Exam Information

The official timetable for written examinations for GCSEs and vocational courses in summer 2025 can be viewed here: GCSE Examinations Timetable 2025 including NEAs

The examination period for written examinations runs from Thursday, 8th May, until Wednesday, 25th June.

The dates for written examinations are agreed nationally and cannot be changed by the school - pupils must attend at the correct date and time.

National Contingency Days:

• Wednesday 11th June - PM
• Wednesday 25th June - All Day

The awarding bodies have designated these dates as  'national contingency’ sessions for examinations in the event of any national or local disruption to examinations. Pupils must be available up to and including the final date in case of any rescheduling.

For some subjects, non-examination assessments must also be completed. Some of these are carried out purely within lesson time, some are timetabled separately. Pupils must attend their allocated slots for these.

GCSE Results Day Summer 2025

GCSE Results Day will take place on Thursday, 21st August 2025.

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.

• Ofqual: Student Guide.
• Ofqual: Preparing for exams.
• Ofqual: Student checklist.
• Ofqual: Guidance on coping with exam pressure.
• AQA: Student and parent support including managing exam stress and myth-busting grade boundaries.
• Eduqas: Student Support including pages on wellbeing, revision resources and tips.
• NCFE: Customer and Learner Support: Support.
• OCR: Student support including advice on avoiding procrastination and information about how we calculate your grade?
• Pearson: Support for you which includes a page on exam preparation and one on exam stress and wellbeing.

Other resources for pupils regarding managing exam stress can be found on our dedicated Health & Wellbeing website page.

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.

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.