exams-2024_25.pdf
- JCQ social media infographic /Exam-Information/JCQ-Social-Media-Infographic-v6.pdf
- JCQ Use of AI /Exam-Information/JCQ-AI-poster-for-students-2.pdf
TIMETABLES (individual timetables and entries are posted on the student’s Edulink)
When available, all generic timetables will be posted here. External exams can also be seen on the respective exam board websites: AQA, OCR, Eduqas or Edexcel (Pearsons). All morning exams start at 9am prompt and afternoon exams at 13:30pm prompt. Students need to arrive 15 minutes before the exam start time.
Internal exams
(Sat under exam conditions in the sports hall)
- December mock exams Yr 11/13 (9th Dec – 19th Dec 2024) /Exam-Information/December_mocks_2024.pdf
- March mocks exams Yr 11 (25th March – 26th March 2025)
- July end of year exams Yr10/12 (23rd June – 4th July 2025)
External public written exams
- November GCSE Series (5th Nov –11th Nov 2024) /Exam-Information/November_Series_2025_Exam_Timetable.pdf
- January Btec Series (7th January – 17th January 2025) /Exam-Information/January_BTEC_Series_2025_Exam_Timetable.pdf
- Summer Series (1st May – 20th June 2025)/Exam-Information/SUMMER_SERIES_EXAM_TIMETABLE_2025__1_.pdf updated 16.01.25
Individual exam entries for the summer series will be given to students in form after February half term. Individual exam timetables will be posted on Edulink (so you can download and print) in March, once everyone is in an exam room and seated.
Note, external public exams may finish after the end of the school day.
Contingency day – for the summer series is Wednesday 25th June 2025. No holiday must be pre-booked before this day, irrespective of when your exam finishes, as the exam board may need to move exams to this day.
RESULTS DAYS
- November series - 9th January 2025 (10am on student Edulink)
- January series – 20th March 2025 (10am on student Edulink)
- Summer series -
- Yr13 14th August 2025 (8:30 -10am in main hall & on student Edulink by 10am)
- Yr11 21st August 2025 (10 –12pm in main hall & on student Edulink by 12pm)
POST RESULTS SERVICE
Internal Assessment/Coursework
- Internal Appeal form /Exam-Information/Internal_Appeals_Form.pdf
External Assessment
- Results Day & Review of Results GCE/L3 document /Exam-Information/GCE_L3_Results_Day_Information.pdf
- Results Day & Review of Results GCSE/L2 document /Exam-Information/GCSE_L2_Results_Day_Information.pdf
- JCQ Access to Scripts Appendix B form /Exam-Information/JCQ_Access_to_Scripts_Appendix_B.pdf
- JCQ Review of Marking Appendix A form /Exam-Information/JCQ_Review_or_Marking_Appendix_A.pdf
- JCQ Post-Results document /Exam-Information/JCQ_Post-Results-Service_24_FINAL.pdf
EXAM POLICES
Can be found with on our school policies page.
CERTIFICATES
Presentation evening and collection of certificates
Certificates typically arrive in school 3-4 months after the results day. Annually there is a Presentation Evening to issue the certificates to the students and to celebrate their success. This year this will be on Thursday 9th January 2025. Outside of this, certificates can be collected with prior communication from the student (not the parents) to d.hodge@st-anselms.org.uk Certificates must be collected in person by the student or they may nominate someone to collect on their behalf. In both cases photographic ID must be shown. We do not post certificates out.
Retention of certificates
Please remember to collect your certificates, they are your proof of exam results for employers and for any further or higher education course you may wish to study. In line with JCQ regs, we retain them for 4 years post GCE and 6 years post GCSE. After that they are securely destroyed, and you will need to go via the exam boards to replace them. There is a cost for this from the exam boards.
EXAM BOARDS
At St Anselm’s we use the following exam boards below. Exam boards we used for each subject and their specification codes can be found here. /Exam-Information/Subject_Specifications_2024-2025.pdf
- AQA https://www.aqa.org.uk/
- Eduqas(WJEC) https://www.eduqas.co.uk/
- Edexcel(Pearsons)https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/home.html
- OCR https://www.ocr.org.uk/