Mock Examinations: Jan 2026

Our Year 11 and Year 13 students take their mock examinations on the following dates:

Year 11: Monday 12th January to Friday 30th January

Year 13: Friday 9th January to Friday 30th January

Mock examinations are conducted formally to inform students of the rules surrounding external examinations. Mock timetables have been issued to students and are also available for reference on the website, as will be the case in Summer 2026.

There are some public examinations for selected Year 11 and Year 13 courses on the following dates:

Wednesday 7^th January, Year 13 BTEC Sport, Supervised Work. Unit 2: Fitness Training & Programming for Health, Sport & Wellbeing

Thursday 8^th January, Year 13 BTEC Travel & Tourism, Supervised Work. Unit 2: Global Destinations

Friday 9^th January: Year 13 BTEC Sport: Exam: Unit 1: Anatomy & Physiology

Monday 12^th January, Year 13 BTEC CDMP, Resit Exam. Unit 1: Media Representations

Tuesday 13^th January, Year 13 BTEC Travel & Tourism Exam. Unit 1: The World of Travel & Tourism

Monday 2^nd February, Year 11 and Year 13 Functional Skills Exam

Timetables for all of these are available on the website. Functional Skills is the exception – please make sure that your child makes a note of when this exam will take place.

The final deadline for GCSE PE video footage for all off-site activities AND logbooks is Friday 30th January

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) oversees all examination boards. They ask that we make you aware of a few important regulations. 

• JCQ: Information for candidates – written examinations
• JCQ: Information for candidates – on-screen tests (only relevant for BTEC Creative Digital Media Production students)
• JCQ: Information for candidates –  using social media and examinations / assessments
• JCQ: Information for candidates – on your exam day checklist
• JCQ: Suspected Malpractice: Policies and Procedures (this is a longer document – sections 1 and 10 are the most important to understand at this stage)

Here is a useful YouTube clip from the Exams Office:

Exams Office: Instructions for candidates for written examinations

There is a short GMS Policy that all students must read and understand:

• GMS Toilet Policy relating to mock and public examinations

Non-Examination Assessments (NEAs) / Coursework

Non-Examination Assessments (NEAs) are part of some courses. The social media and malpractice documents listed above are also relevant to NEAs, in addition, there are further JCQ regulations that apply:

• JCQ: Information for candidates – non-examination assessments (NEAs)
• JCQ: Information for candidates – coursework assessments (only relevant for Extended Project Qualifications)
• JCQ: Information for candidates: AI (Artificial Intelligence and assessments)

Everything listed above is available for reference on the school website under: Learning – Examinations Information – Information for Candidates & Parents / Carers. 

Thank you for your support in talking your child through these essential rules and regulations, painful as it is!