GCSE Examination Certificates Summer 2025
Certificates for Summer 2025 qualifications will arrive at the school in late November. We will notify you when they are ready for collection.
If you know that you will have changed your address before this date, please contact our Exams Officer, Mrs Whitfield, at whitfield.a@risedale.org.uk with the new details.
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.
Understanding GCSE Grading
Guide for Parents: Ofqual has created a guide to help you understand the GCSE 9-1 grading scale. You can access this guide here: GCSE 9 to 1 grade scale explained - GOV.UK.
Advice for Parents
Nine tips for supporting your child: In partnership with ParentKind, the Department for Education has published a blog with practical tips to help parents guide their children through results day. Read it here: Nine tips for supporting your child on results day – The Education Hub.
Advice for Pupils
A joint letter from Ofqual and UCAS: This letter addresses common questions pupils might have, such as:
- "How will my exam be marked?"
- "How are grade boundaries set?"
- "How can I appeal against my grades?"
- "What if my results aren’t what I expected?"
- "How can I prepare for results day?"
Exploring Post-16 Pathways
Apprenticeships: If you're considering your next steps, a new guide for parents and pupils outlines the exciting opportunities available through apprenticeships. These are practical pathways that can lead directly to rewarding careers. Read the blog here: Your A level results are in – now what? Exploring apprenticeships as your next step
Other resources for pupils regarding Post-16 Pathways can be found on our dedicated Careers website page.
Uncollected Exam Certificates from 2024 and Earlier
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.