Exam/Revision Info
Please find below details of exams and revision sessions:
Exam and Assessment Timetables
Exams and Assessment Timetable 2024 -2025
| 30 September 2024 to 12 October 2024 |
Year 11 Pre-Public Examinations |
| 27 January 2025 to 14 February 2025 |
Year 11 Pre-Public Examinations |
| 24 February 2025 to 7 March 2025 |
Year 9 Examinations |
| 24 March 2025 to 29 March 2025 |
Year 10 Examinations |
| 21 April 2025 to 9 May 2025 |
Year 7 Examinations |
| 12 May 2025 to 6 June 2025 |
Year 8 Examinations |
| 8 May 2025 to 25 June 2025 |
GCSE Written Examinations* |
*Please note that GCSE practical and spoken examinations in French, Drama, PE, Music and Art will be scheduled outside of these dates.
Smithdon High School Candidate Exam Handbook - 2023-2024
Exam Expectations Booklet - September 2023
Exam Timetables:
To follow
Candidate Information and Policies
Exam Information
- GCSE Results Day Information - Thursday 22 August 2024
- Results Collection Request Form
- Preparing to sit your exams
- Information for Candidates - Written Exams
- Information for Candidates - On Screen Tests
- Information for Candidates - Social Media
- Information for Candidates - Privacy Notice
- Information f-or Candidates - Non-examination Assessments
- Information for Candidates - Coursework
- Warning to Candidates
- No Unauthorised Items Poster
- AI and Assessments - A quick guide for students
Policies
- Exam Appendix - Access Arrangements Policy
- Exam Appendix - Artificial Intelligence Policy
- Exam Appendix - Complaints Policy
- Exam Appendix - Conflict of Interest Policy
- Exam Appendix - Emergency Evacuation Policy
- Exam Appendix - Escalation Process
- Exam Appendix - Exam Contingency Plan
- Exam Appendix - Internal Appeals Procedure
- Exam Appendix - Malpractice Policy
- Exam Appendix - Non-Examination Assessment Policy
- Exam Appendix - Word Processor Policy
Revision Timetables and Information
Year 11 Student Exam and Revision Plan 2024 as at 24.04.24
Revision Information Presentation - Sept 2023
Revision/Booster Session Timetable 2023 - 2024
Revision Guides and Information
Below is a list of useful revision materials that will support the learning of students. These are available to buy through the school shop or available from Amazon UK.
|
Subject |
Exam Board |
Revision Guide |
Available from |
|---|---|---|---|
|
English Literature |
AQA |
Five guides: An Inspector Calls, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, Power & Conflict Poetry and Unseen Poetry |
School Shop |
|
Mathematics Higher (Sets 1 and 2) |
AQA |
GCSE Maths AQA Revision Guide: Higher - for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition) |
School Shop |
|
Mathematics Foundation (Sets 3 to 5) |
AQA |
GCSE Maths AQA Revision Guide: Foundation - for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition) |
School Shop |
| Triple Science |
AQA |
Revision guide bundle following the course (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) | Year 11 students have been given these and will be swapped if tier changes.
|
|
Combined Science |
AQA |
Combined Trilogy revision guide - Higher or Foundation | |
|
History |
Edexel |
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Anglo-Saxon and Norman England Revision Guide and Workbook Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Weimar and Nazi Germany Revision Guide and Workbook Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History The American West Revision Guide and Workbook Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Crime and Punishment in Britain Revision Guide and Workbook |
School Shop |
| Geography | Edexcel | Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Revision Guide and Workbook. | Year 11 students have these |
|
German |
Edexcel |
Edexcel GCSE 9-1 German Revision Workbook; Edexcel GCSE 9-1 German Study Guide; Edexcel GCSE 9-1German Studio Grammar and Translation Workbook |
School Shop |
|
French |
Edexel |
Edexcel GCSE 9-1 French Revision Workbook; Edexcel GCSE 9-1 French Study Guide; Edexcel GCSE 9-1 French Studio Grammar and Translation Workbook |
School Shop Amazon |
| Business | OCR | My revision notes OCR GCSE 9-1 Business | School Shop |
|
Religious Education |
AQA |
AQA GCSE Religious Studies A (9-1) Christianity and Islam Oxford University Press |
Amazon |
|
Physical Education |
Edexcel |
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) physical education revision guide |
Amazon |
| Design & Technology | AQA | CGP GCSE (9-1 ) AQA Design & Technology | School Shop |
| Health and Social Care | OCR | My Revision Notes: Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge National in Health & Social Care: Second Edition | Amazon |
| Hospitality & Catering | WJEC | WJEC Vocational Award Hospitality & Catering Level 1/2: Study & Revision Guide | School Shop |
| Music | Eduqas | GCSE Music revision guide | School Shop |