Examinations

GCSE Exams Summer 2023

Exams & Bad Weather

In the event of bad weather in the region and the school being closed on exam days we will still attempt to open so that students have the opportunity to sit their exams. Students should report to the exam venue as previously advised by 08:30am for a morning exam and by 12:30pm for an afternoon exam.

Please note that students arriving late may not be able to sit the examination.

Students should not risk their safety to get to school if the conditions are particularly bad either in the area in which they live or around school. If a student misses or is late for an exam for any reason it is not possible for them to take it on another day. We can apply for special consideration and in some situations, but essentially exams that have been missed can only be retaken the following year.

Equipment

  • Students are only allowed to write with a black pen for all external exams.
  • Students should come to their exams with all the equipment they need including black pens, pencils, mathematical equipment, a calculator and any other permitted equipment for specific exams.
  • All equipment must be brought into the exam room in a transparent pencil case.
  • Students are allowed to bring bottled water into exams but the bottles must not have any labels on them, and should be placed on the floor next to their exam desk.
  • Students must not bring a mobile phone, a watch or any other internet-enabled device into the exam room – doing so would almost certainly result in disqualification.

External Examination Certificates

  • Certificates from Summer 2023 (and previous years) are available for collection from the Main Reception during normal Academy opening hours.
  • Certificates are the property of the student named on them and the student must sign for them on receipt. If a student wishes to ask anyone else to collect them on their behalf (including a parent) then the person collecting them needs to have ID and a signed permission note from the student.

If you have a query about your results or certificates from when you took exams please click here to email our exams officer, you should include your email your address including your full name, D.O.B, the address where you were living while you were a student here and the Year(s) when you took your exams.

We don’t post certificates as we need a signature on receipt.

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GCSE Examinations 2023

You can download your own copy using this link – Exam Timetable 2023

Exam Date Exam Board Qualification Exam Code Title Exam Time Exam Duration
15/05/2023 Pearson Travel and Tourism Travel and Tourism PM 01:15
15/05/2023 AQA Religious Studies 8062/11 Paper 1 – Options AM 01:45
16/05/2023 Pearson Combined Science 1SC0 1B Paper 1: Biology 1 AM 01:10
17/05/2023 OCR Sport Studies R051/01 Contemporary issues in Sport:Written Paper PM 01:00
17/05/2023 AQA Eng Lit 8702/1 Shakespeare and the 19th century novel AM 01:45
18/05/2023 AQA History 8145 Paper 1 AM 01:00
19/05/2023 Pearson Maths 1MA1 1 Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Foundation Tier AM 01:30
22/05/2023 Pearson Enterprise Promotion and Finance for Enterprise PM 02:00
22/05/2023 AQA Geography 8035/1 Paper 1: Living with the physical environment PM 01:30
22/05/2023 Pearson Combined Science 1SC0 1C Paper 2: Chemistry 1 AM 01:10
23/05/2023 AQA French 8658/L Listening AM 00:35
23/05/2023 AQA French 8658/R Reading AM 00:45
23/05/2023 AQA Religious Studies 8062/2 Paper 2 – Options PM 01:45
24/05/2023 AQA Eng Lit 8702/2 Modern texts and poetry AM 02:15
25/05/2023 Pearson Combined Science 1SC0 1P Paper 3: Physics 1 AM 01:10
05/06/2023 AQA Eng Lang 8700/1 Reading and Writing AM 01:45
05/06/2023 AQA French 8658/WF Writing PM 01:00
06/06/2023 AQA Spanish 8698/L Listening AM 00:35
06/06/2023 AQA Spanish 8698/R Reading AM 00:45
07/06/2023 Pearson Maths 1MA1 2 Paper 2 (Calculator) AM 01:30
07/06/2023 AQA History 8145 Paper 2 PM 01:00
09/06/2023 Pearson Combined Science 1SC0 2B Paper 4: Biology 2 PM 01:10
09/06/2023 AQA Geography 8035/2 Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment AM 01:30
12/06/2023 OCR Creative Imedia R081/01 Pre-production skills:Written Paper PM 01:15
12/06/2023 AQA Eng Lang 8700/2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives AM 01:45
13/06/2023 Pearson Combined Science 1SC0 2C Paper 5: Chemistry 2 AM 01:10
13/06/2023 AQA Spanish 8698/W Writing PM 01:00
14/06/2023 Pearson Maths 1MA1 3 Paper 3 (Calculator) AM 01:30
16/06/2023 Pearson Combined Science 1SC0 2P Paper 6: Physics 2 AM 01:10
16/06/2023 AQA Geography 8035/3 Paper 3: Geographical applications PM 01:15

GCSE Exams Appeals 2023

Below are some downloads to assist students who wish to use the appeals process in regard to their GCSE exams.

year 10 mock exam timetable 2023

Pupils in Year 10 can find their mock exam timetable here.