Examinations

Exams Team

• Lisa Hawkins
  Principal
  Lisa Hawkins

• Jo Hoyles
  Data & Exams Officer
  Jo Hoyles

• Laurence Woodcock
  Vice Principal
  Laurence Woodcock

• Ruth Baldwin
  Head of Year 11
  Ruth Baldwin

Exam Policies

View our exam policies.  Further exam policies are available on request from Mrs J Hoyles.

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• 25 26 TMA Complaints Policy Exams
• 25 26 TMA DATA PROTECTION POLICY Exams
• 25 26 TMA Internal Appeals Policy Internal Assessment Decisions
• 25 26 TMA Internal Appeals Procedure Access Arrangements special consideration and other administrative issues
• 25 26 TMA Internal Appeals Procedure Review of Results and Appeals
• 25 26 TMA Malpractice Policy
• 25 26 TMA Word Processor Policy
• TMA Exam Policy 2024 2025

Information for Candidates

View our information for candidates

• 2025 26 Coursework Assessments
• 2025 26 Non Examination Assessment
• 2025 26 On Screen Tests
• 2025 26 Social Media
• 2025 26 Written Examinations
• 2025 Unauthorised Items poster
• IFC AI Assessments 1
• JCQ ICE Warning to candidates 2025

Key Dates

• 20 Apr 2026
  GCSE Practical Exam Window Opens
  
  

• 5 May 2026

  to

  24 Jun 2026

  GCSE / Btec Summer Exam Season
  
  
• 1 Jun 2026
  Year 10 Summer Mock Window opens
  
  
• 26 Jun 2026
  Year 11 Prom
  
  
• 26 Jun 2026
  Year 11 last day on roll
  
  
• 20 Aug 2026
  GCSE/Btec Results Day
  
  

Adding dates to your calendar

Individual dates
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In Outlook you will need to click the 'Save' button.

Subscribe to the whole calendar
Please find below instructions on how to configure some of the most popular calendar programmes to automatically display dates from the public address of the school calendar feed, which is:
Feed address: webcal://dret-thomas-middlecott.greenhousecms.co.uk/ical.ics

• Outlook: Scroll down to the 'Subscribe to a calendar' section, & use the feed address above
• iPhone: click this link and follow the on-screen instructions
• Gmail / Android: follow these instructions, using the feed address above

Sitting Exams at TMA

Mock exams at TMA are run as closely to the JCQ regulations as is operationally possible, to enable candidates to become familiar and comfortable with the rules.

Mock exams are held during the Summer Term of Year 10, and during the Autumn and Spring Terms of Year 11.

The Summer written exam season runs from May to the end of June each year, with  JCQ Contingency Days throughout. Candidates must be available to attend exams up to and including the last Contingency Day, even if they do not have a timetabled exam.  Some qualifications, for example some Btecs, have external exams at other times of the year including in Year 10. 

The dates of the Contingency Days will be made available to candidates and families at the start of Year 11 and are available on the Key Dates section of this page.

A personalised timetable will be given to candidates and made available to parents on MCAS in the Spring  of Year 11.

Exam Results and Certificates

The date of the GCSE (and equivalent qualifications) results day will be shared with candidates and families during the Autumn Term of Year 11 and is available on the Key Dates section of this page.

Exam results may only be collected by the candidate in person, unless prior arrangement has been made with the Exam Officer. Exam Results will not be given to a third party, posted or emailed without prior consent.

If a candidate is unable to collect their results in person on Results Day, they should make alternative arrangements with the Exam Officer before the end of the Summer term, where possible.

GCSE (and equivalent qualifications) certificates are issued to the school during November after results day. Students will be advised when the certificates are available to collect from the school.

Certificates may also only be collected by the candidate in person unless prior arrangement has been made with the Exam Officer. Certificates will not be given to a third party or posted to the candidate without prior consent as detailed above.

Alternative arrangements should be requested on jhoyles@dret.co.uk