Exam Information

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Exam Information

Welcome to the exams section.

Within this section you will find a variety of information, resources and links to help you prepare for your examinations.

The academic subject support sessions for year 11 GCSE students can be seen on the clubs page of the website.

Exam Tips - on Exam Day

Exam Tips – On Exam Day

Make sure you have all the equipment you need for your exam in a transparent pencil case.
Arrive outside your exam room at least 15 minutes before the start time identified on your timetable.
Check the seating plan outside the exam room to make sure there are no last minute changes. Make sure you sit in the correct seat.
Learn your candidate number.
You may bring a drink of water to the exam room but make sure it is in a clear bottle with no label.
Do not bring any food into the exam room.
Do not bring mobile phones, iPods, mp3 players, watches, AirPods, earphones/earbuds or headphones into the exam room. If you forget, ensure they are switched off and handed to an invigilator before you take your seat.
All personal belongings, such as coats and bags etc, will not be allowed in the exam room and must be kept in the designated area or your locker.
If you need assistance, raise your hand – an invigilator will help.
If you’re too ill to attend an exam, your parent/carer must inform the school office before 8.30am on the day. You will not be permitted to sit the exam on another day, so it is recommended that you try to get a doctor’s note to the Exams Officer can try to apply for Special Consideration on your behalf.
If you are delayed, you must contact the school as soon as possible. Students who arrive very late may still be permitted to sit the exam, but a report must be sent to the Exam Board and they could refuse to accept your work. You must report to reception upon arrival.
If you have any worries or questions about any aspect of your exams please see the Exams Officer, Mrs Emma Harris. This short animated video offers additional guidance on how to be prepared for your written exams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sifbrx9_do4

Exam Timetables

Summer 2024 Exam Timetable

All students need to be available on the following contingency dates:

