Calday Grange Grammar School serves as a major examination centre, offering a broad range of public exams from various examination boards. Additionally, students can sit STEP papers here.
Exams typically take place in the school hall and gymnasium, with the main exam period running from early May to late June. Results are usually released in the final two weeks of August. The Examinations Office oversees both public exams and the organisation of internal exam timetables.
This section provides important links to public and school examination policies, as well as letters to parents outlining exam arrangements. You will also find details on timetables, policies, exam performance and results.
The Exams Team
Mrs J Byrne
Examinations Officer
Miss E Nolan
Deputy Examinations Officer
Mrs S Colman
Examinations Administrator
For enquiries, please email us at examsinbox@calday.co.uk
Public Examinations
Qualifications such as GCSE and GCEs are assessed and marked by examination boards that are the awarding bodies for these qualifications. The main examination boards currently used by the school are AQA, OCR, Edexcel (Pearson) and WJEC.
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) works on behalf of these examination boards to set common regulations and instructions for schools that enter candidates for general qualifications. The school also now takes some examinations using Cambridge Assessment International Education.
All candidates must observe the rules and regulations for assessments, including written examinations, coursework and NEAs. Information for candidates can be found on the JCQ webpages, and are also included in the school’s Student Assessment Handbook. The handbook also addresses a number of common questions about GCSEs and A Levels at Calday and should be read carefully:
The JCQ webpages also include information on Access Arrangements, Special Consideration and Reasonable Adjustments; for more information on these please click here.
Coursework, Controlled Assessments and Non-Examination Assessments
Some subjects involve elements of coursework, controlled assessments and non-examination assessments, many of which are completed prior to the main examinations in May/June. More information about the subjects can be found by viewing the subject-specific sections of the web pages.
Regulations and guidance on completing these assessments are issued to students in the Student Assessment Handbook.
