Exam Information
All students in years 11 12 & 13 were issued with an email with links to JCQ exam rules and regulations for this year.
Here is the link for 2024-2025 Information for candidates documents - JCQ Joint Council for Qualifications
Exam Timetables
Information regarding exam dates for Pre Public Exams (PPE's) and external GCSE and GCE exams, will be posted here as they become available, but will just be general date information until exam entries are finalised.
A reminder that students, other than Sixth Form, should attend all exams in full school uniform. All students should come fully equipped with a black pen, pencil and ruler. They will also require a compass and protractor for their Maths exams and a calculator for the Maths calculator paper and all their Science exams.
Sixth Form students must ensure they wear their student ID badge for all exams for identification purposes.
Staying well hydrated during exams is very important, students are allowed to bring a drink with them to exams, but this must be water only, in a clear plastic bottle with any labels removed.
Exams for the academic year 2024-2025:
There is a fully timetabled session of internal exams in November 2024 for Year 11 and Year 13. A copy of the timetable is posted below:
November 2024 PPE Exam Timetable Yr11 & Yr13
The next period of external exams for some students will be during January 2025. These mainly consist of unit exams relating to BTEC L2 and L3 and Cambridge Nationals L2 and Cambridge Technicals L3. Individual timetables with rooming and seating for these will be issued during December, together with the overall timetable which will be posted below.
The next fully timetabled internal exams will take place from 10th February 2025 to 7th March 2025 for Year 11 and Year 13. The overall timetable for this will be issued in January.
Summer 2025 – External GCSE’s and GCE’s
The overall general exam timetable for summer 2025, showing all subjects relevant to our centre, will be posted here before Christmas, but each exam board already has full details on their websites for reference.
Written exams begin week commencing 5th May 2025, but with some BTEC subject exams the previous week and exams run to 20th June depending on subjects/levels taken. There are however other exams in the weeks leading up to the written exam season, such as Art, Photography, Music, French, German and Spanish Speaking tests, Drama and PE assessments etc that students should be prepared for, with relevant departments notifying them of the specific dates.
The awarding bodies have designated Wednesday 25th June 2025 as the ‘contingency day’ for examinations. The afternoon of Wednesday 11th June has also been designated as a ‘contingency afternoon’ for examinations.
The designation of ‘contingency days’ within the common examination timetable is in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom. It is part of the awarding bodies’ standard contingency planning for examinations. We must therefore remind candidates and parents that students must remain available until Wednesday 25th June 2025 should an awarding body need to invoke its contingency plan
The Elizabethan Academy – GCE and GCSE results day arrangements Summer 2025
The JCQ have released and confirmed the dates for results days in the summer. Details of our specific timings are below:
A Levels – Thursday 14th August 2025– in main hall
9am to 12pm
GCSEs – Thursday 21st August 2025 – in main hall
9.30am to 12.30pm
Any student who cannot, or does not wish to come into school, will also have the option of receiving their results remotely – if this method is required then the student must contact Mrs Miller, The Exams Officer directly on
millerp@elizabethan.notts.sch.uk
This should be done well before the end of the summer term to ensure this request can be actioned, and the email verified well in advance of either results day. Students can use a personal or school email address for this.
If students want their results posting out they need to provide a stamped addressed envelope before the end of the summer term, but would need to understand we are not allowed to post out until results day itself.
Results can only be issued to students (not their parents) and any follow-up requests must also come from them. Other people are allowed to collect students results if they have a signed note of authority from the student – this must clearly state who is collecting the results and the person must be able to show ID to support this.
Information regarding enquiries about results processes, procedures and fees are posted below from Summer 2024 and will be updated prior to results day in Summer 2025 and students will also receive details in their results envelopes.
Deadline and Fee info for EAR & ATS GCSE Summer 2024
Deadline and Fee info for EAR & ATS Summer 2024 Sixth Form A Level
JCQ Post Results Services Leaflet Summer 2024
Exams Internal Appeals Procedures EA 2023-2024
The Exam boards and Ofqual have lots of information to support students and parents before, during and after results day, please see the various links below from Summer 2024, which will be updated prior to results day Summer 2025:
Exams Explained - Exam to results day (you tube video - OCR)
Results for students and parents - Pearson Qualifications
BTEC Results day learner guidance - Pearson
Understanding results guide for students and parents - Pearson
Student and parent support re results - AQA
Eduqas - Results day support 2024
Exam Certificates
Exam certificates from previous years are still available for any past students, but please email or phone the Exams Officer in the first instance to make suitable arrangements to receive them. Exam certificates from 2022-2023 were posted out in January 2024.
Arrangements for the issue of this year’s certificates for qualifications achieved during the Academic Year 2023-2024, will again be by post once certificates are received in November 2024. After collation and checking they will be issued during January 2025.
Please therefore ensure you contact us if your address changes following the end of the summer term 2024 to ensure you receive them via the correct address at that time. You can notify Mrs Miller Exams Officer of any address change relating to certificates at that time by emailing millerp@elizabethan.notts.sch.uk
A further communication will be sent regarding these arrangements on results day and later in the Autumn term.
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If you require any further information regarding exams, timetables, results and certificate collection please email the Exams Officer: millerp@elizabethan.notts.sch.uk