These contingency days are designed to be used in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations. Candidates need to be available for each contingency sessions in case their exam is rescheduled to one of these dates.

Public Examination Start Times

Morning exams at Christ's College start at 9.00am and the afternoon sessions start at 1.00pm. Students will need to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the examinations. Please note that for some students the afternoon exam sessions may finish after the end of the college day and any students who are normally provided with home to school transport will have to make their own arrangements.

Absence

Any candidate who is deliberately absent from an examination, which he or she is due to take, will be liable for the cost. Justifiable absence must be explained by a parental note without delay. In cases of illness, any student who wishes this to be taken into account by the Exam Board, should submit a doctor’s note (if possible) to enable the Exams Office to apply for a Special Consideration.

Dress Code

Students will undertake examinations in full school uniform.

Ms I Au

Exams Officer

iau@christscollege.surrey.sch.uk

RESULTS DAY

Each exam series (November, January and June) has its own results day.

EXAM SERIES

AWARDING BODIES

RESULTS DAY

Summer - May/June 2025

OCR/BTEC, Pearson Edexcel, AQA, WJEC EDUCAS

Thurs 21st August 2025

09:30am- 10:30am

For the summer series of exams, if any students is unable to collect their statement of results on the day, the student MUST email the Exams Officer to give permission to nominate another individual to collect the results on their behalf. This individual must produce photo ID before we can release the results.

External Candidates

Please note that Christ's College Guildford does not take external candidates for exams.

We recommend that you contact the relevant exam board who should be able to provide a list of centres which do take external candidates.

Exam Certificates

After the Summer GCSE exam period, exam awarding bodies will send certificates after the completion of the Review of Results process. These are normally sent to Christ's College during November.

Students who will have the opportunity to collect their certificates at an Awards Evening held in November. There will also dates in December and January where certificates can be collected.

Ex-students are required to bring photo ID when collecting.
Ex-students may nominate another individual to collect on their behalf but MUST advise the Exams Officer in advance in writing/email (using their own personal email address). The nominated person must also bring photo ID.

Please do not turn up to College to collect certificates outside the advertised dates without contacting the Exams Officer. To book a pick up time please email exams@christscollege.surrey.sch.uk.

Certificates will normally only be kept for a period of one year, then they could be securely destroyed in accordance with JCQ regulations. Please be aware that some Exam Boards do not offer a replacement certificate service.

Exam Policies

You can find all the relevant Christ's College Exam Policies for 2023-2024 here.

23-24 Access Arrangements Policy

23-24 Complaints Policy - Exams

23-24 Data Protection Policy - Exams

23-24 Equalities Policy - Exams

23-24 Escalation Process

23-24 Exam Contingency Plan

23-24 Exams Archiving Policy

23-24 Exams Policy

23-24 Internal Appeals Procedure

23-24 Lockdown Policy

23-24 Non-Examination Assessment Policy

23-24 Special Consideration Policy

23-24 Whistleblowing Policy Exams

23-24 Word Processor Policy Exams

Exam Room Emergency Evacuation Procedure 2023-24

Exams Malpractice Policy 2023-24

Overnight Supervision Arrangements Policy 2023-2024

Exam Boards

Below are links to the relevant exam boards.

The relevant exam board for each subject can be found below.

Subject	Qualification / Tier	Exam Board
Art (Fine Art)	GCSE	AQA
Business	GCSE	Pearson
Computer Science	GCSE	AQA
Dance	GCSE	AQA
Design and Technology	GCSE	AQA
Drama	GCSE	Pearson
English Language	GCSE	AQA
English Literature	GCSE	AQA
Food Preparation and Nutrition	GCSE	EDUQAS (WJEC)
French	GCSE	AQA
Geography	GCSE	Pearson
History	GCSE	Pearson
Information Technology	BTEC	Pearson
Maths	GCSE	Pearson
Music	GCSE	AQA
Photography	GCSE	AQA
Physical Education	GCSE	Pearson
Religious Studies	GCSE	AQA
Science	GCSE	AQA
Spanish	GCSE	AQA
Sports Studies	Cambridge Nationals	OCR
Travel and Tourism	BTEC	Pearson

Government Education Websites

Here are the main Government Education Websites:

Department for Education (DfE)

Ofsted (Office for Standards in education)

OfQual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation)

GCSE Languages Entry Form - For languages not offered as part of CCG Curriculum

Christ's College Guildford firmly recommend that students sit any additional GCSE non-curriculum GCSE language exams in Year 11.

Should a parent/carer wish to apply for their child to take a non-curriculum language exam. Please fill in the following Entry Form and note all the information required including fees, then email the completed and signed form to Mr A To - Exams Officer, E: ato@christscollege.surrey.sch.uk.

Non-curriculum Language Exam Entry Form