Exams
Enquiries about Results Policy and Procedures
Update September 2025
PPE dates 25/26
Year 11 and 13 PPEs w/c 17th and 24th November 25
Year 11 and 13 PPEs w/c 2nd and 9th March 26
Year 10 and 12 PPEs w/c 22nd June 26
External exams 25/26
November English and Maths GCSE re-sits 4th>7th and 10th November 25
January assessments w/c 5th and 12th January 26
May/June series commences Mon 4th May until Fri 26th June 26
Coursework/NEA (Non-examined assessment work)
If your subject involved an NEA component (coursework), you will complete this in lesson time as a controlled assessment session.
This work will be marked internally using exam board criteria and your teacher will provide you with your mark.
APPEALS If you feel your mark is not correct you may appeal it. The school will re-examine your work against the exam board marking criteria.
Following an appeal your mark may increase, remain the same or be lowered.
If you wish to appeal you have to do this before the marks are sent to the exam board. Please speak to your teacher about their deadline for sending marks to the exam board.
To submit an appeal please email: exams@lipson.plymouth.sch.uk before the deadline.
You will then be notified of the outcome of the appeal in writing before the mark is submitted to the exam board
Available here is our revision planner.
Please also consult our exam tips for parents.
Information Paper For Parents - GCSE Reforms 2018
Information Paper For Parents - GCSE Factsheet
If your child is ill on the day |
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Ring the college and ask to speak with Mrs Davis (Exams Officer). If she is unavailable, leave a message with Reception. Special consideration would not be applicable for students who have the opportunity to resit a unit or module at a later date. This is the policy of the exam board and not decided by the College If your child has done paper 1 of an exam and is ill on the day of paper 2, then the board has a better picture of how your child will have performed and MAY award special consideration. If your child is absent without any excuse (phone call from parent) then you will be charged for that exam. If your child has broken any bones which may prevent them from writing, then please send them to the exams office and we will arrange for a scribe (someone to write for them) / word processor to be available for them. |
Late arrivals |
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The exams will commence promptly and any late arrivals must report immediately to the exams office where a decision will be made whether they will be able to sit the exam. If you are over half an hour late after the exam has started then the exam boards have to be informed and your child’s work may not be accepted by the board. If your child arrives after the exam has finished then they will not be able to sit the exam and will not be awarded any marks for this. All pupils MUST wear the correct uniform for all their exams except Years 12, 13 and 14. Controlled assessments are not timetabled and take place in the classroom therefore all requests for holidays/absences within term time should be avoided. |
Exam dates |
| Full details will be on student individual Timetables which will be handed out before half term.
There are also controlled assessments taking place during months leading up to external exam dates and therefore holidays should not be planned prior to these dates and would need to be authorised. |
Exam rules |
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The exam agreement outlines the need for equipment to be brought to each exam. Pens, calculators and maths sets will be provided for all examinations. The following documents are from the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ)
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