Exams

Students must come to all their exams with any equipment needed, including a calculator – no equipment can be handed out.  

Exam pencil cases – containing a black pen, pencil, rubber, pencil sharpener, ruler, protractor, highlighter and pair of compasses – (£2) and calculators (£5.50) can be purchased from school via sQuid and should be done so in advance of exams.

JCQ information for exam candidates 2020 – 2021

• Onscreen tests
• Non-exam assessments
• Social media
• Warning to candidates
• Unauthorised items
• Written exams
• Privacy notice
• Coursework

Be Exam Smart link

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

GCSE exam board information

Attached for students in year 10 and year 11 2020 – 2021.

EXAM CERTIFICATES FOR SUMMER 2020 and previous years

1 February 2021

Exam certificates from 2020 and previous years can be collected from Vandyke 9am to 1pm on a school day – please give at least 48 hours’ notice (email:  exams@vandyke.cbeds.co.uk)

We do not post certificates as they are valuable legal documents, so if you are unable to come and collect your own certificates, someone else may collect them on your behalf as long as they have your prior written permission.  Please complete the form below and ask the person collecting your certificates to bring this with them.  A signature is required on collection.

Once you have collected your certificates, please keep them in a safe place as you may be asked for them by college/university or an employer in years to come as they are important legal documents and will be expensive to replace.

I, ………………………………………………….. (in year …………….), authorise …………………………………………………… to collect my exam certificates from Vandyke Upper School.

Signed: …………………………………………………………..          Date: ………………………………………………..

We still have lots of exam certificates from previous years which have not been collected:  please contact the Exams Office to check if we still have your exam certificates.

Please contact Mrs Sharman or Miss Gibbs in the Exams Office if you have any questions regarding exams at Vandyke (direct line 01525 636706, email: exams@vandyke.cbeds.co.uk  ).