Examinations:
During Year 10 and Year 11 you will be entered for GCSEs and other exams at Murray Park School. You will find important information about what you should and shouldn’t do together with timetables on these pages. If you are unsure about anything to do with exams you can always speak to the Exams Officer (Miss Redcliffe Gordon) or your Form Tutor or Head of Year.
You can contact the exams office on 01332 540024 or email:
Regulations and Documents to Read
There are rules around sitting exams and you should read the documents below, make sure you understand them and ask questions if you need to. If you fail to follow regulations, issued by the Joint Council for Qualifications, you may be disqualified from the paper, the subject or all subjects. Murray Park School expects you to follow exam regulations without question.
Social Media: there are serious penalties for those students who make comments or pass on comments about exams on social media.
- Exam Candidate Handbook 2022-23
- JCQ Information For Candidates – onscreen tests
- JCQ Information for candidates – privacy notice
- JCQ Information for candidates – written exams
- JCQ Information for candidates – non-exam assessment
- JCQ Information for candidates – coursework
- JCQ Information for candidates – social media
- JCQ No Mobile Phones Poster
- JCQ Warning to Candidates
- On your Exam Day
- Guide to Coping With Exam Pressure
Timetables
Winter/Spring 2023
11 January 2023 – Y11 Engineering unit R109 written paper (counts towards final grade)
30 January 2023 – Y11 BTEC Health & Social Care written paper (counts towards final grade)
01 February 2023 – Y11 BTEC Digital Information Technology written paper (counts towards final grade)
15 March 2023 – Y11 GCSE Drama Practical (counts towards final grade)
Summer 2023
Year 11 Summer Exam Timetable 2023
The Summer Exam Timetable for Year 11 starts on 20 April 2023 and Contingency Day (the last day students must be available to take exams) is confirmed as 28 June 2023. Please note that some exams may finish after 3pm. We are aware there are some exam ‘clashes’ which are where 2 different subjects sit exams at the same time. Anyone with a clash will be informed what to do on exam day but if you are worried then please speak to the exams team. Some exam papers are designed to be sat back-to-back where they are in the same subject (such as German or History). Students will be issued with individual candidate timetables in due course. Please make sure you have read the Candidate Handbook for this year, and again, if you have any questions then please speak to the exams team.
Results Day is confirmed as Thursday 24 August 2023.
Certificates
Please call the Exams Office on 01332 540024 or email exams@murraypark.derby.sch.uk and we will draw them from archive and you will be able to collect from reception by appointment.
Replacement certificates: if you have lost your GCSE certificates you will need to contact each of the exam boards you took exams with and give them your personal details so they can produce a replacement for you. They usually charge for this service. If you can remember the old exam board name but don’t know the new name we’ve attached a list. Our school ‘centre number’ is 23336.
Replacement statements of results/records of results: if you need a replacement history of your results you should contact Murray Park School Exams Office on 01332 540024 or email exams@murraypark.derby.sch.uk to make enquiries about a copy (providing a record is still available on the school database). You should will be asked for your full name, date of birth and year the exams were taken. The report will be a basic list of subject, grade and date the exam was taken in month and year only.
