MENU HOMEPARENTSEXAMS INFORMATION Exams Information June 2021 End of Year Exam Timetables for Year 9 and 10 Year 9 timetable 7 June start Year 10 timetable 21 June start Summer 2021 Year Exams Update May 2021: Ofqual have announced the process for how GCSE grades will be awarded this summer: Decisions on how GCSE, AS and A level grades will be determined in summer 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk) All schools have been asked to create their own Centre Policy to reflect this guidance and ours can be found here. The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have also issued guidance for students and parents, which can be found here. Ofqual released guidance on 10 May for students explaining how grades will be determined and the appeals process: Ofqual Students Guide to Awarding: Summer 2021 The documents explain in more detail these four points: Students will receive grades awarded and determined by teachers, with students only assessed on what they have been taught. Teachers will be able to draw on a range of evidence when determining grades, no single test or assessment will determine the final grade. Grades will be submitted to exam boards by 18th June, allowing as much teaching time as possible before teachers make their assessments. GCSE Results Day is scheduled for Thursday 12th August. With regards to point 2 above, the evidence base can include the optional use of questions provided by exam boards, as well as mock exams, coursework, or other work completed as part of the course, e.g. essays or in-class assessments. There will be the chance for schools to set future assessments to help in this process, but there is no national approach to this and so every school will take a different view on how best to do it. Primarily, we want to ensure that our Year 11 students are in the very best possible position to move onto the next chapter in their education, so the next few months will involve students continuing with their courses, building their knowledge and skills even further, consolidating learning and understanding, and seeking support from their teachers in the usual way. Details of subject specific approaches to awarding grades can be found below under the Teacher Assessment Guidance (TAG) heading. Reasonable adjustments, access arrangements and mitigating circumstances If a student has special educational needs and requires reasonable adjustments for assessments, the school will ensure that these are in place when further evidence is gathered this term. For some evidence collected in the past, these reasonable adjustments were also in place. If they were not, the school will take this into account when determining student grades. We would also consider whether other evidence could be used instead. When students take public exams, special consideration requests can be made for students, if it is considered that their exam performance has been affected by illness or personal circumstances. Special consideration requests will not apply in the usual way this summer because students will not be taking exams. As some of the assessments we will be using in the evidence base have been completed before January 2021 and before we knew exams would be cancelled, you are able to inform us of any mitigating circumstances which occurred at any point during Year 10 or Year 11. If you or your child thinks that that their performance in an assessment has been affected by illness or personal circumstances you should firstly read the Guide to the Special Consideration Process by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) . If, after reading the JCQ guide, you or your child want to notify us of any mitigating circumstances, please contact us via exams@stannesrcvoluntaryacademy.com by 10th May 2021. If an illness, injury or any other personal circumstance occurs after 10th May 2021 and impacts on your child’s performance on an assessment in school, please email us directly via exams@stannesrcvoluntaryacademy.com with as much information as possible. It is important that any such instances are raised with the school through the above channels before we submit the grades to the exam boards. Appeals Process from 12 August Once the results have been issued on 12 August, an appeals process exists. The document which outlines the process can be found by clicking the links below. We have taking every measure to ensure students get the right grades and to minimise the queries our students have; these steps are summarised on page 3 of the June JCQ publication A Guide to Appeals Processes Sumer 2021 Series (as well as in our Centre Policy). The whole appeals process is described in detail here too. A summary of the appeals process is included on page 8 of the JCQ Guidance for students, parents and guardians: GCSEs and AS/A Levels in England Summer 2021 and is included below. Please direct all questions, comments or enquiries regarding GCSE results to exams@stannesrcvoluntaryacademy.com Key dates: From May to June – students will continue to be taught and to complete subject assessments that will contribute to the final Teacher Assessed Grades. 7 June – attendance at school is no longer required, although students must be available up until 18th June in case further evidence is required. 7 June – 18 June – internal moderation, quality assurance and submission of Teacher Assessed Grades to the exam boards. 18 June – deadline for submitting Teacher Assessed Grades to the exam boards. June and July – Exam boards will conduct external quality assurance by checking evidence for a sample of schools and subjects and follow up on any concerns. 12 August – GCSE results day. After the results are released, there is an appeals opportunity for students if they believe their grade is wrong and can evidence appropriately (the government has not yet confirmed dates or a process for this). Meanwhile, we ask that our Year 11 students work hard, remain focused and trust that we will make every endeavour to do our very best for every one of them in these unusual circumstances. Teacher Assessment Guidance (TAG) Meanwhile, we ask that our Year 11 students work hard, remain focused and trust that we will make every endeavour to do our very best for every one of them in these unusual circumstances. 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