Thursday 6^th June - pm

Thursday 13^th June - pm

Wednesday 26^th June - all day

Date	Start	Component Title	Year Group	Duration
Mon 04 March	9:00AM	GCSE Drama Exam: Component 2, Performance	11	All Day
Fri 8 March	9:00AM	Dance ADV Nea Practical	11	All Day
18th-19th April	9:00AM	GCSE Art & Photography Practical Exam	11	All Day
w/c 22/04/24		Year 11 MFL Speaking Exam Window	11
2nd, 3rd, 7th May	9:00AM	A-Level Photography Practical Exam	13	All Day
Tue 07 May	9:00AM	H&Sc Level 1/2: Health and Wellbeing	11	2h0
8th-10th May	9:00AM	A-Level Fine Art Practical Exam	13	All Day
Wed 08 May	1:15PM	English as an Additional Language - Reading & Writing	11	2h0
Thu 09 May	9:00AM	Religious Studies A P1-3 Christ & P1-5 Islam	11	1h45
Thu 09 May	1:15PM	Set Text B-Theatre Makers	11	1h45
Thur 9 May	1:15PM	Developing A Marketing Campaign Part A	13	2h0
Fri 10 May	9:00AM	Developing A Marketing Campaign Part B	13	3h0
Fri 10 May	9:00AM	Biology Paper 1 Tiers F & H	11	1h45
Fri 10 May	9:00AM	Combined Science Biology Paper 1 Tiers F & H	11	1h15
Fri 10 May	1:15PM	German Listening & Reading Tier F	11	1h20
Fri 10 May	1:15PM	German Listening & Reading Tier H	11	1h45
Mon 13 May	9:00AM	English Literature Paper 1	11	1h45
Mon 13 May	1:15PM	AS-Level Further Mathematics: Core Pure Mathematics	13	1h40
Mon 13 May	1:15PM	H&Sc: Human Lifespan Development	13	1h30
Tue 14 May	9:00AM	French Listening & Reading Test Tier F	11	1h20
Tue 14 May	9:00AM	French Listening & Reading Test Tier H	11	1h45
Tue 14 May	9:00AM	AS-Level Sociology Paper 1	12	1h30
Tue 14 May	1:15PM	Chinese Listening & Reading Test Tier H	11	1h45
Wed 15 May	9:00AM	Mathematical Studies/Core Maths Paper 1	12	1h30
Wed 15 May	9:00AM	Economics ADV Paper 1	13	2h0
Wed 15 May	9:00AM	History Paper 1A & Paper 1B	11	2h0
Wed 15 May	1:15PM	Computer Science: Computer Systems	11	1h30
Thu 16 May	9:00AM	Geography ADV Paper 1	13	2h30
Thu 16 May	9:00AM	Mathematics Paper 1 Non Calculator Tiers F & H	11	1h30
Thu 16 May	1:15PM	Religious Studies Paper 2	11	1h45
Thu 16 May	1:15PM	Business: Personal and Business Finance	12	2h0
Thu 16 May	1:15PM	Criminology Unit 2	12	1h30
Thu 16 May	1:15PM	Religious Studies Short Course: Christianity, Islam, Themes	11	1h45
Fri 17 May	9:00AM	Psychology ADV Paper 1	13	2h0
Fri 17 May	9:00AM	Chemistry Paper 1 Tiers F & H	11	1h45
Fri 17 May	9:00AM	Combined Science Chemistry Paper 1 Tiers F & H	11	1h15
Fri 17 May	1:15PM	Geography Paper 1	11	1h30
Fri 17 May	1:15PM	AS-Level Further Mathematics: Decision Maths & Further Statistics 1	13	1h40
Fri 17 May	1:15PM	H&Sc Level 3: Working in Health and Social Care	13	1h30
Mon 20 May	9:00AM	Sociology ADV Paper 1	13	2h0
Mon 20 May	9:00AM	English Literature Paper 2	11	2h15
Mon 20 May	1:15PM	Economics ADV Paper 2	13	2h0
Tue 21 May	9:00AM	Dance ADV Written	13	2h30
Tue 21 May	9:00AM	German Writing Test Tier F	11	1h0
Tue 21 May	9:00AM	German Writing Test Tier H	11	1h15
Tue 21 May	9:00AM	Ent & Mrkt: Enterprise Marketing Concepts	11	1h15
