GCSE Results Day Summer 2024
GCSE Results Day will take place on Thursday 22 August 2024.
School will be open from 9am on Thursday 22nd August and results will be issued by form group in the main hall.
School will be open until 3:30pm for you to collect them at any other point in the day by coming into reception. Any results not collected by 3:30pm will be posted first class to the address currently on our system.
If you are unable to collect your results in person on the day but would like someone else to collect them, please give them a written note, use the permission slip form or email our Exams Officer Mrs Whitfield at whitfield.a@risedale.org.uk in advance from your school email address indicating the name of the person who will be collecting your results, their relationship to you and stating that you give them permission to collect them. We will also need to see some form of ID when they are collected.
For those who have requested results by email, we will send these out as early as possible after the main body of pupils have been into school. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide results by telephone.
Please notify the Exams Officer if you have moved house and would like your results (and/or certificates) to be sent to a new address.
Provisional results statements are sufficient evidence to take to college interviews. Staff will be available to discuss results and impact on college plans.
Mr Yates (Deputy Headteacher), Mr Sherwood (Senior Lead for exams), other senior staff, Mrs Whitfield (Exams Officer) and Mrs Porritt (Careers Leader) will be available on the day. If you have any queries or questions or are concerned at all about your results or your next steps when you receive them, please speak to us promptly so that we can assist you.
If you have any other queries, please contact the Exams Officer, Mrs Whitfield at whitfield.a@risedale.org.uk
GCSE Results Guidance Summer 2024
JCQ, Ofqual and the awarding bodies provide lots of useful information for pupils and parents about examinations, results and post-results services.
The awarding bodies have pages specifically about results for pupils/parents:
For specific information about how grades are calculated:
GCSE Post-Results Services Summer 2024
If you have any queries or questions or are concerned at all about your results or your next steps when you receive them, please speak to Mr Yates, Mr Sherwood or Mrs Whitfield promptly so that we can assist you. We will be available all day on results day and you can also email Mr Yates at yates.j@risedale.org.uk, Mr Sherwood at sherwood.r@risedale.org.uk or Mrs Whitfield at whitfield.a@risedale.org.uk at any time after you receive your results.
JCQ has published a useful infographic to help you decide what to do after receiving your results if you are not happy with them.
The awarding bodies offer a number of post-results services, which include
- a) a priority copy of the original script (to review it prior to requesting a review of marking)
- b) a clerical re-check
- c) a review of marking
- d) a copy of the original script for teaching and learning purposes.
In the school’s experience, it is unusual for marks to change upwards by more than a marginal amount (and you must be aware that marks/grades may not change at all or may even be lowered). However, the school reviews the marks that you and others have achieved and will advise candidates if we feel there is an anomaly and that a paper should be reviewed.
If we are concerned about results received for a particular subject, the school itself will request a review of marking of all those papers or a review of moderation where NEA is concerned.
In order for the school to request any of these, we must have your permission first in order to ensure you understand grades may go down as well as up or not change.
We must also have separate permission to request a priority copy of a script and then a review of marking.
Please keep an eye on your school email or any personal email you have provided and be prepared to respond quickly to all emails.
If we think it may be beneficial to request a review of marking we may contact you twice, once for permission to access the script, then again for permission to request the review.
Full details of the services provided are given in the JCQ Post Results Services document.
You may also ask us to submit a request for one of these services but please do discuss this first with a member of staff. Should you then wish to proceed, please complete a copy of the Pupil Post-Results Services Request 2024 form or contact Mrs Whitfield to ask for a copy.
Please also be aware of our Internal Appeals Policy which clarifies the procedure in the event of the school not supporting a request by a pupil/parents for post-results services and also appeals after receiving the results of a review of marking.
GCSE Examination Certificates Summer 2024
Certificates for Summer 2024 qualifications will be received in school in early November. When they are ready for collection we will let you know.
If you know that you will have changed your address before this date, please contact us with the new details.
GCSE Examinations 2024-2025
The official timetable for written examinations for GCSEs and vocational courses in summer 2025 can be viewed here: GCSE Examinations Timetable 2025.
The examination period for written examinations runs from Thursday 8th May until Wednesday 25th June.
The dates for written examinations are agreed nationally and cannot be changed by the school - pupils must attend at the correct date and time.
National Contingency Days:
- Wednesday 11th June - PM
- Wednesday 25th June - All Day
The awarding bodies have designated these dates as 'national contingency’ sessions for examinations in the event of any national or local disruption to examinations. Pupils must be available up to and including the final date in case of any rescheduling.
For some subjects, non-examination assessments must also be completed. Some of these are carried out purely within lesson time, some are timetabled separately. Pupils must attend their allocated slots for these.
GCSE Results Day Summer 2025
GCSE Results Day will take place on Thursday 21 August 2025.
JCQ, Ofqual and Awarding Body Information for Pupils and Parents
JCQ, Ofqual and the awarding bodies provide lots of useful information for pupils and parents about examinations, wellbeing and exam stress, results and post-results services.
Other resources for pupils regarding managing exam stress can be found on our dedicated Health & Wellbeing website page.
Examination Certificates
The school is holding examination certificates for last summer (2023) and a number of years prior to that and would like to pass them on where possible.
Former pupils are welcome to collect certificates by making an appointment with the Exams Officer (contact whitfield.aj@risedale.org.uk)..
If you need someone else to collect your certificates for you, we need your written permission and they will need to bring identification. Please see the full details in the following LETTER, which has an example permission slip.
JCQ regulations state that certificates should be kept for 12 months, after which, if they remain uncollected, they may be disposed of securely.
We hope you will make every effort to collect your certificates as they are important documents which provide confirmation of your achievements. Most educational institutions and employers will ask to see your original certificates before offering you a place or job. If you lose or fail to collect your certificates you will need to obtain duplicates from the relevant Awarding Body. The Awarding Bodies no longer replace certificates unless you can prove they were destroyed by fire, theft or flood; they will only issue a Certified Statement of Results. This currently costs up to £57 per statement, depending on the Awarding Body.
Policies
Examination-specific policies can be found in the Policies area of the school website.
These include our Internal Appeals Policy which clarifies the procedure in the event of the school not supporting a request by a pupil/parents for post-results services and also appeals after receiving the results of a review of marking for external qualifications.