‘Yr 12 & 13 Exams & Assessments’ Tuesday 27 September Information for Yr 12 Parents Bill Fraser - Exam Officer Linda Smith -Exam & Assessment Manager

Types of Assessment

GCE’s (AS/A Levels) Vocational. Courses Types of Assessment

GCE’s (AS/A Levels) Unit Exams January / May - June Coursework Unit(s) / Performance(s) Vocational. Courses Types of Assessment

GCE’s (AS/A Levels) Unit Exams January / May - June Coursework Unit(s) / Performance(s) Vocational. Courses Teacher assessed units throughout course Types of Assessment

Awarding Bodies GCE courses AQA (Assessment & Qualifications Alliance). ( Edexcel (London University now Pearson). ( OCR (Oxford, Cambridge & Royal School of Arts). ( WJEC (Welsh Joint Education Committee). (

CAA (Construction Awards Alliance. ( VTCT (Vocational Training Charitable Trust. (www. vtct.org.uk/) BTEC (Business &Technology Education Council). (www. edexcel.org.uk) City & Guilds ( Awarding Bodies Vocational courses OCR (Oxford, Cambridge & Royal School of Arts). (

units of study GCE Courses AS (Year 1) = 2/3 units (6 for double award) each unit assessed by written exam/coursework results for each unit reported as a UMS mark (Uniform Mark Scale). as well as a grade (a-u). A2 (Year 2) = 2/3 units (6 for double award) AS/A Final Grade (Award) decided by aggregating the best UMS scores from each unit. A* – E are Pass Grades

Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 1 ‘Cash in’ AS Award Year 1 GCE Courses

Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 1 ‘Cash in’ AS Award A Level Award ‘Cash in’ Year 1 Year 2 GCE Courses

Diploma = 12 units of study = 2 A Levels Extended Diploma = 18 units of study = 3 A Levels Certificate = 6 units of study = 1 A Level BTEC/OCR Nationals (Level 3) Mixture of Core and Optional Units All internally assessed, externally moderated. Awards: Distinction, Merit, Pass

GCE, BTEC/OCR Nationals, VTCT Grade, Award, ‘Points’ ‘Equivalents’ GCE BTEC / OCR VTCT UCAS. AS A Double A Cert. Dip. X Dip. Points. DDD 360 DDM 320 DMM 280 AA DD MMM 240 BB DM MMP 200 CC MM MPP 160 A* 140. A DD D MP PPP 120 B EE P 100 C M 80 A D 60 B E P 50 C 40 D 30 E 20 D = Distinction M = Merit, P = Pass

Students need to understand: what happens when it happens what they have to do. Failure to complete their part may result in: not being entered for an exam being entered for the wrong subject/option wrong personal details on final certificates being charged for costs incurred Over 14,000 entries for 6 th Form last year!

Remarks & Re-sits Remarks Re-sits GCSE – only Maths & English available in November GCE – No limit on number of attempts at each unit.. Highest mark counts. Students pay for all re-sits. May be requested by Student or Department -. whoever makes the request pays! no charge if there is a change in grade.

The Exam Year

September Requests for: Remarks November GCSE Re-sit entries Access to scripts January GCE Re-sit entries

October Entries for January GCE AS / A Level exams Year 12 & 13 ‘Exam Guide’ published on. Leeds Learning Platform Registration of students onto Vocational Courses Check Provisional Statements of Entry for. January GCE exams & Vocational Course. registrations

November GCSE Maths & English re-sits Certificates from June exams available for. collection.

Collect certificates and keep them safe. You never know when they might be needed! You’re kidding! I need my certificates?

December Individual Timetables for January exams. published and distributed via form tutors – check for clashes, make note of dates & times.

January GCE AS/A Level Exams Results of November GCSE re-sits

February GCE entries collected from Departments &. Students (Year 13 – re-sits from Yr 12)

March GCE students check provisional Statements. of Entry for summer exams, Vocational. students for their registration. Results of January exams received Requests for Remarks / Re-sits resulting from. results of January exams Summer Exam individual timetables produced. and 1 st copy posted to home address - check for clashes, make note of dates & times

April 2 nd copy of timetable distributed via form tutors - check for clashes, make note of dates & times

May - June GCE AS/A Level written Exam period. 14 th May – 22 nd June AS students return after exams to start. A2 studies.

August GCE / BTEC results published 16 th August GCSE results published 23 th August

Personal Problems

Special Arrangements Special Consideration

Personal Problems Special Arrangements Special Consideration Making provision before an exam period for candidates who have identified problems. Dealing with problems that arise during an exam period Exam Office must be informed immediately a problem arises.

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