Understanding Your GCSE Statement of Entry and Exam Timetable

Understanding Your GCSE

Statement of Entry

and

Exam Timetable

YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED

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Charity of the Year2012 - 2013

The top section of your statement of entry contains your personal details and must be checked thoroughly:

Check Correct

Check Correct

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Check correct

Check correct

Check correct

If there are any mistakes or anything you don’t understand you must ask the Exams Officer (Mrs. Hammond)

A unique four digit number that you must put on each exam paper when they ask for your exam / candidate number

This is your legal name – not that which you are necessarily known as. It is this name which will show on your certificates




Lists all the exams that you have been entered for during this exam season




Exam Boards:

AQA

OCR

EDEXCEL

Or

WJEC




Level and Type of Qualification

GCSE/B = a unit exam entry

GCSE/FC = a full course / subject qualification. For OCR & AQA GCSE/FC shows that you will get a grade in the summer.For WJEC GCSE/FC shows unit and subject exam entries

GCSE/SC = a short course exam entry ie worth half a GCSE

Welsh Bacc Qualification

Level 2 Qualification – equivalent to a GCSE




EXAM ENTRY CODES

Most unit entries end in 01 or 02.

Most CASH INS (ie. subject awards) end in SA or SC.

You will not see an exam printed on your timetable for any CASH INs shown




CASH INS Explained:

A CASH IN tells you that you can expect to get a grade for that subject on results day in the summer.

Depending on the exam board a CASH IN will appear in one of two ways:

AQA / OCR / Edexcel CASH INs are shown by:

WJEC CASH INs are shown by:

the subject code followed by the letters SA or SC

a shorter code WITHOUT

a 01 or 02 at the end

AS WELL ASthe subject name without any unit names or numbers after it.

AND the subject name followed by the words Cash in.




You must check you have a cash in for each subject you have been entered for.

NO CASH IN = NO RESULT

CASH INS CONTINUED:




EXAM ENTRIES:

SUBJECT AND UNIT NAMES

This column lists all the subjects and units that you have been entered for by NAME

Your GCSE

Exam Timetable

Explained

YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED



Shows the day and date of your exam



Charity of the Year2012 - 2013 Shows the start time of your exam:

09:00 for morning exams

13:15 for afternoon exams




Shows the length of your exam in minutes:




Shows the exam board you are doing your exam with




Shows the level ie GCSE, of the exam you are taking




Matches the exam codes from your Statement of Entry




Tells you the exact paper / exam you will be taking that day.

Eg. Biology 2 Foundation Tier




What to do if your Timetable has:

more than 1 exam starting at the same start time:

1) If the combined length of the exams is OVER 3 hours:

one of the exams will be moved, but will still be on the same day – you will receive a letter confirming the arrangements nearer the time

2) If the combined length of the exams is LESS THAN 3 hours:

you will sit one paper followed immediately by the other.



ANY PROBLEMS SEE THE

EXAMS OFFICER

MRS HAMMOND

ASAP

Tutors can find this presentation on the SIMS homepageTutors can find this presentation on the SIMS homepageStudents can find this presentation on the school website: Students can find this presentation on the school website:

http://www.alunschool.co.uk/exams/#externalhttp://www.alunschool.co.uk/exams/#external



ANY

QUESTIONS

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