Most of our Year 10 pupils will be sitting at least one GCSE this summer:

Year 10 RP (Short Course), Statistics, Creative iMedia and Child Development

We can confirm that GCSE exams are going to be externally assessed this year. However, the exam boards are aware that pupils may well still contract COVID during the exam season and not be well enough to complete an assessment. They have contingencies in place for this, including spreading out exams within the same subject over a wider number of days.

As part of our commitment to ensuring our Year 10s sitting external examinations this summer achieve the very best results possible, in addition to completing the required contingency plans for the exam boards, we are giving all Year 10 pupils a further opportunity to sit a mock exam paper in these subjects. These assessments will take place week beginning Monday 4 April 2022 and there is a timetable on our Exams page:

Year 10 pupils should be revising regularly outside of lessons and we hope that pupils have taken time to plan their revision. Resources from every subject are posted on MS Teams that pupils can access in addition to faculties providing pupils with revision resources, either as a paper copy or via SMHW. Pupils should speak to their classroom teacher if they feel that they need more resources to support their preparation for their assessments.