Examination Boards
The following Exam Boards are used through out the School and 6thForm:
- AQA;
- Edexcel;
- OCR;
- WJEC;
- Asdan;
- NCFE;
- Cache.
Examination information
Information regarding the examinations can come from various sources, please be aware of this. In the run up to examinations you need to pay particular attention to the following to ensure you receive all the correct information; Subject Teachers, Form Tutors, and the Examination Notice Boards (the latter are in Student Reception (11-16) and at the entrance to TSFE).
Examination timetables
Examinations take place four times a year at Nunthorpe: November, January, March and Summer.
An individual provisional examination timetable will be issued as soon as entry is made to the examination board for the coming examination series. This will give students the important information they need for the forthcoming examinations. Please check your individual provisional examination timetable VERY carefully. If there are ANY mistakes (e.g. name, date of birth, examination entry etc.) you MUST tell Mrs Robson immediately. Mistakes that are not spotted at this stage could result in the final results certificate being printed incorrectly later.
Where you are timetabled to take two or more examinations at the same time (i.e. you have a ‘clash’), one will be taken after the other with a short supervised break in between. Check each examination date carefully, and check to see if the examination is in the morning or the afternoon. If there is an examination on the list that you were not expecting to take (e.g. if you know you have already dropped or been withdrawn from a subject) you MUST tell Mrs Robson immediately.
Approximately two weeks before the first timetabled examination you will receive a final timetable with your venue and seat number on, (e.g. Sports Hall, seat A3). Make sure you know which venue and seat number you need to be in for each examination. A seating plan will be on the Examination Notice Boards (as described above) the day before the examination so students can confirm their room and seat number. Failure to sit in the correct seat could result in the invigilator making a call home to report non-attendance to parents.
Extra time will not be permitted if you have simply misread your timetable. You alone, are responsible for checking and keeping your examination timetable safe, re‐prints will not be issued by the school’s Examinations Office. If you lose your timetable, you must see your Pastoral Director immediately who may be able to give you a replacement.
Equipment
Please make sure you have all the necessary equipment for EVERY single examination, as you are responsible for providing all equipment needed for your examination.
The examination boards INSTRUCT that all examinations are written in BLACK INK. You are allowed to bring black pens, pencils, rubbers and rulers – make sure you have an adequate supply for ALL examinations you sit.
Some examinations will allow the use of calculators, your subject teacher(s) will inform you which papers they are allowed in. Calculator lids/cases must be placed under your desk before the start of the examination.
Please do not bring:
- Gel Pens
- Tippex/Correcting pens
- Scrap Paper
- Dictionaries
- Books
Mobile Phones
Mobile Phones (of ALL types), IPods’, Pagers, MP3 players or any other electronic communication equipment Must Not be brought to the examination even if they are turned off.
If you have such equipment with you, you will be asked to place them in an envelope which will be removed from the examination room and stored in Student Reception.
The school will not accept responsibility for your mobile phones etc. and it is your responsibility to collect them at the end of each examination.
Possession of a Mobile Phone or any other device whether switched on or not, can result in disqualification from the examination as well as the overall qualification. Minimum penalties imposed by the examination boards are as follows (without exception):
- Device found on you and turned ON: disqualification from entire subject award – i.e. from the whole qualification;
- Device found on you and turned OFF: disqualification from that component i.e. from that part of the qualification.
The School is in possession of a Mobile Phone Detector, which will be used randomly during the examinations to ensure this rule is adhered to.
