Autumn 2020 Examination Entries
This is an ‘exceptional Examination Series” unlike any other. The examinations have been arranged because the government ordered the closure of schools in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. All examinations were cancelled. The Autumn Examination Series is solely for students in secondary schools who, due to the pandemic, were not allowed to sit their examinations in the June 2020 and were instead given a predicted grade. This includes private candidates
Who can sit A Level and GCSE examinations in Autumn 2020?
- Students unhappy with the calculated grade they received from their school.
- Private candidates who intended to sit examinations in June 2020 and require their qualifications for university.
- Home-schooled students who were unable to receive a predicted grade and need to sit examinations in the autumn to progress to the next stage of their education.
- This series is intended solely for those students who missed out in June 2020.
Deadline to make entries
- AS, A level – 4th September 2020
- GCSE – 18th September
- GCSE – 4th October 2020 (English Language and Mathematics)
Autumn exam dates:
The Autumn Examination Series starts on the following dates:
AS, A level October 4th
GCSE September 18th
GCSE English & Mathematics November 4th
The exam boards, AQA, OCR, Edexcel have made a full series of exams available in the autumn. All timetables are published on their websites. This means that students can sit any exam. Art is the only subject where coursework is required. This is significant! The marks obtained in the autumn exams will be based entirely on written papers.
Finding a Centre to host you for your Autumn 2020 exam for A level and GCSE.
You are strongly advised to find a Centre as soon as you receive your GCSE or A level results. Entries are being accepted immediately. There is a very short window in which to make entries.
- Do your best to find a Centre close to home.
- In anticipation of large numbers of entries, many Centres will set their closing date earlier that the awarding body’s closing date.
- Seating capacity will be seriously restricted. Centres will be unable to accept their normal number of candidates. Therefore, our advice is to contact Centres at the earliest possible opportunity once you decide you wish to be entered for examinations in Autumn 2020.
- Centres will have to conform to the Government’s regulations regarding Covid-19 such as social distancing. The wearing of face masks may also be compulsory.
- Be aware of the Centre’s closing date and DO NOT attempt to make an entry on the closing date.
- Any candidate that misses the closing date may have to wait until 2021 to sit their examinations.
Candidates may want to liaise with their chosen university when deciding whether to retake examinations in autumn 2020 or wait until 2021.