Examinations and Assessments
Welcome to the Examinations and Assessments page. This page will be updated regularly with the latest information regarding exams and assessments taking place throughout the year.
Examinations
Examination Key Dates
- Monday 4th November - Wednesday 13th November - External Exams
- GCSE English Language Unit 2 - Monday 4th November - AM
- GCSE English Language Unit 3 - Wednesday 6th November - AM
- GCSE Mathematics Unit 1 - Monday 11th November - AM
- GCSE Mathematics Unit 2 - Wednesday 13th November - AM
- Monday 25th November - Friday 29th November - GCSE Applied Science (Double Award) Unit 4 (Task Based Assessment)
- Monday 25th November – Friday 13th December – Year 11, 12 & 13 Internal Exams
- Wednesday 8th January – Tuesday 21st January – External Exams
- GCSE English Literature Unit 1 - Wednesday 8th January - AM
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 3 Part A - w/c Monday 13th January
- Level 1/2 Engineering Unit 3 - Wednesday 15th January - PM
- Level 1/2 Retail Business Unit 2 - Friday 17th January - AM
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 3 Part B - Tuesday 21st January - AM
- Monday 20th January - Friday 24th January - GCSE Science (Practical Assessment)
- Biology Unit 3
- Chemistry Unit 3
- Physics Unit 3
- Science (Double Award) Unit 7
- Applied Science (Double Award) Unit 5
- Monday 3rd March – Friday 14th March – Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Internal Exams
- Monday 10th March - Tuesday 18th March - External Exams
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 3 Part A Resit - w/c Monday 10th March
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 3 Part B Resit - Tuesday 18th March - AM
- Tuesday 18th March- Thursday 20th March - GCSE Welsh Unit 1 (Oral Exams)
- Tuesday 25th March - Thursday 27th March- GCSE Welsh Unit 2 (Oral Exams)
- Monday 7th April - Friday 11th April - GCSE French Unit 1 (Oral Exams)
- Monday 28th April- Tuesday 6th May - External Exams
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 4 Part A - w/c Monday 28th April
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 4 Part B - Tuesday 6th May - AM
- Wednesday 30th April - Friday 2nd May - GCE Art & Design Unit 3 (Practical Exam)
- Wednesday 30th April & Friday 2nd May - GCSE Art & Design Unit 2 (Practical Exam)
- Thursday 8th May – Wednesday 25th June – External Exams
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 4 Part A Resit - w/c Monday 16th June
- Level 3 Financial Studies Unit 4 Part B Resit - Monday 23rd June - AM
Exam Timetables
- Level 3 Financial Studies Timetable - 2024-2025
- GCSE Examination Timetable - November 2024
- Year 11, 12 & 13 Mock Exams - November & December 2024
- GCSE & Level 3 Examination Timetable - January 2025
- Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Mock Exam Letters - March 2025
- Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Mock Exam Timetables - March 2025
- GCE & GCSE Examination Timetable - Summer 2025
- GCE Examination Timetable - Summer 2025
- GCSE Examination Timetable - Summer 2025
Results Days
November 2024 Results
Thursday 9th January
January 2025 Results
Thursday 6th March
Summer 2025 Results
Results Day Arrangements
GCE - Thursday 14th August
GCSE - Thursday 21st August
Exam Certificates
Exam Certificates are delivered to school late October/early November. Once certificates have been recorded and enveloped, students will be informed that they are ready for collection.
Assessments
KS3 Testing September 2024
During the three weeks commencing Monday 9th September, students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be completing a number of online tests in school. These will help us in planning to meet your child’s needs in the classroom. The timetable for these tests can be found below.
If for any reason a student misses any of the tests we will arrange a time for them to catch up.
KS3 Testing February 2025
During the two weeks commencing Monday 3rd February, students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will complete the National Reading and Numeracy Tests for the second time. The timetable for these tests can be found below.
If for any reason a student misses any of the tests we will arrange a time for them to catch up.
National Reading and Numeracy Tests (Personalised Assessments)
Personalised assessments are online assessments of learners’ skills in reading and numeracy. They are taken by learners in Years 2 to 9 in maintained schools in Wales.
The assessments will be taken twice this year in the following subjects:
- Reading
- Numeracy (Procedural)
- Numeracy (Reasoning)
Cognitive Abilities Tests (CAT4)
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT4) is an assessment that is designed to help students and their teachers understand how they learn and what their academic potential might be. It assesses how students think in areas that are known to make a difference to learning.
Tasks involve thinking about shapes and patterns (Non-Verbal Reasoning), words (Verbal Reasoning), numbers (Quantitative Reasoning) and some questions are answered by mentally generating and transforming visual images (Spatial Ability).
New Group Reading Test (NGRT)
New Group Reading Test (NGRT) is a formative assessment that is used to assess a students’ level of reading. Formative means that it does not count towards any final grade or result but is used to find out your child’s current ability level as compared to the national average and allow for identification of students who may benefit from interventions or from being stretched further.
Key Contacts
Miss R Minney (Exams Officer and Data Manager)
@BedwasHSExams
