Exam Centre
Welcome to Gordano School's Exam Centre. This page should provide you with important information to help you navigate the upcoming exam seasons.
Should you have any questions or concerns please email exams@gordanoschool.org.uk
We're here to help you!
Exams Officer: Mr Tom Shallcross
Exams Administrator: Dr Rachel Brown / Miss Laura Miller
Office opening hours: 8.00am - 4.00pm (Mon - Thurs) 8.00am - 3.30pm (Fri) (term time only)
Important dates for 2023 - 24
Please refer to the school calendar for dates of exams taking place in 2023-24.
Statement of Entry:
A statement of entry is a list of all the exams that you have been entered for. You will be issued with a statement of entry via the exams system www.schoolworkspace.com (please see 'Exam communications to parents for instructions' on how to access the system). You will be asked to confirm that you have been entered for the correct subjects/tiers and that there are no errors or omissions.
Statement of entries for the summer series will be issued w/c: 29th January 2024
The deadline for confirmation is Friday 9th February 2024.
Exam Timetables:
Exam timetables will be issued at the start of term 5, however you will be able to see at the point of confirming your entries above, the dates the exams have been scheduled for, however timings will be provisional at this point.
Exam Contingency Dates:
There are 3 exam contingency dates that students must keep free for the summer 2024 exam season should any national emergency take place that affects exams. The afternoon of Thursday 6th and Thursday 13th June and all day on Wednesday 26th June 2024. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY HOLIDAY PLANS UNTIL AFTER WEDNESDAY 26TH JUNE.
GCE (A Level) Results Day - Thursday 15th August 2024
GCSE Results Day - Thursday 22nd August 2024
Further information regarding results days will be available nearer the time.
Exam Subject / Boards 2023-24
Please click on the link below for the list of the exam boards that we are currently using. This list is correct for exams in 2023/24, but please be aware that we occasionally change exam boards from one year to the next. If your child is not taking exams in this current academic year, they may study a different specification.
Exam Communications to Parents
Here you will find all of the communications we have sent to parents relating to Exams.
4. Summer Exams 2024 - Action Required
To access your examination timetable please log into SchoolWorkSpace. Details of how to login can be found here for both parents / students:
Information for Candidates
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) issue guidance for students taking exams. It is important that all students taking exams are familiar with the content of these documents. They are valid for all 2023/24 exam seasons.
JCQ Joint Council for Qualifications
Information About You and How We Use It
Preparing to Sit your Exams
This checklist will help you to be as prepared as possible for your exam
Absence / Illness on the day of an exam
If you are not able to attend an examination for whatever reason, firstly you must inform the attendance and exam teams asap:
Years 10/11 - please email attendance@gordanoschool.org.uk
Years 12/13 - please email 6thformattendance@gordanoschool.org.uk
Exams - exams@gordanoschool.org.uk
If you have temporarily experienced illness, injury or some other event outside of your control at the time of the assessment and this has had an effect on your ability to take an assessment or demonstrate your normal level of attainment please complete the application for special consideration linked below.
Applications must be submitted on the day of the assessment that is affected. Supporting evidence must be emailed separately to exams@gordanoschool.org.uk detailing the students name to support any applications made.
Applications for special consideration can only be made by the school and will only be made in exceptional circumstances, such as serious illness, bereavement or other major traumas. It is not available for long term conditions - any adjustments required in these cases should be accommodated through the provision of access arrangements if appropriate. Normal exam anxiety does not qualify for special consideration.
JCQ withhold the right to consider all the information available and make a final judgement on if and how special consideration is awarded to the assessment.
Summer Series - 2024
Applications for special consideration for the January 2024 exam series can be made from the start of the exam season. Applications for special consideration must be made on the day of the exam.
Summer 2024
Please make sure you have familiarised yourself with all of the requirements to help you navigate the summer exam season. Students / parents were issued with an exam booklet in January, a copy can be found here.
Results Day - A / AS Level - Thursday 15th August 8.00am
Results can be collected on site from 8.00am on Thursday 15th August from the Main Hall. Your results envelope contains important information including a breakdown of the marks achieved for each paper, which the emailed version does not provide. It also gives you all of the relevant information about to how to apply for post results services along with the relevant fees and deadlines. Please see the information under the 'Post Results Services Explained' section for more information on what is available to you.
Grade boundaries can be found at the following websites ON results day.
AQA: AQA | Exams admin | Results days | Grade boundaries
Pearson: Grade boundaries | Pearson qualifications
OCR: Grade boundaries (ocr.org.uk)
Eduqas / WJEC: Results and Grade Boundaries (eduqas.co.uk)
Results will be emailed to students school email addresses from 8:00am on results day. If you are on holiday abroad, you will not be able to access your school email address, so please make arrangements for someone to come and collect results on site.
Results can only be given to the student. If you would like to nominate someone else to collect your results on your behalf, then you will need to notify the exams team using the link below, and the person identified will need to bring in photographic ID on the day for results to be released. Results Day - collection of results, if not the candidate
If you are concerned about any aspect of your results, staff will be available on results day to support you.
Results Day - GCSE - Thursday 22nd August 8.00am
Results can be collected on site from 8.00am on Thursday 22nd August from the Main Hall. Your results envelope contains important information including a breakdown of the marks achieved for each paper, which the emailed version does not provide. It also gives you all of the relevant information about how to apply for post results services along with the relevant fees and deadlines. Please see the information under the 'Post Results Services Explained' section for more information on what is available to you.
Grade boundaries can be found at the following websites ON results day.
AQA: AQA | Exams admin | Results days | Grade boundaries
Pearson: Grade boundaries | Pearson qualifications
OCR: Grade boundaries (ocr.org.uk)
Eduqas / WJEC: Results and Grade Boundaries (eduqas.co.uk)
Results will be emailed to students school email addresses from 8:00am on results day. If you are on holiday abroad, you will not be able to access your school email address, so please make arrangements for someone to come and collect results on site.
Results can only be given to the student. If you would like to nominate someone else to collect your results on your behalf, then you will need to notify the exams team using the link below, and the person identified will need to bring in photographic ID on the day for results to be released. Results Day - collection of results, if not the candidate
If you are concerned about any aspect of your results, staff will be available on results day to support you.
Post Results Services Explained
Exam Policies 2023-24
Please find below all the Exam policies/guidance for terms 5 & 6. Click each link to access full details:
Certificates / Results
It is essential that you collect your certificates within 12 months of when exams were sat. For exams sat in the summer, certificates are usually received by the end of November and we will notify you when they are available to be collected.
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