Examination and Assessment

Welcome to the Examination and Assessment information area of our website. This page contains details about what External Examinations or Assessments are taken by each year group at the college and tips on revision and useful links to revision websites.

All external examinations and assessments are set by the Department of Education in conjunction with the Examination governing bodies and are marked by external moderators.

Futures Community College would like to emphasise the importance of Mock GCSE examinations as, for any reason, students are unable to sit their actual exams, then any grades allocated will be based on their mock exam papers.

Internal assessments are held to enable the teacher and the college to provide an up to date assessment of the student’s level of understanding of the subject and for the students to understand the exam process. All internal assessments are marked by their respective teacher.

The college adopts the National arrangements for all examinations and these must be strictly adhered to. Under no circumstances must mobile phones be brought into the examination hall. Students MUST wear full school uniform, black trainers or shoes to be worn only. For female students, trousers or a suitable length skirt must be worn, NOT footless tights or leggings.

Students must come to each examination / assessment with the correct equipment as follows:
• Clear pencil case / bag
• Pens/pencil/ruler/sharpener and eraser
• A calculator for Maths and Science

Futures College would like to emphasis that examination conditions as stated by the examination board will apply, therefore any student found to be in breach of these will be removed from the hall and withdrawn from the examination. Parents/Guardians will be informed. In addition failure to attend any GCSE examination will result in parents being invoiced for the exam fee.

Year 7
Year 7 students sit their Progress Assessments in all subjects Monday 9th May 2011 – Friday 13th May 2011

Year 8
Year 8 students sit their Progress Assessments in all subjects Tuesday 28th June 2011 - Friday 1st July 2011

Year 9
Year 9 students sit the following GCSE's - Maths Modular exam 1st March 2011 and Science Modular exam 4th March 2011

Year 9 students sit their Mock GCSE exams on 26th April 2011 - Friday 29th April 2011

Year 10
Please click on the link below for the Year 10 GCSE November 2010 timetable:

http://www.futurescommunitycollege.net/library/files/Nov2010GCSEExamtimebles.pdf

Year 10 Progress exams will take place Wednesday 1st December 2010 - Friday 3rd December 2010

Year 11
Please click on the link below for the Year 11 GCSE November 2010 timetable:

http://www.futurescommunitycollege.net/library/files/Nov2010GCSEExamtimetables.pdf

Year 11 Mock GCSE exams will take place Monday 21st March 2011 – Friday 25th March 2011

Dates for practical Subjects such as Drama, Physical Education and Modern Foreign Language Orals have still to be confirmed. This page will be updated as soon as the exam boards release these dates.

Please check the Examination Notice board or ask the Exams Manager, Ms Harrod for further information.

GCSE Revision Sites
• BBC Schools homepage• BBC Bitesize Revision
• Revision Notes• Learn.co.uk