Today we talk through the nuts and bolts of the exam process with Paul Turner from the very popular exam centre 3A Tutors in Bristol.
It's a long one so skip to the bits that are relevant to you or settle down for everything you ever wanted to know about exams as a home educator!
TIMINGS -
5:45 Exam sittings
11:30 Registering for exams
13:00 Fees
14:15 Access Arrangements
24:15 How the process works
25:45 Exam entry codes and booking exams
31:30 Timings of exams and what to do if you’re late
34:30 Exam subjects and IGCSES vs GCSES
40:30 Oral exams and MFL subjects
43:15 AS levels and modular GCSEs
47:30 On screen and online exams
51:15 Practicals for exams
56:15 Coursework
59:15 Exam rules
1:10:30 Special Consideration
1:16:45 Cancelling exams
1:19:00 Grade boundaries
1:22:30 Results and Certificates
1:25:20 Appealing grade results / Review of marking
1:29:30 Post exams
1:30:45 Resits
And keep an eye out for our Access Arrangements deep dive coming up next week ...
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