Holyport College

Public Examinations Handbook

● The candidate must support any special consideration claim with appropriate evidence within three days of the exam for example by providing a letter from the candidate’s doctor.

● The Exams Officer will then forward a completed special consideration form to the relevant awarding body.

Exam absence

The school will make every effort to contact the parents if a student does not come in for an exam. Students who are absent without presenting a doctor’s note or satisfactory reason for special consideration will receive an X for their examination and their final grade will be based on the elements of the examinations which have been taken.

Emergency procedure

You must remain seated in silence until the invigilators or Exam Officer gives instructions. You must not communicate with other candidates under any circumstances. Please read the section on school’s emergency procedures at the end of this handbook.

Candidates with access arrangements

Candidates with access arrangements will have been informed by the SENCo about their specific arrangements. These candidates will be accommodated accordingly in the exam rooms. Candidates with 25% extra time will generally be sitting in the Sports Hall. Any other access arrangements will be accommodated in a different location. If you are entitled to access arrangements and are unclear what to do or where to go, speak to the Exams Officer or the invigilators before the exam starts.

Suspected malpractice

JCQ information regarding what constitutes malpractice:

“Candidate malpractice” means malpractice by a candidate in the course of an examination or assessment, including the preparation and authentication of any controlled assessments, coursework or non-examination assessments, the presentation of any practical work, the compilation of portfolios of assessment evidence and the writing of any examination paper.

(Taken from the JCQ publication Suspected Malpractice in Examinations and Assessments)

Malpractice will be dealt with by the Exams Officer who will inform Exam Boards. Candidates should be aware that offences could lead to disqualification from all examinations.