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The information below relates to the nationally-dated examinations that will be taking place in 2025. Some practical and online exams occur year-round; your tutors will notify you of these dates.

Before examinations begin, you should familiarise yourself with the documents published by the Joint Council for Qualifications below.

  • Further reading
  • Confirmation of exam entries

    If you have been entered for an external exam, you will receive a 'statement of entry' in the post and an email to your student college email with a personalised timetable for the examinations you have been entered for, along with other relevant information. If any of the information is incorrect or you believe an examination is missing, please get in touch with the exams team by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

    You will be informed by text if you have been entered for an online, on-demand external exam. Please ensure that your mobile phone number and home address held by the College is current. 

  • Exam timetable for GCSE examinations

    • GCSE English Language
      Paper 1 – Friday 23 May 2025 at 9.30am
      Paper 2 – Friday 6 June 2025 at 9.30am
    • GCSE Mathematics
      Paper 1 – Non-calculator – Thursday 15 May 2025 at 9.30am
      Paper 2 – Calculator – Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 9.30am
      Paper 3 – Calculator – Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 9.30am
    • GCSE Science - Biology
      Paper 1 – Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 2.00pm
      Paper 2 – Monday 9 June 2025 at 9.30am

  • Results

    Results – January Exam Sitting: Tutors will inform learners of their January unit results
    Results – Summer Exam Sitting: Results are sent to your student college email at 9am. Please check your email address before the day to ensure you can log in. You can collect your results in person by visiting the campus where you took your exam between 9am and 2pm. Please bring a photo ID.

    Result days are as follows:
    Level 3 BTEC and T Levels - Thursday 14 August 2025
    Level 2 BTEC and GCSE examinations - Thursday 21 August 2025

    Results for qualifications that do not include a national exam result may differ depending on the Awarding Bodies submission and certification process. For qualifications where exams and assessments are continuing, the results will be released as and when the Awarding Body processes them.

  • Post Results Services

    Appeals
    If there is a severe concern about a result, the College can request a re-marking service from the appropriate Awarding Body. Re-marking should start immediately after consultation with the Head of Curriculum concerned. The final date for submission is within three weeks after the results are issued. Details of the procedures, the fees involved, the d application form can be found in the Access to Scripts, Reviews of Results and Appeal Procedures 2023/24 document.

    Certificates
    The Awarding Bodies issue certificates well after the exams, usually at the end of October. Certificates are posted to your home address once the Exams Team has processed them. Please ensure that your home address details held by the College are current.

  • Result information your next steps

    Once you receive your provisional results slip, check all of the details on the slip and let us know immediately if there are any errors otherwise these will be printed on your certificate(s) and you will have to pay for any changes you want to make.

    Certificates (only if you have completed the course).
    Certificates will be ready for collection from late November to mid-December after which they will be posted to your home address by recorded delivery.

    If you have any queries with your result and are thinking about an appeal, a remark or a copy of your exam paper, please contact the exams office or speak with your tutor, we are here to help and advise.

    GCSE Remarks – Closing date 20 September

    GCSE copy of exam script – Closing date 20 September

    You can also access “Post result information” on the awarding body websites:

    Pearson English and Maths - https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/home.html
    AQA Biology -  https://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/after-results/post-results                 

    Re-sits for November 2024.
    With the Head of English and Maths agreement/approval you may wish to resit the GCSE exam, please see the dates below, entries for resits are made at the exam office no later than the 27 of September: 

    English:

    English Language 2.0

    1EN2 01

    Paper 1: Non-Fiction Texts

    Tuesday 05 November

    Morning

    1h 55m

    English Language 2.0

    1EN2 02

    Paper 2: Contemporary Texts

    Thursday 07 November

    Morning

    1h 55m

    Maths:

    Mathematics

    1MA1 1F

    Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Foundation Tier

    Wednesday 06 November

    Morning

    1h 30m

    Mathematics

    1MA1 1H

    Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Higher Tier

    Wednesday 06 November

    Morning

    1h 30m

    Mathematics

    1MA1 2F

    Paper 2 (Calculator) Foundation Tier

    Friday 08 November

    Morning

    1h 30m

    Mathematics

    1MA1 2H

    Paper 2 (Calculator) Higher Tier

    Friday 08 November

    Morning

    1h 30m

    Mathematics

    1MA1 3F

    Paper 3 (Calculator) Foundation Tier

    Monday 11 November

    Morning

    1h 30m

    Mathematics

    1MA1 3H

    Paper 3 (Calculator) Higher Tier

    Monday 11 November

    Morning

    1h 30m

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