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You can find important information about external examinations on this page, including: instructions on your conduct during examinations, what equipment you need, items that are not allowed in examination rooms and information on what to do if you are ill or running late on examination days.

Exam Concession Guidance 2025-2026

Exam certificates

Exam certificates for summer results will be sent to school in November. Once these are processed and available for collection, we will put a notice on our school website (and for students still at Friesland, messages will be shared with tutors).

Please ensure you look out for this notice from mid-November. It is
important you collect your exam certificates as well as your results. Colleges, Universities and employers will ask to see your certificates in the future.

Please note – uncollected certificates will be destroyed after 12 months if they remain uncollected. Copies of exam certificates would then need to be requested from the Exam Boards by yourself and a fee paid.

Conduct In Examinations

  • Enter the exam room ONLY when asked to do so by the invigilator
  • Only necessary equipment may be taken into the room (check below for more information). Bags and books should be clearly placed at the front of the room away from desks
  • Mobiles devices MUST be switched off and left in your bag or handed in to an invigilator. If you are found to have a mobile device in an examination, that examination and possibly the rest of your exams will be cancelled
  • The examination rules about silence apply:
    • in and near the examination room, and
    • before, during and after the exam
  • Do NOT leave your place during the exam. If you want to attract the attention of an invigilator raise your hand. Do NOT call out
  • Do NOT try to borrow anything from another candidate
  • Tippex and other correction fluids are NOT to be used – rough work should be crossed out neatly
  • Listen to the invigilator and do what you are asked
  • Tell them immediately if you do not have the correct paper or materials required
  • Read the instructions carefully on the question paper
  • Fill in the required details on the front of your answer booklet and any additional paper used
    • You must use your full legal names please
  • You may not ask for, and will not be given, any explanation of the questions
  • At the end of the examination make sure all your answer papers have your name, candidate number, centre number and signature, then wait for instructions to leave
  • Please make sure you hand back any materials at the end of the examination that have been lent to you by the centre

Before An Examination

Read through the rules for an examination published by JCQ. They are for your protection and will be strictly enforced. A copy can be found outside every exam room. Some of the key rules are published below.

Note that breaking of the rules only needs to be suspected for action to be taken.

From your timetable, work out exactly when and where your examination will take place and turn up at school at least 20 minutes before your exam is due to start.

If You Are Ill

Please contact the school as soon as possible

If you do not attend and have not informed the school of a reason you may be charged for the cost of that examination

If you are ill, it might be necessary to make an appeal to the board for special consideration. You should get a medical certificate from your doctor at the time you are ill.

On The Day Of The Exam

You must be in school by 8am for morning exams and 12.45pm for afternoon exams and gather outside the Sports Centre

Morning exams start at 9.00pm. Afternoon exams start at 1.15pm

It is your responsibility to be at the right place at the right time on the right day!

If you have transport difficulties, telephone us and let us know. If you enter the examination room more than 30 minutes after the start time you may not be allowed to sit the examination.

Please remember that revision sessions run from 8.15 – 9.00am and 12.25 – 12.45 on exam days. There are some walkthroughs on some days from 11.45/12.15. After-school walk-throughs are 3.00-3.45.

Equipment You Need For Every Exam

  • Two black ball point pens
  • A ruler
  • Clear pencil case with no labels or stickers
  • Water bottle with no labels
  • Special materials for specific examinations (check this with your teachers)
  • A pencil
  • A clean rubber and sharpener
  • Coloured pencils (optional) for diagrams
  • All of these must be inside a clear pencil case
  • 6th formers must bring their ID badges with them and display them on their exam desk

What Is Not Allowed In Examination Rooms

  • Watches of any kind, including smartwatches and fitness trackers
  • iPods or other media players
  • Any other products with text/digital facilities, including mobile phones

Special Rules For Using Calculators

Calculators must be:

  • of a size suitable for use on the desk
  • either battery or solar powered
  • free of lids, cases and covers which have printed instructions or formulae.

Calculators must not:

  • be designed or adapted to offer any of these facilities:
    • language translators;
    • symbolic algebra manipulation;
    • symbolic differentiation or integration;
    • communication with other machines or the internet;
  • be borrowed from another candidate during an examination for any reason
  • have retrievable information stored in them. This includes:
    • databanks; dictionaries; mathematical formulae; text.

The candidate is responsible for the following:

  • the calculator’s power supply;
  • the calculator’s working condition;
  • knowing how to clear the memory, and clearing anything stored in the calculator before the start of the examination