Tue 21 May	9:00AM	Film Studies Component 1: Varieties of Film	13	2h30
Tue 21 May	9:00AM	Chinese (Cantonese): Listening, Reading & Translation	12	2h0
Tue 21 May	9:00AM	AS-Level Sociology Paper 2	12	1h30
Tue 21 May	1:15PM	Politics ADV Paper 1	13	2h0
Tue 21 May	1:15PM	Arabic: Translation Into English	13	2h30
Tue 21 May	1:15PM	Computer Science: Computational Thinking, Algorithms & Programming	11	1h30
Tue 21 May	1:15PM	Child Development: Health & Well-Being	11	1h15
Wed 22 May	9:00AM	Psychology ADV Paper 2	13	2h0
Wed 22 May	9:00AM	Physics Paper 1 Tiers F & H	11	1h45
Wed 22 May	9:00AM	Combined Science Physics Paper 1 Tiers F & H	11	1h15
Wed 22 May	9:00AM	Persian: Translation Into English	13	2h30
Wed 22 May	1:15PM	Physical Education Paper 1	11	1h15
Wed 22 May	1:15PM	Chinese Writing Test Tier H	11	1h15
Thu 23 May	9:00AM	Mathematical Studies/ Core Maths Paper 2	12	1h30
Thu 23 May	9:00AM	History ADV Paper 1	13	2h30
Thu 23 May	9:00AM	English Language Paper 1	11	1h45
Thu 23 May	1:15PM	Law ADV Paper 1	13	2h0
Thu 23 May	1:15PM	English Language ADV Paper 1	13	2h30
Thu 23 May	1:15PM	English as a Second Language: Listening [Multiple Choice]	11	0h50
Fri 24 May	9:00AM	English Literature B ADV Paper 1A	13	2h30
Fri 24 May	9:00AM	French Writing Test Tier F	11	1h0
Fri 24 May	9:00AM	French Writing Test Tier H	11	1h15
Fri 24 May	9:00AM	PE: Phycological Factors Affecting Performance	13	2h0
Fri 24 May	9:00AM	Physics A: Modelling Physics	13	2h15
Mon 03 Jun	9:00AM	Geography ADV Paper 2	13	2h30
Mon 03 Jun	9:00AM	Mathematics Paper 2 Calculator Tiers F & H	11	1h30
Mon 03 Jun	1:15PM	Psychology ADV Paper 3	11	2h0
Mon 03 Jun	1:15PM	Physical Education Paper 2	11	1h15
Tue 04 Jun	9:00AM	Sociology ADV Paper 2	13	2h0
Tue 04 Jun	9:00AM	Spanish Listening & Reading Test Tier H	11	1h45
Tue 04 Jun	9:00AM	Spanish Listening & Reading Test Tier F	11	1h20
Tue 04 Jun	9:00AM	Film Studies Component 2: Global Filmmaking	13	2h30
Tue 04 Jun	1:15PM	Law ADV Paper 2	13	2h0
Tue 04 Jun	1:15PM	History Paper 2A and Paper 2B Option C	11	2h0
Tue 04 Jun	1:15PM	Arabic: Translation Into Arabic	13	2h40
Tue 04 Jun	1:15PM	A-Level Mathematics: Pure Mathematics 1	13	2h0
Wed 05 Jun	9:00AM	English Literature B ADV Paper 2A	13	3h0
Wed 05 Jun	9:00AM	Geography Paper 2	11	1h30
Wed 05 Jun	9:00AM	PE: Psychological Factors Affecting Performance	13	1h0
Wed 05 Jun	1:15PM	D & T: Product Design ADV Paper 1	13	2h30
Wed 05 Jun	1:15PM	Politics ADV Paper 2	13	2h0
Wed 05 Jun	1:15PM	Biology A: Biological Processes	13	2h15
Wed 05 Jun	1:15PM	Criminology Unit 4: Paper Based	13	1h30
Wed 05 Jun	1:15PM	D & T: Fashion and Textiles ADV Paper 1	13	2h30
Wed 05 Jun	1:15PM	Chinese (Cantonese): Written Response to Works & Translation	12	2h40
Thu 06 Jun	9:00AM	English Language Paper 2	11	1h45
Thu 06 Jun	9:00AM	Drama: Theatre Makers in Practice	13	2h30
Thu 06 Jun	9:00AM	Physics A: Exploring Physics	13	2h15
