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WELCOME TO THE EXAMINATIONS DEPARTMENT 

(For Year 10, 11, 12 &13 only)

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. 

TIMETABLES (individual timetables and entries are sent out by Exam Assist and 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)

External public written exams 

Individual exam entries for the summer series will be given to students in form before February half term. Individual exam timetables will be sent by Exam Assist and 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 24th June 2026. 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 (results will not be emailed or posted out)

  • November series - 8th January 2026 (10am on student Edulink) 
  • January series – 19th March 2026 (8:30am on student Edulink)
  • Summer series - 
    • Yr13 13th August 2026 (8:30 -10am in main hall & on student Edulink by 10am)
    • Yr11 20th August 2026 (10 –12pm in main hall & on student Edulink by 12pm)

POST RESULTS SERVICE  

External Assessment 

Internal Assessment

CERTIFICATES 

Presentation evening and collection of certificates 

Certificates typically arrive in school 3-4 months after the results day. Annually there is a collection evening to issue the certificates to the students and to celebrate their success. This years this will be on Thursday 3rd December 2026. 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/ 

Exam Access Arrangements GDPR

Your controllerYour centre is a controller of your personal information. The awarding bodies, including JCQ, will also be controllers when they receive or use your personal information.A controller is someone who uses your personal information and decides the purposes for which it will be used, and the methods of use.

Personal information

To apply online for access arrangements your centre must use your name, date of birth, candidate number, year group and the academic year(s) when you will take your examinations. They must also confirm what your impairment(s) is/are, and the difficulties that they cause you, as relevant to the request for access arrangements.

If the online application for access arrangements is rejected, your centre may refer the decision to each relevant awarding body to review. As part of this review, your centre will need to provide detailed information about your impairment(s), and the difficulties caused, to enable the relevant awarding bodies to make a decision.

How your personal information is used

The examinations officer or SENCo at your centre will apply online for your access arrangement(s). The online system is commissioned by JCQ and operated by one of the awarding bodies on behalf of all the others.

The online system is programmed to make a decision about your application. If the application is rejected and your centre refers the decision, it will have to provide the detailed information described above. The relevant awarding body/bodies will use the detailed information to review the application and either confirm or change the decision.

Your personal information submitted in the Access arrangements online form, and the detailed information, will be kept by your centre. The centre will tell you how long the form and information will be kept. The relevant awarding body/bodies will keep the information that is submitted online, and any detailed information, for up to seven (7) years. 

Your information may be used for other purposes, without your consent, in some circumstances, such as to comply with law or to combat crime, as part of dealing with alleged malpractice, or to report potential malpractice or fraud to regulators (such as Ofqual or Qualifications Wales). The awarding bodies may share your information with each other in some circumstances, to help them achieve consistency in their decisions. JCQ and each of the awarding bodies will also need their suppliers to use your information (for example, the online portal for access arrangements relies on host and connectivity providers).

 The awarding bodies use your personal information in the UK, where laws protect the information.  Your personal information will only leave the UK if you or your centre are outside the UK, where such laws may not apply.  You can find more details, including the legal basis for the use of your personal information by your centre and the awarding bodies at:

https://www.jcq.org.uk/exams-office/information-for-candidates-documents/

Your choices

You do not have to give your consent. If you withhold consent, the centre might not be able to process an online application for you.

Your rights

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You also have rights to find out how the online system made the decision about your application, and to get the decision reviewed by an awarding body Officer, and to complain to the Information Commissioner (which is the UK regulator of personal information). Your other rights are to access your personal information that is held by relevant awarding bodies or JCQ, or to ask for it to be corrected or erased.

 To exercise rights, if you live in the UK or EU, just tell the examinations officer or SENCo at your centre, using the contact details contained in the Access arrangements online form, and (wherever you live, if the application has already been made) tell the awarding bodies or JCQ using the contact details referred to above.  You can find more detail about these and your other rights at:

https://www.jcq.org.uk/exams-office/information-for-candidates-documents/

 

 

 

 

 

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