GCSE assessments
This year’s GCSE exams are now just a few months away.
This is the first time that exams have taken place since 2019, following two years of cancellations as part of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus.
In 2020, exams were replaced with centre-assessed grades (CAGs). Then, in 2021, teacher-assessed grades (TAGs) were used.
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GCSE exam dates
GCSE exam timetables have been released by the exam boards or “awarding bodies”, with each awarding body’s timetables available via the links below.
The Joint Council for Qualifications has produced a timetable that says GCSE exams will begin on 16 May and finish on 28 June.
Where there is more than one exam paper per subject, those papers will be spread further apart than usual.
For example, the two English language papers will be sat on 18 May and 10 June.
Similarly, English literature will be sat on 25 May and 8 June.
Mathematics has three papers and they will be sat on 20 May, 7 June and 13 June.
GCSE results day 2022
Results day for students will be on Thursday 25 August 2022. Schools and colleges will receive the results on Wednesday 24 August 2022.
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GCSE appeals
As usual, students will be able to appeal their grades.
These will take place in their usual form of a “review of marking”. This means that an examiner will check the original marking of the paper to see if it is within their range of “tolerance”.
Grades can go up or down as a result of an appeal.
Missing an exam due to illness
If a student misses an exam due to being unwell, then paperwork needs to be completed in order to ensure they still receive a grade.
If a student has long covid, they may be allowed special consideration depending on whether or not their condition has worsened during the exam period.
More details about illness and exams can be found here.
GCSE resits 2022
Students who are unhappy with their grade, and who have either been unsuccessful in their appeal or chose not to appeal, will have the opportunity to sit an examination in the next summer series in 2023.
English language and mathematics will be available to resit in the November 2022 exam series.
Grading
In 2022, grading will be pegged to a midpoint between 2021 and 2019 but below 2020.
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Adjustments for the exams
Students in exam years have had two years of disrupted schooling due to the pandemic. As a result, the Department for Education has decided to make adjustments to the 2022 exams.
This includes reducing content and advance information on exam topics.
You can read more about the adjustments in our piece about the changes to 2022 exams.
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