This page contains examination information for pupils in the Middle School and their parents and will be updated at key points throughout the year.
If you have any other GCSE examination queries, please feel free to contact Mrs Sarah Robinson, the examinations officer, either by telephone on 0161 456 9000 or by email at robinsons@stockportgrammar.co.uk.
Exam dates and timetables
January 2012 – Fifth Year trial examinations
Tuesday 24th January 2012 (am) – GCSE Biology unit 2
Thursday 26th January 2012 (am) – GCSE Chemistry unit 3
March 2012 – Fourth Year school exams
Summer 2012 – GCSE examinations
Other key dates
Friday 3rd February 2012 – deadline for GCSE non-science resit requests.
Thursday 8th March 2012 – GCSE Science unit results from January will be issued in school.
Friday 16th March 2012 – deadline for GCSE Science resit requests for the summer to be made.
Friday 30th March 2012 – deadline for enquiries about results from January to be requested.
Thursday 23rd August 2012 – GCSE results day (8.30am Fifth Years and 10.30am Fourth Years).
Guidance, rules and regulations
Pupils must read the following information as part of their preparation for exams:
SGS examination rules
JCQ warning to candidates
JCQ information for candidates (written examinations)
JCQ information for candidates (controlled assessments)
CIE candidate instructions
This contains information about coursework and written exams for IGCSE English, English Literature and French.
Fourth Year exam information
Controlled assessment
For GCSE subjects, controlled assessment has replaced coursework. Pupils are given the opportunity to carry out some independent research within a subject and to organise their findings into a final submission in formal (or controlled) sessions.
The format of the final submission varies according to the subject and pupils will be given plenty of subject specific guidance from their class teachers.
The formal sessions may take place during the normal lesson time for that subject or may be organised at different times.
Although pupils will often be allowed to use notes and / or other materials that they have previously prepared, in all other ways pupils’ are expected to behave as if they were in a public examination.
For 2011 – 2012 the following subjects have a controlled assessment element:
- Art
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Classics
- DT
- Geography
- German
- History
- Home Economics
- ICT
- Music
- PE
- Spanish
- Textiles
Coursework
All pupils will continue to submit coursework for their IGCSE English Language and English Literature qualifications.