Fri 07 Jun	9:00AM	Spanish ADV Paper 1 Listening, Reading & Writing	13	2h30
Fri 07 Jun	9:00AM	Economics ADV Paper 3	13	2h0
Fri 07 Jun	9:00AM	English Language ADV Paper 2	13	2h30
Fri 07 Jun	9:00AM	Persian: Translation Into Persian	13	2h40
Fri 07 Jun	1:15PM	History ADV Paper 2 Option N	13	2h30
Fri 07 Jun	1:15PM	Biology Paper 2 Tiers F & H	11	1h45
Fri 07 Jun	1:15PM	Combined Science Biology Paper 2 Tiers F & H	11	1h15
Mon 10 Jun	9:00AM	French ADV Paper 1 Listening, Reading & Writing	13	2h30
Mon 10 Jun	9:00AM	Law ADV Paper 3	13	2h0
Mon 10 Jun	9:00AM	Mathematics Paper 3 Calculator Tiers F & H	11	1h30
Mon 10 Jun	9:00AM	Chemistry A: Periodic Table, Elements, Physical Chemistry	13	2h15
Mon 10 Jun	9:00AM	Religious Studies Component 1: Study of Islam	13	2h0
Mon 10 Jun	1:15PM	Spanish Writing Test Tier H	11	1h15
Mon 10 Jun	1:15PM	Spanish Writing Test Tier F	11	1h0
Mon 10 Jun	1:15PM	Creative iMedia in the Media Industry	11	1h30
Mon 10 Jun	1:15PM	Computer Science: Computer Systems	13	2h30
Tue 11 Jun	9:00AM	Chemistry Paper 2 Tiers F & H	11	1h45
Tue 11 Jun	9:00AM	Combined Science Chemistry Paper 2 Tiers F & H	11	1h15
Tue 11 Jun	1:15PM	Sociology ADV Paper 3	13	2h0
Tue 11 Jun	1:15PM	Further Mathematics Paper 1	11	1h45
Tue 11 Jun	1:15PM	A-Level Mathematics: Pure Mathematics 2	13	2h0
Wed 12 Jun	9:00AM	D & T: Product Design ADV Paper 2	13	1h30
Wed 12 Jun	9:00AM	Dance Written Paper	11	1h30
Wed 12 Jun	9:00AM	D & T: Fashion and Textiles ADV Paper 2	13	1h30
Wed 12 Jun	1:15PM	Arabic: Listening, Reading & Writing	13	2h15
Wed 12 Jun	1:15PM	Polish Listening & Reading Test Tier H	11	1h45
Fri 14 Jun	9:00AM	Politics ADV Paper 3	13	2h0
Fri 14 Jun	9:00AM	Geography Paper 3	11	1h30
Fri 14 Jun	9:00AM	Biology A: Biological Diversity	13	2h15
Fri 14 Jun	1:15PM	Physics Paper 2 Tiers F & H	11	1h45
Fri 14 Jun	1:15PM	Combined Science Physics Paper 2 Tiers F & H	11	1h15
Mon 17 Jun	9:00AM	Spanish ADV Paper 2 Writing	13	2h0
Mon 17 Jun	9:00AM	Persian: Listening, Reading & Writing	13	2h15
Mon 17 Jun	9:00AM	Physics A: Unified Physics	13	1h30
Mon 17 Jun	1:15PM	Religious Studies Component 2: Philosophy of Religion	13	2h0
Mon 17 Jun	1:15PM	Music Component 3 Appraising	11	1h15
Tue 18 Jun	9:00AM	Design and Technology Written Paper	11	2h0
Tue 18 Jun	9:00AM	Textiles	11	1h45
Tue 18 Jun	9:00AM	Chemistry A: Synthetics & Analytical Techniques	13	2h15
Tue 18 Jun	9:00AM	PE: Socio-Cultural Issues in Physical Activity and Sport	13	1h0
Tue 18 Jun	1:15PM	Computer Science: Algorithms & Programming	13	2h30
Tue 18 Jun	1:15PM	Polish Writing Test Tier H	11	1h15
Wed 19 Jun	9:00AM	French ADV Paper 2 Writing	13	2h0
Wed 19 Jun	9:00AM	Further Mathematics Paper 2	11	1h45
Wed 19 Jun	9:00AM	Biology A: Unified Biology	13	1h30
Wed 19 Jun	9:00AM	Food Preparation & Nutrition	11	1h45
Thu 20 Jun	9:00AM	Religious Studies Component 3: Religion & Ethics	13	2h0
Thu 20 Jun	1:15PM	A-Level Mathematics: Statistics & Mechanics	13	2h0
Fri 21 Jun	9:00AM	Chemistry A: Unified Chemistry	13	1h30

