Examinations and Testing
The school prepares all students to enter public examinations and all students sit examinations as appropriate. In Years 7 – 9 students sit personalised assessments to gauge their numeracy and literacy skills. Fom year 10 onwards students will complete assessments and examinations for the GCSE subjects they are studying.
National Numeracy & Literacy Tests for Years 7 – 9 (Personalised Assessments)
Personalised assessments are statutory for learners in Years 2 to 9 in maintained schools in Wales. They are scheduled for one week in December and one week in June.
Personalised assessments are taken on-line and are adaptive, meaning that questions are selected based on the responses to previous questions. This provides a tailored assessment experience for each learner and will help all learners develop their skills through understanding what they can do, the things they may need to work on, and their next steps. Individual feedback and progress are available when you log into Hwb using your child’s username and password.
To find out more, please visit the Information for Parents and Carers, the introduction to the assessments and information on the learner feedback and progress reports webpages from the Welsh Government about National Testing.
Years 10 – 13 Examinations
Fom year 10 onwards students will complete assessments and examinations for the GCSE subjects they are studying. Year 11 students sit mock examinations during the Autumn Term before completing their final exams in the Summer Term. If a student has studied a subject and been entered on an examination, it is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to ensure they attend school and sit it. Should a student miss the examination without a justifiable reason (agreed by the Headteacher) the entry fee must be paid by the parent.
Public Examinations
Last year’s results are distributed when the Government Tables of Examinations results are published. Each year the majority of our Year 13 students continue their studies at Universities and Colleges of Further Education.
Please see our Examination Information Booklet for more information or e-mail the Examinations Officer if you need further assistance. You may also wish to visit our Examination Support page to access some useful revision resources, tips and advice.
Examination Timetables
Examination Contingency Days
The awarding bodies have collectively agreed contingency days for several years now which are always scheduled at the end of the GCSE, GCE AS and A-level exam timetables.
The contingency day is in the event of national or significant local disruption to exams in the United Kingdom, being part of the awarding bodies’ standard contingency planning for exams.
JCQ & Qualifications Wales Documents
JCQ candidate information documents to download:
- Preparing to Sit Your Exams
- Information for candidates – Coursework
- Information for candidates – Non-examination assessments
- Information for candidates – On-screen tests
- Information for candidates – Written Assessments
- Information for candidates – Social Media
- Information for Candidates – AI use in assessments
Results Days
Results days 2026:
- As /A Level Results Day – Thursday 13 August 2026
- GCSE Results Day – Thursday 20 August 2026
If you cannot collect your results on results days, you can inform the Exam Officer by your school e-mail that you would like to:
- Receive your results by email.
- Nominate someone to collect your results on your behalf. The nominated person will need to bring ID with them on results day.
- Have them posted to you – you will need to provide a stamped self addressed envelope to the Exam Officer before the end of term.
Students must inform the Exam Officer, using their school e-mail address, if they cannot collect their own results and would like to use one of the options available.
Requests from parents/guardians will not be accepted.
Exam Officer: Emily Jones
emily.jones@aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk
Results
Understand your examination results statement.
On results day, you will receive a ‘Candidate Statement of Results’.
This will have a list of the subjects that you have studied and your overall qualification grade, along with any unit grades.
Please see the attached document which will help you understand your results sheet.
Post Results information.
Unhappy with your results?
As a school we can request one of the ‘Post Results Services’. You must give your permission to us before we can apply on your behalf. We must also receive the fee from you before we apply.
These are the options:
- Access to scripts: we can request an electronic copy of your exam paper
- Review of Marking: we can request that the exam board reviews their marking to ensure it was marked accurately in line with the marking scheme. This exam is NOT re-marked.
- Clerical re-check:
- we request that the exam board has included all the marks and they have been added up correctly.
Please see the ‘fees list‘, ‘Candidate consent form’ and ‘Access to scripts form‘.
These must be completed and returned to the Exam Officer with payment so the request can be made to the exam board.
The forms will also be available on Results Day.
Certificates
The results sheets you receive on Results Day are NOT your actual certificates.
If you have any queries about your results, please contact your subject teacher as soon as possible.
Collecting Examination Certificates
GCSE and A-Level certificates from the Summer 2024 period are available for collection.
Examination Boards send the certificates to us in November /December following the summer Exam season.
Students in Years 12 and 13 will be given their GCSE and AS certificates in school and asked to sign for them.
Students that have not returned to school can collect their certificates in person from the school reception or nominate somebody to collect their certificates on their behalf. All certificates will need to be signed for. Please contact the Exam Officer by email if you which to nominate somebody else to collect. These will be ready for collection from January.
Under regulations, we are authorised to keep certificates for a minimum of 12 months from the date of issue. After 12 month, any unclaimed certificates can then be destroyed in a confidential manner.
Certificates are valuable documents as they are the official record of exam results and should be looked after carefully. The school cannot provide replacements if they are lost; you must request replacements from the exam boards directly, for which they charge a fee.
Please contact the Examinations Officer: emily.jones@aberconwy.conwy.sch.uk if you need to check that we have your certificates or for information on qualifications for previous years.