Year 11 PPE Examinations November 2026
View the Timetable: Year 11 PPE Timetable (November 2026).
Examination Period: Monday, 16th November 2026, to Friday, 27th November 2026.
What are PPEs?
The Pre-Public Examinations (PPEs) are comprehensive mock assessments carefully designed to replicate the conditions and structure of the final GCSE examinations. They provide a crucial indicator of a pupil's current progress and readiness across all subjects ahead of their official summer assessments.
Collection of GCSE Examination Certificates for Summer 2026
Certificate Presentation Evening: Wednesday, 18th November 2026
- Time & Location: 6:00 pm in the Main Hall
- Invitations: Will be sent to pupils/parents/caters soon with full details, dress code, and ticket information.
- Certificates & Awards: This evening is the primary opportunity to collect official GCSE certificates and celebrate subject awards together as a cohort.
Note: If your address changes before November, please email our Exams Officer, Mrs Whitfield, at whitfield.a@risedale.org.uk.
GCSE & Vocational Examinations Summer 2027
View the Timetable: GCSE Examinations Timetable (Summer 2027).
Examination Period: Wednesday, 5th May 2027, to Friday, 18th June 2027.
Examination dates are set nationally and cannot be altered by the school. Pupils must attend all examinations at the correct time and date.
National Contingency Day (Crucial): Wednesday, 23rd June 2027.
This date is designated by the awarding bodies as a 'contingency' session for use in the event of any national or local disruption. All pupils must be available up to and including this final date in case of necessary rescheduling.
Non-Examination Assessments (NEAs): Non-examination assessments (e.g., coursework, practicals) must also be completed. These may occur within lesson time or be separately timetabled. Pupils must attend all allocated slots.
GCSE Results Day: Thursday 19th August 2027.
JCQ, Ofqual and Awarding Body Information for Pupils and Parents
JCQ, Ofqual and the awarding bodies provide lots of useful information for pupils and parents about examinations, wellbeing and exam stress, results and post-results services.
Other resources for pupils regarding managing exam stress can be found on our dedicated Health & Wellbeing website page.
Uncollected Exam Certificates from 2025 and Earlier
The school is holding examination certificates for last summer (2025) and a number of years prior to that, and would like to pass them on, where possible.
Former pupils are welcome to collect certificates by making an appointment with the Exams Officer (contact whitfield.a@risedale.org.uk).
If you need someone else to collect your certificates for you, we need your written permission, and they will need to bring identification. Please see the full details in the following LETTER, which has an example permission slip.
JCQ regulations state that certificates should be kept for 12 months, after which, if they remain uncollected, they may be disposed of securely.
We hope you will make every effort to collect your certificates as they are important documents which provide confirmation of your achievements. Most educational institutions and employers will ask to see your original certificates before offering you a place or job. If you lose or fail to collect your certificates, you will need to obtain duplicates from the relevant Awarding Body. The Awarding Bodies no longer replace certificates unless you can prove they were destroyed by fire, theft or flood; they will only issue a Certified Statement of Results. This currently costs up to £57 per statement, depending on the Awarding Body.
Policies
Examination-specific policies can be found in the Policies area of the school website.
These include our Internal Appeals Policy, which clarifies the procedure in the event that the school does not support a request by a pupil/parents for post-results services, as well as appeals after receiving the results of a review of marking for external qualifications.