Candidate Exam Briefing

Transcription

1 Candidate Exam Briefing The purpose of this presentation is to provide you with a basic overview of exam rules and regulations, and how we organise exams at Ethos College Full details are provided in the Candidate Exam Handbook which can be viewed on our website:

2 1. Coursework/controlled assessments/non-examination assessments Work is marked by your teacher and then checked by another member of staff. It is then sent to an external moderator who checks that our marking has been done correctly. At this point your mark may go up or down. This process is outside our control. For GCSE coursework your teacher will inform you of your mark at least two weeks before the submission deadline. If you believe that marking has not been done correctly you may request a review please see Gill in the office if you want more information

3 2. Timetables You will be given your personal exam timetable about one month before your first exam please check it carefully. The name on your timetable will be printed on your certificates. Please see Gill if you think anything is wrong Details about which rooms are used for each exam are on the centre exam timetable, which will be displayed in the common room. Room information may change so please check before each exam Exam clashes (two or more planned at the same time) will be rearranged before your timetable is issued. You will be kept under supervision for the applicable time period. You will not have access to the internet or your phone in this period

4 3. Start/end times and breaks Morning exams start at 9.30 am you must be at your exam desk by 9.25 am Afternoon exams start at 1.00 pm please be at your exam desk at pm The rules state that you must be kept under supervision until am for a morning exam or 2.30 pm for an afternoon exam. Even if you leave the exam early you will be supervised in the centre for these periods If you leave an exam early you will not be allowed back in to the exam room. Cigarette breaks are not permitted If you leave the exam room temporarily (for example, toilet break) the time will not be added on at the end of the exam (unless you are allowed Supervised Rest Breaks). You will be supervised by a member of staff at all times

5 4. Starting/ending the exam The invigilator will show you which desk to sit at. There will be a card with your details on the desk Please follow all instructions given by the invigilator You are not allowed to communicate with other candidates once you have entered the exam room You will be asked to complete the front of the answer book please use your legal name (not a shortened version) and sign the paper if this is required. The centre number and your candidate number are printed on your desk card At the end of the exam all papers, answer books and equipment are collected in before anyone is allowed to leave the room

6 5. Equipment We provide all the equipment needed for each exam. You do not need to bring anything with you You must leave your watch and phone with your group staff for safekeeping as these items are not allowed in the exam room You may not bring any of the following items in to the exam room: revision notes, dictionaries, blank paper for rough work, ipods, any internetenabled device Calculators will be made available for all exams where allowed You can be disqualified from an exam if you bring any prohibited items in to the exam room We provide water for all exams (and sweets for exams lasting more than 1¾ hours). You may not bring any other food or drink in to the exam room

7 6. Written exams lateness and absence If you are late you will be allowed to sit the exam and will be allowed the full time If you arrive after am / 2.30 pm you are classed as very late. We have to report very late arrivals to the exam board. They decide whether or not to accept your work If you are ill on the day of the exam please ring us as soon as possible. You will not be able to sit the exam at another time but we may be able to request that the exam board takes your illness into consideration If you become unwell during an exam you will be allowed a rest break. This time will be added to the end of the exam. If you are unable to continue the exam will end and your exam paper will be sent to the exam board. In both cases we will follow the Special Consideration guidance If you fail to arrive by the end of the exam you will be marked absent and will not gain any marks for that exam

8 7. Emergency evacuation In the event of an emergency you will be asked to leave the exam room and will be escorted outside by the invigilator You must leave the exam papers and equipment in the room You must not speak to the other candidates When permitted you will be escorted back to the exam room and the exam will continue. The missed time will be added on at the end We will apply for Special Consideration because of the disruption Emergency evacuation procedures are displayed in each exam room

9 8. Access arrangements Access arrangements (for example, use of a laptop, reader pen, supervised rest breaks, coloured paper) are agreed before exams and assessments take place The invigilator has a list of students and their access arrangements If you are allowed Supervised Rest Breaks there will be a named rest break pass on your exam desk. You must hold this up if you need a short break and the invigilator will come to you. You must turn your exam paper face down during your break. If you need to leave the room you will be supervised by another member of staff. The break time will be added to the end of the exam

10 9. Malpractice We must report any incidents of malpractice (cheating). The exam board may decide to disqualify you from the exam. Examples are: Allowing work to be copied or copying from another candidate Posting work on social networking sites Disruptive behaviour in the exam room, including the use of offensive language Assisting others (or accepting assistance) in the production of non-examination assessment work

11 10. Results Exam results for January/March exams will be issued to you as soon as they are available from the boards Exam results for summer exams will be issued on the morning of 23rd August You will receive a letter before the end of the summer term with the exact opening times If you need your results as evidence for a college place we strongly recommend that you collect your results on the day (or request that they be ed to you) If we believe that your results may not be accurate we may request access to your exam paper and have your marks reviewed. You will be asked to give consent for this to happen as your marks may go down If you request a review of marking but we advise against it then you may appeal our decision. Please see Gill in the office for more information

12 11. Certificates Certificates are issued to Year 11 leavers in late November You can choose to collect your certificates or have them posted to you We will need you to confirm your address before we post the certificates out (using a signed-for service) We keep unclaimed certificates for 12 months, after which they are destroyed. You will then have to request and pay for replacements from each exam board Students taking exams in Year 10 will receive their certificates once they have left school (i.e. in November after Year 11)

13 And finally. If anything is unclear or you are worried about any aspect of your exams please see your teacher or Gill in the office Good luck!