Collecting Results
The school will be open from 9:00 AM on Thursday, 21st August 2025, for Year 11 pupils to collect their exam results. We're really looking forward to seeing you all!
Once most pupils have collected their results from the school hall (usually around 11am), any remaining pupils can collect theirs from reception until the school closes at 3:30 PM. Any uncollected results will be sent out via first-class post.
If You Can't Collect Your Results In Person
If you're unable to collect your results yourself, you can nominate a parent/carer or trusted adult to do so on your behalf. We'll need your written permission, and the person collecting must bring identification.
To do this, you can:
Whichever method you choose, you must clearly state the full name of the person collecting your results, their relationship to you, and that you explicitly give them permission to collect your results.
Results by Email
For those who have requested results by email, we'll send these out as early as possible once the main group of pupils have collected their results in person. Copies will also be sent in the post.
Unfortunately, we can't provide results by telephone.
Personal Email - Keeping In Touch
To ensure we can easily keep in touch, please provide a personal email address that we can use for future contact. Your school email address will be disabled in September. We'll only use your personal email address for school-related matters, such as examination results, enquiries about results, careers, or post-16 choices. Please complete this form: Y11 Personal Email Address
Change of Address
If you've already moved, or will have moved by the time the official GCSE certificates are available in November, and haven't yet notified the school, please let Mrs Whitfield know as soon as possible. This helps us make sure that posted copies of results and certificates go to the correct address.
Help on the Day
Mr Yates, other senior staff, Mrs Whitfield, and Mrs Porritt will be available on Results Day. If you have any queries, questions, or concerns about your results or your next steps, please speak to us promptly so we can assist you.
You can also email Mr Yates at yates.j@risedale.org.uk or Mrs Whitfield at whitfield.a@risedale.org.uk anytime after you receive your results.
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.
Collection of Examination Certificates
The school is holding examination certificates for last summer (2024) 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.aj@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 of the school not supporting a request by a pupil/parents for post-results services and also appeals after receiving the results of a review of marking for external qualifications.