Exams

The Exams Office is open 8.30 am to 3.30 pm during term time.

If you wish to contact the school’s Exams Officer, please do so via the main school telephone number 01727 854726 or exams@beaumont.school. If you have an appointment to visit the Exams Officer, please report to Reception on arrival.

Please note that the information on this page may relate to the current or the previous academic year, depending upon when dates and deadlines become available. If in doubt, please contact the Exams Office or the relevant Head of Year for clarification.

Internal Examinations: 2020-21

Year 11 ‘Mock Exams’ will take place from 11th to 26th November 2020. The timetable can be downloaded here.

Students in Years 7 to 10 take end of year exams from 7th to 11th June 2021.

Year 12 students take ‘Threshold Exams‘ in the second half of the Summer Term, from 7th to 18th June 2021.

A letter explaining how the Year 13 ‘Mock Exams’ have been adapted to form part of the assessment for the 2021 ‘A’ level and vocational qualifications can be viewed here.

The timetable for the Year 13 ‘Mock Exams’ (17th – 26th March) can be downloaded here.

The school’s Revision Website can be found here.

A useful Revision Booklet, written by members of the Beaumont Teaching & Learning Team, can be downloaded here.

External Examinations: 2020-21

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) has published guidance for students and parents about how GCSE and ‘A’ level qualifications will be awarded in Summer 2021, which can be viewed here.

Parents and student may wish to visit the DofE’s “Be Exam Smart” website for information and ‘guidance to help students avoid making mistakes which could lose them marks or lead to disqualification from an exam’.

Autumn Series

GCE A Level and AS Level examinations are running from 5th to 23rd October 2020.
Results to be issued to candidates on 17th December 2020 by email from 8.00am.
Post-result service deadline is 4th February 2021.

GCSE examinations are running from 2nd to 23 November 2020.
Results for English Language and Mathematics to be issued by email on 14th January 2021 after 9.00am.
Post-result service for English Language and Mathematics deadline is 18th February 2021.
Results for all other GCSEs are by email on 11th February 2021 from 9.00am.
Post-result service for all other GCSEs deadline is 18th March 2021.

You can download information about the Autumn Series Post-Results services here .

You can download the Post-Results Service Form as a Word or PDF document.

University Admissions Testing is running on 4th and 5th November.

January Series

Students in Years 11, 12 and 13 studying:

• Cambridge National in Creative iMedia
• BTEC Business
• Cambridge Technical Sport
• the LIBF Certificate in Financial Studies
• BTEC Creative Digital Media (at Verulam School)
• the LIBF Diploma in Financial Studies (at Verulam School)

have examinations in January.

The timetable for these exams can be downloaded here.

Summer Series

There is no Summer Series of external exams this year.  The DfE has issued a statement explaining how grades will be awarded for GCSE, ‘A’ level and vocational qualifications, which can be read here.

JCQ Notices to Candidates

Students should familiarise themselves with the following documentation and be fully aware of the expectations during examinations and assessments.

Information for candidates – Coursework Assessments 2020-2021
Information for candidates –  Non-Exam Assessments 2020-2021
Information for candidates – On-Screen Tests 2020-2021
Information for candidates – Privacy Notice 2019-2020
Information for candidates – Social Media Information for Candidates 2020-2021
Information for candidates – Written Examinations 2020-2021
Exam Room Unauthorised Items Poster 2020-2021
Exam Room Warning to Candidates 2020-2021

Reviews of Centre Marks

Candidates may request a review of the centre’s marking of non-examination units in GCSE, GCE and Project qualifications (including coursework and controlled assessment). Candidates considering this option should discuss their results with the relevant teacher and/or Head of Department and may request copies of materials to assist them in making the decision.

Requests for reviews must be made to the Exams Officer, using the form which can be downloaded here. Requests must be accompanied by payment of £30 per review to cover staffing and administrative costs. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Beaumont School’.
Please ensure that individual components (papers or units) are clearly identified and listed separately on the paperwork submitted.

The final deadline for any requests for reviews in qualifications to be awarded in summer 2021 is tbc*.
* Please note that this date does not apply to Art and Design qualifications and P.E. because exam board submission deadlines are different for these subjects. Please refer to information provided by the individual subject teachers or Heads of Department.

Please be aware that reviews can lead to marks going down as well as up. Further information about how we conduct reviews can be found in the Exams Procedure, which is available on the Policies page of the school website.

Special Consideration

Special Consideration is a post-examination adjustment to a candidate’s mark or grade to reflect temporary illness, temporary injury or some other event outside of the candidate’s control at the time of the assessment, which has had, or is reasonably likely to have had, a material effect on a candidate’s ability to take an assessment or demonstrate his or her normal level of attainment in an assessment.

You can download a copy of the JCQ document A Guide to the Special Consideration Process 2020/2021 here.

Please notify the Exams Officer, on the day of the exam, if you feel that an application for Special Consideration should be considered for submission

Summer Results

GCE A Level and AS Level results to be issued to students 8.00am – 9.00am, on 10th August.
Year 12 students can collect exam outcomes for qualifications or unit results at the same time. If these have an impact on your subject progression into Year 13, you will be able to discuss this with Mrs Powdrell and Mrs Tolley.

GCSE results to be issued to students 9.00am – 10.00am, on 12th August.
Please refer to the guidance on enrolment into the Sixth Form here.

Collection of results

If you are unable to collect your results in person between the specified times on the appropriate Results Day, you may either:

• Write a letter to be handed in by a named person (who must provide suitable ID) to a member of staff on Results Day. Or,
• Provide a stamped and addressed envelope on or prior to your Results Day. Results will be posted on the Results Day and will be received by the candidate at a later date, depending on the class of stamps supplied.

Please note that it may not be possible for candidates to collect exam results beyond the specified times on their Results Day unless prior arrangements have been agreed. Also, results are not normally given out over the telephone.

Post-Result Services

Please note that school documentation for Post-Result Services is issued with results on Results Day and also available from the Exams Office during stated times. If you do not use the correct form for an exam service request it may not be possible for it to be processed due to lack of the correct information.

Completed forms, with payment, should be returned to the Exams Office.

Please note that Post-Result Services are subject to deadlines set by the exam board and are, therefore, not negotiable.

Post-Result Service documentation for the Autumn 2020 series is available tbc.

The Exams Office can be contacted by email via exams@beaumont.school and by telephone at 01727 732923 (with answer-phone).