Exam Information

Ceri Osborne is our Examinations Manager and can be contacted on 01993 703955 or email cosborne@hernybox.oxon.sch.uk. If you have any queries regarding examinations, please do not hesitate to contact her.

Examinations Policy

Exams Centre Policies and Procedures

 

Exams timetable

Each year, a full timetable will be available for GCSE and GCE (A Level).

Summer 2026 timetable

During Exams season and Mock Exams, all candidates are individually sent details of the examinations that they are entered for. It is always possible that last minute changes might happen, and students are advised to check the noticeboard outside of the exams office. Seating plans are displayed outside exam venues approximately 20 minutes before the exam starts.

Students need to arrive outside the exam venue 10 minutes before the exam start time. Students must arrive to all exams in full uniform.  

 

Contingency Days

These are days designated by the exam boards to be used in the event of a national or significant local disruption to examinations.

This means that all exam students must remain available to sit exams up to and including the 25th June unless they have completed all of their exams on the scheduled days.

Contingency date for 2025/26 is:

• Wednesday 24 June all day

Exams Contingency Plan

 

Exam Results Information 

Results days for 2025/26 are:

• A Level - Thursday 13 August 2026
• GCSE -  Thursday 20 August 2026

Students are invited into school to collect examination results.

For GCSE this will be on Thursday 20 August and Thursday 13 August for A level.

Results will be available to collect from the Mary Box Room between 9:00am and 11:00am

Along with their results, students will be given information on grade boundaries and advice around post results services, such as reviews of marking. Additionally, the Sixth Form team will be on hand to advise on entry to further or higher education, including the UCAS clearing service.

Students not attending the results morning in school will be emailed exam results from 12 pm on the day, using student school email accounts.

Any A Level students who know in advance that they will not be available to attend results morning, can request an earlier email to assist with confirming university places.

Due to GDPR regulations results can only be given directly to the student requesting their own results (data), a form of ID such as student card, driver’s licence or passport may be requested to identify the student.

 

Post Results Services

Post-results services are available after results are issued. Information can be found on the JCQ Post-Results Services document. JCQ have produced a really helpful infographic to the Appeals process, which you can find here.

Please be aware that there are fees to pay if you wish to apply for a post-results service. 

Post-Results-Services-Summer-2025.pdf

 

Frequently asked questions on or after Results Days

If you have a question, or are wondering what to do next, please read the FAQs.

FAQ-Results-Summer-2025.pdf 

Information for Candidates - JCQ policies

It is a regulation of JCQ, the body that oversees the exam boards, that we provide these documents to all candidates (General Regulations 5.8C). We at The Henry Box School follow the guidelines and principles of these JCQ policies and as and when they are updated by JCQ we make them available here for easy access for students and staff.

Information for candidates: AI and AssessmentsInformation for candidates: CourseworkInformation for candidates: Non-Exam AssessementsInformation for candidates: On-screen ExaminationsInformation for candidates: Social MediaInformation for candidates: Written ExamsPreparing to sit your examSelf-certification for candidates who have missed an examUnauthorised itemsWarning to candidates

 

Native Speaking or Home Language Exams

For students wishing to take native speaker exams, The Henry Box School allows students to take qualifications in their home languages, both at GCSE and A Level.

 

Please contact Ms K Lee (klee@henrybox.oxon.sch.uk or 01993 703955) if you would like to register to take a native speaking exam. Unfortunately, we cannot offer the opportunity to do a mock exam in school time. Resources for revision and exam practice will be available on the specific exam board website for each relevant exam.

 

Registration: Candidates must be registered for request exam by 21 February each year.

Costs: Candidates will be charged for entry into a request exam. These entries are in line with exam board fees. There will also be an additional centre administarion fee. Payment must be made by ParentPay. Candidates will be asked to supply a native speaker for the speaking element of the exam.

 

Please see the documents below for regulations and information relating to coursework, non-exam assessment and written examinations.  This information is correct for 2024/2025 exams and may be updated during the year for future exams.

Copies of the Examinations Policy and Examinations Contingency Plan can be found in Policies and Procedures section on the website.

 

All Exam Policies and Procedures can be found under Statutory Information: Exam Centre Policies and Procedures - Please click here.