1. Understanding Your GCSE
Statement of Entry
and
Exam Timetable

2. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
The top section of your statement of entry contains your personal details and must be checked thoroughly:
A unique four digit number that you must put on each exam paper when they ask for your exam / candidate number
Check Correct
Check correct
Check Correct
Check correct
Check correct
Don’t worry about
2000
Don’t worry about
Don’t worry about
Check correct
This is your legal name – not that which you are necessarily known as. It is this name which will show on your certificates
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If there are any mistakes or anything you don’t understand you must ask the Exams Officer (Mrs. Hammond) 2

3. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
Lists all the exams that you have been entered for during this exam season
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4. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
Exam Boards:
AQA
OCR
EDEXCEL Or
WJEC
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5. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
Level and Type of Qualification
Welsh Bacc Qualification
GCSE/FC = a full course / subject qualification. For OCR & AQA GCSE/FC shows that you will get a grade in the summer.
For WJEC GCSE/FC shows unit and subject exam entries
GCSE/B = a unit exam entry
GCSE/SC = a short course exam entry ie worth half a GCSE
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Level 2 Qualification – equivalent to a GCSE 5

6. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
EXAM ENTRY CODES
Most CASH INS (ie. subject awards) end in SA or SC.
Most unit entries end in 01 or 02.
You will not see an exam printed on your timetable for any CASH INs shown
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7. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
CASH INS Explained:
A CASH IN tells you that you can expect to get a grade for that subject on results day in the summer.
Depending on the exam board a CASH IN will appear in one of two ways:
AQA / OCR / Edexcel CASH INs are shown by:
a shorter code WITHOUT
a 01 or 02 at the end
WJEC CASH INs are shown by:
the subject code followed by the letters SA or SC
AS WELL AS
the subject name without any unit names or numbers after it.
AND
the subject name followed by the words Cash in.
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8. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
CASH INS CONTINUED:
You must check you have a cash in for each subject you have been entered for.
NO CASH IN = NO RESULT
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9. YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
EXAM ENTRIES:
SUBJECT AND UNIT NAMES
This column lists all the subjects and units that you have been entered for by NAME
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10. Your GCSE Exam Timetable Explained10

11. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the day and date of your exam 11

12. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the start time of your exam:
09:00 for morning exams
13:15 for afternoon exams 12

13. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the length of your exam in minutes: 13

14. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the exam board you are doing your exam with 14

15. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the level ie GCSE, of the exam you are taking 15

16. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Matches the exam codes from your Statement of Entry 16

17. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Tells you the exact paper / exam you will be taking that day.
Eg. Biology 2 Foundation Tier 17

18. YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
What to do if your Timetable has:
more than 1 exam starting at the same start time:
If the combined length of the exams is OVER 3 hours:
one of the exams will be moved, but will still be on the same day – you will receive a letter confirming the arrangements nearer the time
If the combined length of the exams is LESS THAN 3 hours:
you will sit one paper followed immediately by the other.
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19. ANY PROBLEMS SEE THE EXAMS OFFICER MRS HAMMOND ASAP
Tutors can find this presentation on the SIMS homepage
Students can find this presentation on the school website:
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