Exam Information
As a guide, written exams for GCSE/A-Level will begin on 9th May 2024 and the exam season ends on 26th June 2024.
Students and their parents/carers are asked not to book any holidays until 1 July 2024 at the earliest. Please note that the DFE have built in three contingency exam sessions into this Summer’s timetable: Thursday 6 June (PM), Thursday 13 June (PM) and Wednesday 26 June (AM and PM). These sessions will be utilised at a national level should the need arise. Students should make sure they are available for these sessions.
JCQ Information for Candidates 2023-2024
JCQ General Regulations 2023-2024
Preparing to Sit Your Examinations
Ofqual have recently released some information for students regarding exams in Summer 2024. You may find it useful to look at the following links:
“Ofqual Student Guide 2024”: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-student-guide-2024/ofqual-student-guide-2024
“Ofqual Student Checklist 2024”: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/student-checklist/student-checklist
In addition, school will provide all exam candidates with a ‘Candidate Handbook’ later in the school year, along with their statement of exam entry. This ‘statement of entry’ will detail all the exams for which they are entered, along with the date, day and time of their exams.
Non Exam Assessments
Letter to Candidates – Appeals Procedure
Non Exam Assessments – Information for Candidates
Results and Certificates
Certificates (June 2023) are available at school for collection – please see the letter below for more information. Please note that school will only retain certificates for a minimum of 12 months.
Lost Certificates and Results
If you have lost your certificate, we are unable to provide you with another.
Certificates are only required to be kept by the School for a minimum of 12 months. After this time, the school is able to destroy any uncollected certificates. We will aim, where possible, to keep them for 24 months. Please contact the Exams Officer to check if we still hold your certificates, if we do not, information on obtaining replacement certificates can be found here.
If you have lost your Results, please contact the school on admin@wellington.trafford.sch.uk providing the year you left along with your name, contact number and what your request is. We will aim to get back to you within 7 working days.
Candidate Examination Handbook 2023
Candidate Examination Handbook 2023-24
Internal Appeals Procedure
Internal Appeals Procedure (Internal Assessment Decisions)_2023-24