“The achievement of our students consistently places our sixth form as one of the top achieving sixth forms locally. Students leaving The New Sixth progress to some of the very best academic institutions including Oxford, Cambridge and the Russell Group.”
Who to contact for help and advice
Mrs H Quinn – Examinations Officer
Miss L Butler – Director of Sixth Form
Preparing yourself for exams
Students are strongly advised to read the following advice guide that has been produced to help support you as you prepare for exams. It contains essential information regarding what is expected of you during exams, as well as some helpful advice on what you can (and can’t) do.
Most of the examination boards have useful pages on their websites for parents and students, a list of these can be found below.
Year 11 Study Skills Evening 2019
Resources from the Study Skills Evening can be found below:
- What are the examiners looking for
- Science Revision Websites
- Science PPT - Year 11 GCSE Revision - Digital Resources
- Maths PPT - Revision Evening Raise the Grade
- Maths Genie - revision tracker
- Maths - Year 11 Infomation - Nov 2019
- Maths - Edexcel GCSE Information
- MFL - Parents Evening Information Year 11
- German - GCSE Revision Booklet
- English PPT - Year 11 Revision Evening
Year 11 Exam Information
Course details and revision information can be found on the subject pages or below:
Year 11 Exam Revision
Course details and revision information can be found on the subject pages or below:
- Beat-Exam-Stress
- Coping-With-Exams-2018
- GCSE-German-Conversation-questions-concise-version
- GCSE-German-Revision-Booklet
- Health-leaflet-for-parents
- Language-of-exams
- PPT-Raise-the-Grade-in-Maths
- PPT-Sixth-Form-Revision-Top-Tips
- PPT-Staying-Well-For-Exams
- PPT-The-Language-of-Exams
- PPT-The-Psychology-of-Learning
- Revision-Websites
- Stress-Management-Leaflet-for-Students
- Take-5-Breathing-Exercise-for-Kids
- The-Psychology-of-Learning
Advice for Parents
Exam Timetables
Timetables for summer exams are issued in early spring once the entries have been made. The timetables will be published once the entries have been finalised.
Please note individual dates are subject to change and we strongly advise students and parents to wait for their personalised timetable before making any holiday arrangements or travel plans. Timetables for summer exams will be issued in early spring once the entries have been made. It is not possible to know a candidate’s exact exam dates until this process is complete.
Results Dates for 2019
A level Results Day
Thursday 15 August 2019 from 9.00am
Atrium of Gateway
GCSE Results Day
Thursday 22 August 2019 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Bond Pavilion, Main Building
What to do on Results Day
All students are required to collect their results from the Bond Pavilion in the Main Building on Results Day. If you are unable to collect on the day, you may nominate someone to collect them on your behalf, or you can have them sent to your home address. In either case, you will need to complete the form below and return to the Exams Officer, as detailed.
All students are required to collect their results from The New Sixth on Results Day. If you are unable to collect on the day, you may nominate someone to collect them on your behalf, or you can have them sent to your home address. In either case, you will need to complete the form below and return to the Exams Officer, as detailed.
Certificates
Your certificates are very important for your future; all employers, colleges and universities will ask to see these. Please collect them from the school from December following your exams. If you are unable to collect them in person, please write a letter to authorise a friend/relative to collect them on your behalf.
Replacement certificates can be ordered from the relevant Exam board. An application form will need to be completed for each Exam board and sent with a cheque to gain replacements.
JCQ Official Exam Regulations
- Information for candidates – Controlled Assessments 2018-19
- Information for candidates – Coursework 2018-19
- Information for candidates – Non Examination Assessments 2018-19
- Information for candidates – Onscreen tests 2018-19
- Information for candidates – Privacy Notice 2018-19
- Information for candidates – Social media 2018-19
- Information for candidates – Written exams 2018-19
- No Mobile Phones Poster 2018-19
- Warning to Candidates 2018-19
Exam Boards
The School uses the following Examination Boards:
AQA www.aqa.org.uk
Pearson uk.pearson.com
Edexcel www.edexcel.com
OCR www.ocr.org.uk
WJEC www.wjec.co.uk
CIE www.cambridgeinternational.org