After the Exams

After the Exams

Special Consideration

Your performance in an exam can sometimes be affected by adverse circumstance, such as recent bereavement or recent illness. Exam Boards do make allowances in certain situations providing the school has appropriate supporting evidence. Please speak to the Exams Officer, Mrs Emma Harris, as soon as possible if you think this may apply to you.

Results

Students will be able to collect their results on the morning of the results days. Students will be sent information regarding these dates and times and they will also be listed on our social media platforms. Results will only be issued to the student to whom they belong. For those students unable to collect their results in person, results will be emailed out later in the day.

Certificates

You will be notified by school when certificates are available to collect. For students that leave the school and no longer have access to school email addresses, notifications of the dates they are available for collection will be posted on social media. Certificates for the summer exams are usually ready for collection by the beginning of December.

If you are unable to collect your certificates in person, a relative or a friend can collect them for you, please email the Exams Officer, Mrs Emma Harris, giving permission for a named individual to collect your certificates on your behalf. That person must bring photo ID with them.

Exam certificates are extremely important legal documents – please keep them safe. If you lose your certificates you will need to contact the Exam Boards directly to arrange for a replacement.

NEA procedure

Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College is committed to ensuring that whenever its staff mark candidates’ work this is done fairly, consistently and in accordance with the awarding body’s specification and subject-specific associated documents.

Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College ensures that all centre staff follow a robust policy for the management of GCE and GCSE non-examination assessments. More information can be found in the Internal Appeals procedure document which can be downloaded at the bottom of this webpage.

Please find below the deadlines for 2023/24 none examined assessments.

Deadlines for requesting access to coursework/NEA and reviews of marking

NEA Submission Deadline	15^th March 2024	28^th March 2024	5^th May 2024	7^th May 2024	15^th May 2024	31st May 2024
NEA Grades Issued to Candidates	28^th Feb	12^th March	15^th April	15^th April	25^th April	6^th May
Stage 1 Review – Deadline for requesting access to coursework	4^th March 2024 3.15pm	15^th March, 3.15pm	18^th April, 3.15pm	18^th April, 3.15pm	28^th April, 3.15pm	9^th May, 3.15pm
Stage 2 Review – Deadline for requesting review of marking	8^th March 12.15pm	21^st March, 12.15pm	23^rd April, 12.15pm	23^rd April 12.15pm	3^rd May, 12.15pm	14^th May, 12.15pm
Outcome Issued to Candidates	15^th March	28^th March	3^rd May	3^rd May	13^th May	24^th May

Subject	Level	Exam Board	Code	Submission Deadline
Physical Education	A-Level	OCR	H555	15/3/24
Physical Education	GCSE	AQA	8582	28/3/24
Food Prep & Nutrition	GCSE	WJEC/Eduqas	C560P1	5/5/24
Music	GCSE	WJEC/Eduqas	C660QS	5/5/24
Dance	GCSE	AQA	8236	7/5/24
Design & Technology	GCSE	AQA	8552	7/5/24
English Language – Spoken Language (visiting mod)	GCSE	AQA	8700	7/5/24
Criminology (Units 1 & 3)	Level 3 Diploma	WJEC	4543	15/5/24
Design & Technology: Textiles	GCSE	Pearson	1DT0	15/5/24
Drama	GCSE	Pearson	1DR0	15/5/24
Child Development	Cambridge National	OCR	J818	15/5/24
Creative iMedia	Cambridge National	OCR	J817	15/5/24
Enterprise & Marketing	Cambridge National	OCR	J819	15/5/24
Extended Project	Level 3 Extended	AQA	7993	15/5/24
Biology	A-Level	OCR	H420	15/5/24
Chemistry	A-Level	OCR	H432	15/5/24
Computer Science	A-Level	OCR	H446	15/5/24
Design & Technology	A-Level	AQA	7552	15/5/24
Drama and Theatre	A-Level	Pearson	9DR0	15/5/24
English Language	A-Level	AQA	7702	15/5/24
English Literature	A-Level	AQA	7717	15/5/24
Film Studies	A-Level	WJEC/Eduqas	A670QS	15/5/24
Geography	A-Level	AQA	7037	15/5/24
History	A-Level	AQA	7042	15/5/24
Music	A-Level	WJEC/Eduqas	A660PA	15/5/24
Physics	A-Level	OCR	H556	15/5/24
Religious Studies	A-Level	WJEC/Eduqas	A120PB	15/5/24
Art & Design: Fine Art	GCSE	AQA	8202	31/5/24
Art & Design: Photography	GCSE	AQA	8206	31/5/24

Exam Results

Exam results are available for collection from the Exams Officer’s office from 8.30am on the following results release dates:

Cambridge Technicals: Thursday 14^th March 2024

Cambridge Nationals: Thursday 14^th March 2024

BTEC Level 3: Thursday 21^st March 2024

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Senior members of staff from school and college, along with your class teachers will be available should you wish to discuss your results.

Unable to collect your results?

Where you are unable to collect your results in person, you may assign an alternative person to collect them on your behalf. You will need to write to us (eharris@sandbachhigh.co.uk) and let us know in advance the name of the individual who will be collecting your results. Your assigned person will need to bring photo ID with them on the day.

Alternatively, exam results will be emailed out to your school email account at some point in the afternoon of your results day.

