Exams

Exams Officer: Mr M Rawlinson
Exams Assistant: Mrs H Reading

The Exams Office is responsible for organising and over-seeing everything to do with all the exams at Denbigh School, from time-tabling to organising invigilators.

Along with rules and regulations set down by Government and the Exam Boards we also expect students to:

• Wear their Denbigh School Uniform correctly
• The JCQ instructions say that mobile phones (and other electronic devices) must not be brought to the exam room. If students fail to comply with this instruction then we will store the (switched off) phone during the exam but it MUST be handed in.

• Make sure they have the correct equipment for the exam they are sitting
• Adhere perfectly to the No Speaking rule and follow ALL instructions precisely

Exam Candidate Information

• Social Media
• Written Exams
• Coursework and Project Assessments
• Non-Examination Assessments
• Privacy Notice

Using calculators

Candidates may use a calculator in an examination unless prohibited by the awarding body’s specification. Where the use of a calculator is allowed, candidates are responsible for making sure that their calculators meet the awarding bodies’ regulations.

The instructions set out in this section apply to all examinations unless stated otherwise in an awarding body’s specification.

Calculators must be: o of a size suitable for use on the desk; o either battery or solar powered; o free of lids, cases and covers which have printed instructions or formulas.	Calculators must not: • be designed or adapted to offer any of these facilities: - o language translators; o symbolic algebra manipulation; o symbolic differentiation or integration; o communication with other machines or the internet;
The candidate is responsible for the following: o the calculator’s power supply; o the calculator’s working condition.	• be borrowed from another candidate during an examination for any reason;* • have retrievable information stored in them - this includes: - databanks; - dictionaries; - mathematical formulas; - text.

Exam Board Links

• Standards and Testing Agency
• AQA
• OCR
• Edexcel