Exams

There are four main Exam Boards (also called Awarding Bodies) – AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR and WJEC. These Exam Boards all offer the full range of subjects, but the courses followed at Settle College are chosen from these Exam Boards by the Heads of Department. Students and parents can find further information by clicking on the links above.

HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR EXAM TIME

For information for Students and Parents/Carers, please see the Candidate exam handbook below:

Candidate exam handbook

Exam time can be stressful – for tips on coping with exam stress and pressure, plus how to deal with pressure from your family and how to stop worrying about not getting the grades you need, have a look at Exams stress and pressure from Childline

Click below for a Handy Checklist to use before each exam

Preparing to sit your Exams

Exam Rules

IFC Written Examinations

Click the link below to view Information for Candidates regarding the JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) regulations for all types of external examinations: JCQ Information for Candidates

Certificates are issued when a GCSE/GCE/CTEC course has been completed in full. Certificates are not issued where a ‘U’ grade is awarded. Each Exam Board issues their own certificates once all post-results services have been completed, which is usually a couple of months after the results day. Certificates are handed out at Senior Prizegiving in December. If a student is unable to attend, they must arrange to collect from school. We are only legally obliged to hold these certificates for 12 months.  Students will need these for any courses/employment throughout their careers.  If certificates are lost it is the student’s responsibility to request replacement documents directly from the Exam Board, for which there is a charge of over £40 per qualification.

If you are unable to collect results in person please complete this form:

Authorisation for Results Collection

Exam results are released throughout the year following each exam series.

Please note that we will not be able to give out results by telephone.  If students are not able to collect their results on the scheduled day, they can authorise someone to collect their results for them by completing the above 'Authorisation for results collection' form.  We are not permitted to release results to a third party (including a parent) without this written consent, plus proof of ID for the person collecting the result.  Alternatively, we can organise for results to be emailed home, but this will open happen in the afternoon of the results day.  If students wish to do this, they need to email the exams officer to request this using: exams@settlecollege.n-yorks.sch.uk.  

Post-results Services

Where students believe that an error may have been made with their result, the exam boards offer post-results services to students.  The services available to students are the ability to request a copy of their script, a clerical re-check or a review of marking.  Please complete the relevant form below, which includes details about the services available, fees and deadlines, and return it to a member of the exams staff.

Post-results services form for KS4

Post-results services form for KS5

Flowchart after results

GCSE new grading scale: factsheets
Information about the new GCSE grades for parents, employers and further and higher education providers.