COVID-19 – EXAMS INFORMATION
Centre Assessed Grades 2020-2021
JCQ Appeals Procedure
JCQ Student Guidance:
JCQ and the exam boards have published the following links:
– JCQ Student Guide Summer 2021
Ofqual has also published its Exam Procedures Review Service guidance, a link can be found here.
21th June 2021
14th May 2021
5th May 2021
31st March 2021
Exams Information 2019-2020
RESULTS DAY SUMMER 2020
Results days have been confirmed by the exam boards, they are as originally timetabled:
GCE: 13th August 2020
GCSE: 20th August 2020
9th July 2020
Exam Results Arrangements
24th April 2020
Summer 2020 – Guidance for GCSE, AS and A Levels
3rd April 2020
Exams Assessment Process Letter
AQA
https://www.aqa.org.uk/coronavirus
(16th April 2020)
OCR
https://www.ocr.org.uk/news/coronavirus-advice/
(15th April 2020)
Pearson/Edexcel
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/campaigns/covid-19-coronavirus-faqs.html
(4th April 2020)
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/campaigns/united-kingdom-covid-19-coronavirus-update.html
(20th March 2020)
WJEC
https://www.eduqas.co.uk/ed/articles/
(16th April 2020)
https://www.wjec.co.uk/about-us/latest-news/
(3rd April 2020)
CIE
https://help.cambridgeinternational.org/hc/en-gb/articles/360006532458-Novel-coronavirus-Information-for-schools-about-the-COVID-19-coronavirus-outbreak
(17th April 2020)
JCQ Updates
http://www.jcq.org.uk/media-centre/news-releases (3rd April 2020)
https://www.jcq.org.uk/media-centre/news-releases
(20th March 2020)
Prince Henry’s Exams Office update
24th March 2020
We have been in contact with the Exam boards with regards to NEA and at this time they are unable to inform us further on the requirement for this summer. They are continually liaising with Ofqual and as soon as they have an update they will inform centres and update their websites.
If you are a private/ external candidate, we have been told to wait for further information before advising you to defer your entry or withdraw from exams this summer.
All exam board websites provide coronavirus advice and updates which are updated regularly.
OVERVIEW
Following the Department for Education’s announcement on Friday 20th March confirming the process for calculating students’ grades, this is what we know of the awarding process for summer 2020:
Step 1
The awarding bodies will be asking teachers to submit their judgement about the grade that they believe the student would have received if exams had gone ahead.
Step 2
To produce the above, teachers will take into account a range of evidence and data including performance in mock exams and non-exam assessment.
Step 3
The exam boards will then combine this information with other relevant data, including prior attainment, and use this information to produce a calculated grade for each student, which will be a best assessment of the work they have put in.
Step 4
Calculated grades will aim to be provided to students before the end of July.
Step 5
If students do not believe the correct process has been followed in their case they will be able to appeal on that basis.
Step 6
If students do not feel the calculated grade reflects their performance, they will have the opportunity to sit an exam at the earliest reasonable opportunity, once schools are open again. Students will also have the option to sit their exams in summer 2021.