Exams Office

November Assesments 2025

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Summer 2026 Exams

The Cherwell Summer 2025 exam time table is below. Please be aware MFL speaking exams will be running from mid April;

Cherwell school has limited capacity in the exam venues. We therefore do not generally accept private candidates unless they have previously been enrolled at Cherwell School and wish to improve their grade (External Candidate) OR they are a current student who wishes to make an entry for a subject that they do not study on their timetable (Internal Candidate).

To be considered for exam entry, the correct form must be submitted by 9am 15 January. Payment must also be made via the Cherwell School Shop. You don’t need an account to use this, it accepts one off payments. Payment is NOT through ParentPay. Fees are only refundable when a refund is available from the Exam Board.

The External Exam Entry Form 2026 - for students who were previously a student at Cherwell and would like to resit

The Internal Exam Entry Form 2026 - current student to enter for a subject that they do not study on their timetable

GCSE:  £65 (per subject)
A Level:  £175 (per subject)
Home language speaking component fee: £45 (must be paid for all languages with a speaking component)

Home language Listening paper additional invigilation (not for French, Spanish or German)
Admin fee: £50

Once accepted, entry will be made and a 'Statement of Entry' emailed to show all subject awards for which a student is entered. This entry information needs to be checked carefully by students and parents/carers with the exams office informed of any errors.  

For requests after the deadline of 9am Thursday 15 January 2025, please speak to the Exams Officer, Mrs Wilson, as entry may be possible but there is likely to be an additional late entry fee. The charge will double or triple in line with Board fee increases. The amount of any late entry fee will depend on the date this form is received by the Exams Officer and the charges of the exam boards at time Entry is made.

If you appear to be scheduled for two or more exams in the same session (am or pm) this is a 'clash'. If you have a clash, you will be contacted by the Exams Office. Individual timetables will be sent via email before Easter which will have all clashes resolved.

When planning for holidays, bear in mind that candidates are not eligible for enhanced grading where they choose not to be available for the rescheduled examination(s). All students must be available up until the Contingency Day.

Summer Exams Timetable 2026

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 24th June unless they have completed all of their exams on the scheduled days.

Summer Exam Results Information

Results days this year are;
A-level - Thursday 14 August 2025 from 8.00 to 10.30 in the north Site Hall
GCSE -  Thursday 21 August 2025 from 8.00 to 10.30 in the north Site Hall

We encourage all students to collect their results envelopes in person. You can make arrangements for alternative collection using the Exam Results Collection Form. Results will not be handed out to a third party without written permission and the collector will need to bring a photo ID with them along with the permission form.

Once you have received your results, if you would like to see where you sit within your grade you are able to find that information on the board websites here after results days; AQA, Edexcel/Pearson, OCR

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 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.

If you are considering a Review of Marking, it could be worth you first getting a script back. To do this, please complete the Access to Script Request Form 2025. If you would then like to go ahead with the review of marking, please complete the Post Results Consent Form 2025
 

Artificial intelligence, NEA guidance and Exams 2025

JCQ: AI and Assessments - A quick guide for student
 

SUMMER EXAM CERTIFICATES

Certificates will be available from November. You will be contacted with further information regarding these however if you are unable to collect your certificates in person you can arrange for a friend or relative to pick them up (they will need to bring with them a completed permission form from you – available below. Alternatively, we are able to post your certificates to you on receipt of £4 to cover the cost of Recorded Delivery.  If you would like to go ahead with this option, please email kwilson@cherwellschool.org to confirm the address you would like the certificate sent to and make payment through ParentPay Online Shop available here; 

INFORMATION FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS

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