Exams

External Examinations

External exams are held in May/June and students are entered for these exams in February. A Statement of Entry will be given to each student to check, and an individual timetable showing their exam rooms and seat numbers will be emailed to them (and parents/carers) around Easter.

Students must ensure that they read all the documents in the ‘JCQ Information for Candidates’ section below.

The Pate’s Student Information booklet contains useful information about the exam process, including items to bring to exams, what to do if you are late/ill, exam clashes and results.

Timetables
Please note that the 24 June 2026 will be a contingency day. This date would be used in the unlikely event that an exam had to be moved nationally because it could not take place when planned. Students must be available for the whole day, even if they do not have an exam scheduled on that day. The contingency day cannot be used to reschedule an exam that has been missed for ill health etc.

The general timetables are available below, and individual timetables, showing rooming and seating information, will be sent to students and parents before Easter 2026. Any clashes will be discussed with the students before the final timetables are sent.

JCQ Information for Candidates
The Joint Council of Qualifications (JCQ) publish these documents and students must comply with them. Please read all the documents carefully as they explain the regulations relating to coursework and non-examined assessments, as well as behaviour before, during, and after external written exams.

This area will show all documents uploaded to the /docs/Exams/JCQ_Information_for_Candidates folder.

Ofqual Student Guide 2026

Privacy notice for candidates – AQA

Privacy notice for candidates – Edexcel

Privacy notice for candidates – Eduqas

Privacy notice for candidates – OCR

Examination Boards and Codes
Our current exam boards and specification codes for Year 11 and Year 13 can be found in the documents below:

A Level and GCSE Results Information
Current Pate's students are able to collect their Examination Results from the school on the following dates:

A Levels Thursday 13 August 2026 (8.00am - 11.00am)

GCSEs Thursday 20 August 2026 (8.30am - 11.00am)

We strongly advise you to collect your results directly from school, as there will be members of SLT on hand if you require any guidance or any post-results services, such as copies of scripts or reviews of marking. If you are unable to collect your results, please complete the appropriate form below. Please note that the forms can only be completed by students using a Pate's school email address.

A Level Results Collection

GCSE Results Collection

Post-Results Information
Further information will be available here in May.

Internal Examinations

We hold core Year 9 exams in April and other exams in June.
Year 10 exams are held in April, Year 11 and Year 13 exams are held in January, and Year 12 exams are held in June.

Before their exams, students attend an assembly where we explain how the exams are run, and each student will receive an individual timetable showing their exam rooms and seat numbers. We aim to make these exams as similar to the external exams as possible, so that students are used to sitting exams in a larger space and following the JCQ regulations (see JCQ Information for candidates in he External Examinations detail above). Students should also be familiar with the Student Information Booklet.

Year 12 Exams, June 2026