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 2023-24
- 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 Unauthorised Items Poster
- JCQ Warning to Candidates
- On your Exam Day
- Guide to Coping With Exam Pressure
- Internal Appeals Procedure 2023-24
Timetables
Winter/Spring 2024
Timetables to be published in due course
Summer 2024
Written papers will start on Thursday 2 May 2024 and Contingency Day (last day written exams can be held) is Wednesday 26 June 2024. All students must remain available to take exams until the end of 26 June 2024. The full exam timetable will be published here in due course. Practical exams (such as art and drama) will be taking place during February, March, April and May 2024. BTEC PSAs will be taking place during both the Autumn and Spring terms.
Summer 2024 Results Day
GCSE Results Day for Summer 2024 will be Thursday 22 August 2024. This date includes all BTEC and Level 1/2 results. We strongly encourage students to attend, however students who cannot attend results day in person can give their written consent for someone else to collect on their behalf. Uncollected results will be posted home at the end of 22 August 2024.
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.
