Exam Information
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Exam Stress
Exam Stress - advice for students and parents and carers
Internal Examinations
KS4 Internal Exams
Year 11 students will be sitting a further mock exam in maths and English Literature on 4th and 5th March 2025.
Year 10 will sit assessments in formal conditions during the summer term. We will share the timetable for these exams with students and parents/carers well in advance of these exams. In the run-up to these exams, revision strategies will be shared through assemblies, tutors and subject teachers to help students to prepare.
KS5 Internal Exams
Year 13 students will be sitting a formal mock exams in all subjects with a written exam starting on Monday 24th February through to Monday 3rd March 2025. Please see below the link to the timetable.
Year 13’s have been issued with a timetable and some important information. This is the booklet they have been given
Public Examinations
The public exams for year 11 and year 13, GCSEs and A Levels, start on Thursday 8th May through to Monday 23rd June. The exam timetable can be found here.
The contingency exam sessions are on the afternoon of 11th June and all day on 25th June 2025. These sessions will be used if an exam, in the event of a serious national or local incident, needs to be rearranged for a later date to allow all students a fair and equal chance. All exam candidates should be available to sit exams from the start of the exams through to 25th June 2025. This decision is not a school decision and does apply to all candidates in all schools.
Results dates 2025
A Level and Level 3 Vocational subject results will be published on Thursday 14th August 2025
GCSE and Level 1/ 2 Vocational subject results will be published on Thursday 21st August 2025
There are a number of important regulation documents that all examination students should be aware of. These set out the rules that have to be followed. If you do not follow the regulations then you could be at risk of disqualification.
Please read important documents below:
Preparing to sit your exams 2024/25.pdf
Written examination regulations:
IFC Written Examination 2024.pdf
Warning-to-candidates-poster-2024-5.pdf
Coursework and non-examined assessment (NEA) regulations:
IFC NE Assessments 2024.pdf
JCQ Social Media Infographic.pdf
Appeals against internal assessments of work
Guidance on AI:
JCQ-AI-poster-for-students.pdf
JCQ-AI-and-Assessments-quick-guide-for-students.pdf
Please also read this Privacy Notice which explains how the exam boards use and store your information.
If you have any questions regarding examinations please don’t hesitate to contact the exam's office at: exams@highfield.herts.sch.uk
Revision
Throughout their time at The Highfield School key revision strategies are used with the students.