Exams Office

Information for Candidates

Coursework and Non-Exam Assessments

Pupils who are preparing coursework or non-exam assessments should be aware of these documents:

Coursework Assessments: Information for Candidates

Non-exam Assessments: Information for Candidates

Exam Day

On the day of your exam, there is a lot of information you need to remember. Familiarise yourself with this information in advance and if there is anything you don't understand, please talk to your teacher or pop into the Exams Office for advice. 

Please read the following information sheets:

Written Examinations: Information for Candidates

Onscreen Tests: Information for Candidates

Exam Room Regulations

When you are in the exam room, you are expected to behave according to exam regulations. Two exam posters will be displayed in the exam room to remind you of these regulations (see below).

Unauthorised Items poster

Warning to Candidates notice

Calculators

You will be permitted to use a calculator for some of your exams. You are responsible for making sure that your calculator meets the awarding bodies' regulations. Please read the following information sheet for detailed guidance.

Calculator Brief

Mobile Phones & Other Devices

It is advisable to leave mobile phones, smart watches, regular watches, iPods, MP3/4 or similar and notes at home on a day when you have exams.  If this is not possible, then you need to leave them in your school bag which will be stored securely in a holding room.  If you still have any of these items on you when you enter the exam room, you must hand them into an invigilator. 

Social Media

People often like to share experiences when taking examinations.  However, it is important to consider very carefully what you say online as comments could lead to an investigation for malpractice or incurred penalties. 

FAKE PAPERS

Sometimes fake exam papers are promoted to pupils on social media.  Please be aware that the papers being advertised are almost always fake and that there are serious penalties for engaging with these accounts. 

Please read the following guidelines to help you write posts and comment safely, without breaking examination rules.  This guidance will remind you how to stay safe online regarding exams.

Social Media: Information for Candidates

Privacy Notice

Please read the privacy notice linked below to understand how, in order to be able to provide
examinations and assessments, the awarding body needs to collect and use information about candidates. 

Privacy Notice: Information to Candidates

AI Use in Assessments

AI use refers to the use of AI tools to obtain information and content which might be used in work produced for assessments which lead towards qualification.

 

From: AI Use in Assessments: Protecting the Integrity of Qualifications, page 2.

Examples of AI misuse

Examples of AI misuse include:

• Copying or paraphrasing sections of AI-generated content so that the work is no longer the student’s own
• Copying or paraphrasing whole responses of AI-generated content
• Using AI to complete parts of the assessment so that the work does not reflect the student’s own work, analysis, evaluation or calculations
• Failing to acknowledge use of AI tools when they have been used as a source of information
• Incomplete or poor acknowledgement of AI tools
• Submitting work with intentionally incomplete or misleading references or bibliographies.

From: AI Use in Assessments: Protecting the Integrity of Qualifications, page 3.

AI misuse is considered a form of plagiarism and constitutes malpractice, as defined in the JCQ Suspected Malpractice: Policies and Procedures.  Candidates misusing AI face disqualification and debarment from taking qualifications for a number of years.

Students should be made aware of the importance of referencing any AI generated content, as they do with any other used sources of information. They must acknowledge the use of AI and show clearly how they have used it. Any sources used in AI generated content must be independently verified and referenced by the student. Student must also show the name of the AI source used and should reference the date the content was generated. Student must retain in a non-editable format (e.g. a screenshot), and submit with the work to the teacher for reference and authentication purposes, a copy of the question and answer produced by the AI tool used.

Students should be informed about the risks of using artificial intelligence in their work. AI chatbots and AI tools generate content in response to prompts. As they are still being developed, the answers produced often contain incorrect or biased information as well as fake references to non-existent books, articles or people.

Students should also be reminded that any use of AI, even when appropriately referenced, means they have not independently demonstrated their own knowledge and attainment, which might be reflected in their marks.

Awarding bodies have tools to identify AI content. Several programs and services use statistical analysis of written content to determine the likelihood that it was produced by AI, including:

• OpenAI Classifier https://openai.com/blog/new-ai-classifier-for-indicating-ai-written-text/
• GPTZero https://gptzero.me/
• The Giant Language Model Test Room: (GLTR) http://gltr.io/dist/

In addition, the JCQ awarding organisations are aware that AI detection will shortly be added to the existing tool: Turnitin Originality (https://www.turnitin.com/products/originality). This tool features an AI review of a student’s work, reviewing a portfolio of evidence and will indicate the likelihood of AI use.

These AI documents productions by the JCQ are useful:

JCQ AI Infographic v3

J|CQ AI Poster for students 2

Exam Timetables

Assessment information and examination dates/timetables can be found below:

KS3 Assessments

Year 9 Summer Assessments timetable - TBA

Year 10 Exams

Year 10 Mock Exams - March 2026 - TBA

Year 11 Mock Exams

Year 11 Summer Exam Timetable - May/June 2026 - TBA

Year 11 Mock Exam Timetable - March 2026 - TBA

Year 11 Mock Exam Timetable - November 2025

Year 12 Exams

Year 12 Exam Timetable - May 2026 - TBA

Year 12 Exams

Year 13 Mock Exams - January 2026 - TBA

Contingency dates for examinations

There are contingency sessions within the Summer 2026 exam timetable - the morning and afternoon of Wednesday 24th June 2026. Please save this date. Contingency days are designed to be used in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations. Make sure you are available if you do not have an exam scheduled on this date.

maths challenges

• Senior Maths Challenge - Thursday 9th October 2025
• Intermediate Maths Challenge – Wednesday 28th January 2026
• Junior Maths Challenge – Wednesday 29th April 2026

Exam Results - Summer 2026

The dates for the release of examination results are:

A-level Exam Results Day

Thursday 13th August 2026

GCSE Exam Results Day

Thursday 20th August 2026

A Level Results Services

Please note, the links below are for 2024/25, and will be updated for this academic year ASAP.

A Level Post Results Services - Guidance 

GCE Results Day 14 August 2025 Post results fees and deadline

If you prefer, you can request your script or a review of marking, by completing and returning either of the following forms:

Appendix A Access to Scripts - candidate consent form.pdf

Appendix A Clerical Re-Check - Review of Marking - Candidate Consent Form.pdf

GCSE Results Services

GCSE Post Results Services - Guidance 

GCSE Results Day 21 August 2025 Post results fees and deadline

If you prefer, you can request your script or a review of marking, by completing and returning either:

Appendix B Access to Scripts - candidate consent form.pdf

Appendix A Clerical Re-Check - Review of Marking - Candidate Consent Form.pdf