Exams & Assessments
Exams and formal assessments play a crucial role in your child's education. They serve as important benchmarks for measuring students' understanding and mastery of the curriculum. Through these evaluations, students can demonstrate their knowledge, identify areas for improvement, and prepare for future academic and career pursuits.
Formal assessments also provide teachers with valuable insights into students' progress, allowing them to tailor instruction to better meet individual needs. Moreover, exams encourage the development of essential skills such as time management, critical thinking, and problem-solving, which are vital for success beyond school.
To ensure that students are prepared for the examinations they face for their GCSE and A Levels we carry out assessments across all year groups at least once once per year. The assessment schedule below outlines when these assessments / exams are carried out.
Assessment Schedule By Year Group
Year 7
Assessments carried out in classrooms utilising existing timetabled lessons;
From Monday 11th May - Friday 22nd May
Year 8
Assessments carried out in classrooms utilising existing timetabled lessons;
From Monday 8th June - Friday 19th June
Year 9
Core subjects - English, Maths & Science assessments carried out in the main Exam Hall;
Monday 22nd June - Friday 26th June
Click here for further information regarding core exams in the hall - logistics etc
All other subjects assessments carried out in classrooms before options process, utilising existing timetabled lessons;
From Monday 10th November- Friday 21st November
Year 10
Progress Exams all take place in the main Exam Hall - Separate timetable Issued;
From Monday 20th April - Friday 1st May
Year 11
Progress Exams take place in the main Exam Hall - Separate timetable Issued.
There are two sets of Progress Exams;
Progress Exams 1 - Core subjects only- From Monday 6th October - Thursday 9th October
Progress Exams 2 - All subjects - From Monday 19th January - Friday 30th January
Non Exam (vocational) practical work / assessments - take place in subject areas and are timetabled separately.
Click here for Arbor Exams help guide for Parents Click here for Arbor Exams help guide for Students
Click Here For Parents Exam Support Booklet
Year 12
Progress Exams all take place in the main Exam Hall - Separate timetable Issued;
From Monday 20th April - Friday 1st May
Year 13
Progress Exams all take place in the main Exam Hall / Rooms - Separate timetable Issued.
There are two sets of Progress Exams;
Progress Exams 1 - From Monday 15th October - Friday 8th November
Progress Exams 2 - From Monday 19th January - Friday 30th January
Key Documents & Policies
Click Here For Parents Exam Support BookletNon Examinations Assessment PolicyExam Malpractice Policy Exams Contingency PolicyEmergency Evacuation Policy (Exams)
Access Arrangements (Exam Support)
Access Arrangements are pre-examination adjustments for candidates based on evidence of need and normal way of working. Access Arrangements fall into two distinct categories: some arrangements are delegated to centres, others require prior JCQ awarding body approval. Awarding Bodies will comply with the duty of the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.
Access Arrangements allow candidates/learners with special educational needs, disabilities or temporary injuries to access the assessment without changing the demands of the assessment. Access Arrangements may include Extra Time, a Reader, a Scribe and so forth during Progress Exams and formal Examinations. All Access Arrangements must be the students ‘Normal Way of Working.’
For full details of the different Access Arrangements available please click here.
Should you require more details regarding access arrangements please contact the school directly.
