Exams
KS3 Examinations:
Years 7, 8 and 9 will have 2 week assessment blocks during the year after which parents/carers will receive a report including their current assessed grade.Each year group will take one or more of their assessments under formal exam conditions in the Sports Hall or alternative exam rooms to allow them to gain experience and familiarity with the exam sitting process before Years 10 & 11.
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If you would like to discuss any details about the assessments or the arrangements for these please email the Exams Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
Exam Access Arrangements (EAA):
Exam Access Arrangements (EAAs) are adjustments made to support students with specific needs during exams. These ensure that no candidate is disadvantaged due to a disability, learning difficulty, or temporary injury, while maintaining the integrity of the assessment.
Please read the attached document explaining how EAAs work within a secondary school setting. If you have any further questions or queries after reading this document, please email our SENCO using the school address – info@wolsinghamschool.net
Year 11 – Important information to read before your exams:
The following links are to documents the Boards setting your exams expect you to have read and understood before you sit any of your exams.
If you have any questions or queries after you have read these documents please see your Form Tutor or The Examinations Officer in school.
Information for candidates – Preparing to sit your exams
Information for candidates – Written Examinations
Information for candidates – Using Social Media
JCQ Warning-to-candidates-poster
Information for candidates – Written Exams
Year 11 – Mock Exam:
There will be Mock exams sat in exam rooms under formal conditions through December 2025 & January 2026. The timetable for these is linked below:
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Formal Mock exams will be timetabled later in 2026 during March 2026 as this is a more appropriate time of year for these subjects. The timetable for these additional exams will be added below.
(Link to be added here in February 2026)
If you would like to discuss any details about the exams or the arrangements for these please email the Exams Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
Important information – non-examined assessments (NEA)/coursework
Non-examined assessments (NEA) or coursework is completed within the vocational courses run in years 10 and 11 here at Wolsingham school.
The information below offers guidance to the rules that must be followed by our Year 10 & 11 students when completing their NEA. If you would like to discuss these rules and guidance further, please email the Exams Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
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1773149322_25-26_WOL_INTERNAL_APPEALS_PROCEDURE
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1773149322_IFC-Coursework_Assessments_2025_26 Appendix 25-26
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Year 10 & Year 11 – mock and real exam day routines:
The document linked below gives details of the exam routines followed by Wolsingham School and includes the answers to questions frequently asked by our students and their parents/carers.
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If you would like to discuss any details about the exams or the arrangements for these please email the Exams Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
Year 11 Exam Booster Timetable
During the exam period, students may find changes to their usual timetabled lessons as they will be attending booster sessions for their exams.
Please find below links to these adjusted timetable for your reference.
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Year 11 Summer Examination Dates:
Our Year 11 candidates will be sitting formal GCSE and Vocational Exams in the Summer 2026 Series which starts with the Art practical Exams in April and goes through to the end of June 2026. The time table for these Year 11 exams is in the link below.
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These exams will be sat under formal exam conditions in the Sports Hall and other exam rooms following the JCQ regulations and guidelines – further details of these can be found under the important information heading below.
There are 2 contingency dates which are designated by the exam boards to be used in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations. The contingency dates for this year are Wed 11th June (pm only) & Wed 25th June (all day). This means all Year 11 exam students must remain available to sit exams up to and including 25th June 2025 (unless they have sat all of their exams without disruption before this date)
If you would like to discuss any details about the exams or the arrangements for these please email the Exams Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
Year 10 Summer Examination Dates:
Our Year 10 students will be sitting formal assessments in the majority of their subjects during May and the June 2026. The time table for these Year 10 assessments will be added in 2026.
These assessments will be sat under formal exam conditions in the Sports Hall and other exam rooms to allow our Year 10 students to gain further experience of the examination process before their Year 11 exams.
The timetable for these Year 10 assessments is linked below
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Reports will be issued to parents/carers, including the grades for these Year 10 assessments, in July.
If you have any queries relating to this assessment process, please contact the Examinations Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
Important Information for Parents & Carers:
For details of the exam courses studied here at Wolsingham school and clarification of the JCQ regulations that govern the conduct of the examinations, please see the documents attached below.
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Please see the attached documents relating to Exam absence procedures and fees relating to unauthorised absences.
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1769092355_Fees_for_absences_in_summer_exams
Year 11 – Mock and real exam results:
Please use the link below for further information about the arrangements for the collection of Year 11 Mock and real Exam Results.
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Exam results third party collection permission slip (1)
Year 11 – Post Results Day:
The first stage of this review of marking process involves reviewing candidate’s exam scripts. After our candidates have received their exam results, the Exams Officer will ask them to sign a consent form for access to their exam scripts (a free service)
After this consent form has been completed, Faculty Leaders will view the exam scripts and identify any candidates that may potentially benefit from a review of marking
Where a Faculty Leader considers a review of marking is valid, the consent form for review of marking will be sent to the Exam Candidate
Candidates are made aware that their current grade may go up, down or remain the same as a result of this marking review
This consent form must be completed and returned to the Exams Officer before the deadline of third Thursday in September.
Parents/Carers may make requests for a review of marking before the exam board deadline by contacting the Exam Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
The Faculty Leader will then be informed and contact the parents/carers to further discuss their concerns.
All exam boards charge a fee to review any marking. This fee will be paid by Parents/Carers for all subjects (via a parent pay link that will be opened especially)
This fee payment must be received by the school before the deadline of the third Thursday in September.
Upon receipt of the signed consent form and associated fee before the deadline of the third Thursday in September, an application for the review of marking will be submitted by the Exams Officer
The results of all submitted applications will be communicated by the Exams Officer to the candidates involved, their parents/carers and the Faculty Leaders upon receipt from the Exam Board. (May take up to 4 weeks after an application is submitted)
Where the review results in a grade increase, the fees will be refunded by the exam board to the payee
If you would like to discuss any further details about this review of marking process, please email the Exams Officer using info@wolsinghamschool.net
The appeals process is detailed within Wolsingham School Internal Appeals Policy which will be published in the Exams section.
Year 11 – Exam Certificates:
Official exam certificates will be available from November. please use the link below for further information about the collection and storage of your Exam certificates.
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Examination certificates 3rd party collection permission slip
