Examinations

Please contact Mr Bawn via e-mail if you have any queries concerning examinations at Coombe Sixth Form Centre. click here.

Maths & English GCSE retakes November 2007

If you wish to retake the AQA English Language GCSE of the Edexcel Maths GCSE in November 2007 you must see Mrs Hassan (Maths) of Ms Corkhill (English) by Fri 14th September. With a photocopy of the appropriate GCSE results slip and a cheque (payable to 'Coombe Girls' School) or cash for £25. Your Coursework marks will be carried forwards from last summer. If you wish to retake coursework in these subject you can only enter it in the Summer 2008 exams.

AS and A2 Retakes January 2008

If you wish to re-take a unit in a subject you must make sure that you follow this procedure:

• Identify the unit code for the unit you wish to re-take. This may be found on your results slips. Not all examinations are available to retake in January 2008. To check the availability of units follow this link to the Exam Timetable.
• Coursework units count as retakes and also require an entry.
• No student is permitted to retake more than three units in the January 2008 series, if you wish to take more you must seek written permission from Mrs Law or Miss Lane.
• Hand the form in (see below) along with the correct payment, to the examinations Office by 4pm Wednesday 3rd October. Requests cannot be accepted after this date. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Coombe Girls’ School. Each unit costs £15.
• It is your responsibility to ensure that the form is filled in correctly.

January 2008 AS/A2 Retake form

January 2008 AS/A2 Examination Results

The results from the January exams arrive electronically at Coombe on Thursday 6th March. You will be able to collect them from your mentor during afternoon registration. On Thursday 13th March you will be able to collect your official results slips, again from your tutors. You will automatically be awarded a new AS grade which takes any retaken units into account. This is a change to previous years.

Summer 2007 Results Certificates

These can be collected from the School reception from January 2008.

Enquiries about results (Summer 2007)

The services are outlined below, there is a charge for each service. These charges vary between examination boards. Enquiries about exam results will only be made once the correct payment has been made by cheque to ‘Coombe Girls School’.

• Service 1: Clerical re-check. This involves a total re-check to make sure that all parts of your papers have been marked and added up correctly. You must see me by 19th September to apply for this service. It is available for the majority of examinations.

• Service 2: Re-mark. The paper is remarked by an examiner. Please note that if your grade was borderline, it would already have been checked by three different examiners and is unlikely to change. You must see me by 19th September to apply for this service.

• Priority Service 2: Re-mark. This service is more expensive and is designed only for students needing a re-mark to get into university. Please note that if your grade was borderline, it would already have been checked by three different examiners and is unlikely to change. You must see me by 23rd August to apply for this service.

• Service 3: Concerns coursework re-marking and can only be requested by Coombe Staff.

• Access to Examination scripts: You can request to have your original exam scripts returned. There is a fee for this and you are unable to query the result once the paper has been requested. The deadline for requesting this service is 19th September.

It is possible for your grade to fall as well as rise or stay the same. Because of this the candidate must sign a form requesting the examination results inquiry. It cannot be signed by anyone else on behalf of the candidate. All forms are available from Mr Bawn or a member of the examinations team.

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Exam timetable

Click here to enter the joint examination boards website. It allows you to find out the date and time of any exam. It also allows you to print a timetable for any examination series. Your son/daughter will need to know the exam boards and exams they will be sitting, if they don't know these they can be obtained from subject teachers. We will continue to issue all students with a printout of their timetable before any examination session.

JCQ Examination Regulations 2006-2007

Warning to Candidates

Coursework Regulations

Examination boards

AQA

Edexcel

OCR

WJEC

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