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Examinations Information

Information regarding the GCSE and A Level exams process for summer 2025 (known as the June 2025 series) is set out below under the relevant tab. If you have any questions at all regarding the exams, students can see Mrs Morrison at any time during the school day or parents/guardians can email on:

morrison.c@aylesfordschool.org.uk

Should you wish to contact the examination boards for guidance regarding the current school building closure in school and your child’s GCSE/A Level studies, the details are:

AQA https://www.aqa.org.uk/contact-us

Pearson (Edexcel) https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/contact-us.html

OCR https://www.ocr.org.uk/contact-us/

Eduqas (WJEC) https://www.wjec.co.uk/home/about-us/useful-contacts/

Secondary Phase/GCSE Examinations

The GCSE exams for the June 2025 series will take place from Thursday 8^th May to Wednesday 18^th June 2025.

For the June 2025 exams the awarding bodies have introduced one additional half-day contingency session. This is on the afternoon of Wednesday 11^th June 2025. The standard contingency date is Wednesday 25^th June 2025.

Please ensure that your child is available on this extra half day session, and also up to and including Wednesday 25^th June. If an individual student misses a timetabled examination, it cannot then be sat on any of these contingency dates, they are solely for the purpose of a national event or significant local disruption affecting the whole cohort. You are advised not to book a holiday until after these dates, as being on holiday is not an acceptable reason to miss a GCSE exam.

Students

If you are ill on the day of an exam you are advised to still try and attend the exam. If this is not possible, you should provide evidence, if available, of the illness to Mrs Morrison at the earliest opportunity. If you are absent for another reason you (or parent/guardian) should make contact with Mrs Morrison on the day to give an explanation, again with evidence if this is applicable. Exams will not be rescheduled for another day. You will only have one opportunity to sit each paper.

The GCSE results day is Thursday 21^st August 2025. The results will be given out between 9.00 am and 11.00am in the Library.

If you are unable to attend on this day, and you wish to receive your results by post, you should provide Mrs Morrison with a stamped self-addressed envelope (please ensure that the correct amount of postage is applied if using a large envelope) by Friday 11^th July 2025. Results will be posted on results day so you will receive them within 1 or 2 days, depending on the postage you have applied. Alternatively you can arrange for another person to collect your results on your behalf. That person must have a letter of permission from you (or this has been provided to the Examinations Officer in advance of results day), authorising them to collect your results, and photo ID for themselves. Results will not be handed over without both of these requirements being met.

Results are not given out over the phone. Results can be sent via email to the student’s personal email. Results will not be issued to parents via email without the written permission from the student. This arrangement must be made with Mrs Morrison in advance of results day. This request can be made in the summer holidays as she will be monitoring emails during this time.

Members of the Senior Leadership Team, the Head of Year 11, Heads of Department and a Careers Adviser may be available on these dates for any advice concerning the results.

If you have a question about your results please speak to Mrs Morrison on the day or via email. Information about Reviews of Results will be available on the results day.

Certificates

Your GCSE certificates, which are proof from the individual exam boards of the grades you achieved (they are not the statement of results you will receive on results day), will be available for collection from school from mid-November 2025.

Students who have joined Year 12 will receive them via tutor time. Students who have left Aylesford should come into school to collect their certificates. Please contact: morrison.c@aylesfordschool.org.uk to pre-arrange a time/date for collection. If you cannot collect your certificates in person then you can send someone on your behalf. They must have a letter of permission from you (or this can be given via an email from yourself) and photo ID of themselves to confirm their identity. Certificates will only be posted when none of the above can happen.

Please keep your certificates safe. They are valuable documents and are difficult to replace. If certificates are misplaced or damaged, you should contact the relevant exam boards to discuss replacement. Aylesford School does not keep copies of certificates. If you legally change your name following receipt of your certificates you should contact the relevant exam board to discuss amending them.

Certificates will be kept in secure storage in school for 4 years. After this time they will be confidentially and securely destroyed.

Students will not be contacted by Aylesford School to remind them to collect their certificates.

General Information

Please read the documents below which give important information relevant to the exams process, including coursework, non-exam assessments and written exams.

IFC Coursework Assessments IFC NE Assessments IFC On Screen Examinations IFC Written Examinations Preparing to sit your exams JCQ Social Media Infographic Malpractice Warning to candidates poster

Sixth Form/A Level Examinations

A Level exams for the June 2025 series will take place from Monday 12^th May to Friday 20^th June.

The awarding bodies have introduced one additional half-day contingency session. This is Wednesday 11^th June 2025. The standard contingency date is Wednesday 25^th June 2025.

Please ensure that your child is available on this extra half day session and also up to and including Wednesday 25^th June 2025. If an individual student misses a timetabled examination it cannot then be sat on any of these contingency dates, they are solely for the purpose of a national event or significant local disruption affecting the whole cohort. You are advised not to book a holiday until after these dates, as being on holiday is not an acceptable reason to miss a GCE exam.

Students

If you are ill on the day of an exam you are advised to still try and attend the exam. If this is not possible you should provide evidence, if available, of the illness to Mrs Morrison at the earliest opportunity. If you are absent for another reason you (or parent/guardian) should make contact with Mrs Morrison on the day to give an explanation, again with evidence if this is applicable. Exams will not be rescheduled for another day. You will only have one opportunity to sit each paper.

The A Level results day is Thursday 21^st August 2025. The results will be given out between 8.00 am and 10.00 am in the library.

If you are unable to attend on this day, and you wish to receive your results by post, you should provide the Examinations Officer with a stamped self-addressed envelope (please ensure that the correct amount of postage is applied if using a large envelope) by Friday 11^th July 2025. Results will be posted on results day so you will receive them within 1 or 2 days, depending on the postage you have applied. Alternatively you can arrange for another person to collect your results on your behalf. That person must have a letter of permission from you (or this has been provided to Mrs Morrison in advance of results day), authorising them to collect your results, and photo ID for themselves. Results will not be handed over without both of these requirements being met.

Members of the Senior Leadership Team, the Head of Sixth Form, Heads of Department and a Careers Adviser may be available on this date for any advice concerning the results.

If you have a question about your results please speak to Mrs Bayliss on the day or via email. Information about Reviews of Results will be available on the results day.

Certificates

Your A Level certificates, which are proof from the individual exam boards of the grades you achieved (they are not the statement of results you will receive on results day), will be available for collection from school from mid-November 2025.

Students should come into school to collect their certificates. Please contact Mrs Morrison at morrison.c@aylesfordschool.org.uk to pre-arrange a time/date for collection. If you cannot collect your certificates in person then you can send someone on your behalf. They must have a letter of permission from you (or this can be given via an email from yourself) and photo ID of themselves to confirm their identity. Certificates will only be posted when none of the above can happen.

Certificates will be kept in secure storage in school for 4 years. After this time they will be confidentially and securely destroyed.

Students will not be contacted by Aylesford School to remind them to collect their certificates.

General Information

Please read the documents below which give important information relevant to the exams process, including coursework, non-exam assessments and written exams.

IFC Coursework Assessments

IFC NE Assessments

IFC On Screen Examinations

IFC Written Examinations

JCQ Social Media Infographic

Malpractice

Preparing to sit your exams

Warning to candidates poster