Access Arrangements

Those students with access arrangements will receive a second envelope containing confirmation of the access arrangements which have been in place for the exams. These letters may need to be taken to colleges and universities when enrolling.

Post Results Services

There are a number of post results services available to you:

You can request Access to Scripts which will allow you to see your marked work.
You can ask for a Clerical Check where the accuracy of the adding up of your marks will be checked.
You can ask for a Review of Marking where the exam board will check the marking scheme has been applied correctly.

It is important to note marks and/or grades can go UP OR DOWN OR REMAIN THE SAME.

For Access to Script requests, you must complete and submit Appendix B (Access to Scripts).

For Clerical Check or Review of Marking requests, you must complete and submit Appendix A (Review of Marking).

Both these forms can be found below in the download section of this page.

Please note you (the candidate) must give consent for any request to proceed.

The Exam Boards have strict deadlines for these requests, the deadlines are:

For Access to Script requests, you must complete and submit Appendix B by noon on 15^th February 2024.
For Clerical Check or Review of Marking requests, you must complete and submit Appendix A by noon on 15^th February 2024.

Fees are applied for Clerical Checks and Reviews of Marking. The fee for different Exam Boards may differ please see the table below:

Exam Board	Access to Scripts	Clerical Check	Review of Marking
AQA (English)	Free	£8.70	£40.35
Edexcel / Pearson (Mathematics)	Free	£12.50	£44.50

Please note these are last years fees and are subject to change.

It is important to note that you would be charged for each paper for which you request a Clerical Check or a Review of Marking.

If you request Access to Scripts, you will receive a copy of your exam paper, if you wish it to be looked at by your teacher(s), you will need to approach them to do this. It will not be forwarded to your teacher(s) automatically and does not form part of the process. Please note, staff may not be able to accommodate this request ahead of the deadline for a Clerical Check / Review of Marking if insufficient notice is given.

Parent/carer email addresses are requested in relation to payment queries. Copies of exam scripts and/or results of Clerical Checks / Reviews of Marking will only be shared with candidates for data protection purposes.

A hard copy of the completed form, or an electronic copy of the completed form should be submitted to the Exams Officer in school, or via email (eharris@sandbachhigh.co.uk) no later than the deadlines stated above. For us to accept an electronic copy of the form, it must be signed by the student or sent from the student’s school email address.

As we are a cashless school, payment should be made either via Bank Transfer or via card machine. When paying via Bank Transfer please use the details provided in the letter below and ensure you check you have chosen the correct amount appropriate to the exam board and post-result service you require.

A card machine will be available at the school on results day, and will then be available in school.

Once both the form and payment have been received, the Exams Officer will make the request to the exam board. Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on eharris@sandbachhigh.co.uk.

Certificates

Certificates

If you sat your exams and completed your qualification in May/June your certificate will be ready for collection by the end of November.

If you took the GCSE English or Maths resit exams in November your certificates will be ready for collection by the middle of March.

When collecting your results (see results section for dates), please provide us with an alternative contact email (other than your school email address) so we can contact you when your certificates are ready for collection.

Collection of your certificates

As qualification certificates are legal documents they need to be collected in person - we do not post out certificates. Certificates need to be signed for upon collection.

Certificates can be collected from the Exams Officer between 8.30am and 3.30pm each school day. Please bring photo ID when collecting your certificates.

If you are unable to collect your certificates in person, you can nominate someone to collect them on your behalf. To do this please send an email to eharris@sandbachhigh.co.uk giving consent for a named individual to collect the certificates on your behalf. The nominated person, would need to bring photo ID with them when they come to collect the certificates.

Mislaid certificates

If you have collected your certificates from us, but have mislaid them you will need to contact the exam boards directly to obtain replacements. Please note, exam boards charge a fee for replacing certificates. The contact details for the exam boards are:

AQA

www.aqa.org.uk

Tel: 0800 197 7162

OCR (Cambridge Nationals/Technicals)

www.ocr.org.uk

Tel: 01223 553 998

Edexcel/Pearson

https://qualifications.pearson.com

Tel: 0344 463 2535

WJEC

www.wjec.co.uk

Tel: 02920 265 000