Transcript A guide to understanding your GCSE Statement of

Understanding Your GCSE
Statement of Entry
and
Exam Timetable
YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
The top section of your statement of entry contains your personal details
and must be checked thoroughly:
A unique four digit number that you must
put on each exam paper when they ask for
your exam / candidate number
Check Correct
Check correct
Check Correct
Check correct
Check correct
2000
Check correct
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Don’t worry about
Don’t worry about
Don’t worry about
This is your legal name – not that
which you are necessarily known
as. It is this name which will show
on your certificates
If there are any mistakes or anything you don’t understand
you must ask the Exams Officer (Mrs. Hammond)
YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
Lists all
the
exams
that you
have
been
entered
for
during
this
exam
season
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YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
Exam
Boards:
AQA
OCR
EDEXCEL
Or
WJEC
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YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
Level and
Type of
Qualification
GCSE/B
= a unit
exam
entry
GCSE/SC =
a short
course
exam entry
ie worth
half a GCSE
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GCSE/FC = a
full course /
subject
qualification.
For OCR &
AQA
GCSE/FC
shows that
you will get a
grade in the
summer.
For WJEC
GCSE/FC
shows unit
and subject
exam entries
Level 2
Qualification –
equivalent to a
GCSE
YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
EXAM
ENTRY
CODES
Most unit
entries end
in 01 or 02.
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Most
CASH INS
(ie. subject
awards) end
in SA or SC.
You will
not see an
exam
printed on
your
timetable
for any
CASH INs
shown
YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
CASH INS Explained:
A CASH IN tells you that you
can expect to get a grade for
that subject on results day in
the summer.
AQA / OCR /
Edexcel
CASH INs
are shown
by:
Depending on the exam board
a CASH IN will appear in one
of two ways:
a shorter code
WITHOUT
WJEC CASH INs are shown
by:
the subject code followed by
the letters SA or SC
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a 01 or 02 at
the end
AS WELL AS
the subject
name without
any unit
names or
numbers
after it.
YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
CASH INS
CONTINUED:
You must check you have a
cash in for each subject you
have been entered for.
NO CASH IN
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YOUR STATEMENT OF ENTRY EXPLAINED
EXAM
ENTRIES:
SUBJECT
AND UNIT
NAMES
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This
column
lists all
the
subjects
and
units
that you
have
been
entered
for by
NAME
Your GCSE
Exam Timetable
Explained
YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the day and
date of your exam
YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the start time of your exam:
09:00 for morning exams
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13:15 for afternoon exams
YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the length of your exam in
minutes:
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YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the exam board you are
doing your exam with
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YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Shows the level ie GCSE, of the exam you are
taking
YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Matches the exam codes from your Statement of Entry
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YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
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Tells you the exact paper / exam you will be taking that day.
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Eg. Biology 2 Foundation Tier
YOUR EXAM TIMETABLE EXPLAINED
What to do if your Timetable has:
more than 1 exam starting at the same start time:
1) If the combined length of the exams is OVER 3 hours:
one of the exams will be moved, but will still be on the
same day – you will receive a letter confirming the
arrangements nearer the time
2) If the combined length of the exams is LESS THAN 3
hours:
you will sit one paper followed immediately by the
other.
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ANY PROBLEMS SEE THE
EXAMS OFFICER
MRS HAMMOND
ASAP
Tutors can find this presentation on the SIMS homepage
Students can find this presentation on the school website:
http://www.alunschool.co.uk/exams/#external
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