Exams

Summer 2020 exams

3 April 2020: Ofqual letter to students about summer 2020 grading

2020 contingency date

A ‘contingency day’ is arranged each year for GCSE and GCE examinations, should sustained national or local disruption arise during the summer examination series.

The date that has been set aside for 2020 is Wednesday 24 June. Therefore any students doing any public exams in summer 2020 need to be available up to and including Wednesday 24 June 2020 should an exam/exams need be re-arranged during the summer 2020 due to some event beyond our control.

JCQ information for exam candidates 2019 – 2020

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.

Exam pencil cases: £2.00 from the Exams Office or the Library – containing two black pens, pencil, rubber, pencil sharpener, ruler, protractor, highlighter and pair of compasses.

EXAM CERTIFICATES FOR SUMMER 2019 (25 November 2019)

Exam certificates for students in year 11 and year 13 in summer 2019 are now available for collection from Vandyke. Please note that we do not post certificates as they are valuable legal documents.

Year 11 and year 13 students who have left Vandyke may collect their certificates from reception on any school day between 8.30am – 3.30pm, but please give at least a day’s notice so that we can have your certificates ready for you.

If you are unable to collect your exam certificates yourself and would like someone to come and collect them on your behalf, please complete the slip below and the person collecting your certificates will need to bring the completed slip with them to confirm that they have your authority to collect your certificates. 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 and they are important legal documents and are very 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 ).