We welcome the announcement this week about extra measures to support students ahead of next summer’s exams.
Read the full announcement here: Extra measures to support students ahead of next summer’s exams - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
This means that the main exam period will be running from 26 May to 2 July 2021. The new contingency exam period will run from 28 June to 16 July 2021.
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In November you are able to take any GCSE exams you had been due to sit in summer 2020 should you wish to improve on the grade you were awarded.
The exams will take place from November 2nd – 23rd 2020.
If you definitely do wish to sit the exam at Cambourne Village College in November:
In October you will receive an exams timetable confirming all the times of your exams.
Due to the current climate, and following guidance, results day will be running differently this year.
Rather than coming into school to collect results, they will be available to Year 11 students on Go4Schools from 8am on Thursday 20th August. Students will be able to log in to Go4Schools and see their results. Results can also be downloaded to a PDF document directly from Go. The App can be used for this, but the web version may work better, and students can access this at this address: https://www.go4schools.com/students/Login.aspx?rurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.go4schools.com%2fstudents%2fdefault.aspx%3fnla%3d0
Year 11 students are being asked to check their Go4Schools login details before the end of term. There is an option on Go4Schools to reset their password if needed. If there are any IT problems that aren’t resolved by resetting their password (for example issues with the school email address) the IT team can be contacted on: CAM-Support@cambournevc.org
The school will also be posting out paper copies of results on results day to the home address we have on record. We are asking any year 11 students to let us know if there will be a change of address before results day, on the exams email address below.
Please DO NOT come into school on results day – information will be sent out to students on the day about how to get in touch and speak to someone directly, if needed.
Once results have been released a follow up email will be sent to students to their school email address giving details of next steps and options. Please look out for further emails from the school rather than contacting the school immediately.
School email addresses for Year 11s will be active until the end of August, so these should be checked for any updates that may be sent.
You may find the video below helpful. Although it's dated 2018, it is still relevant for those taking exams this year. (Video also available via this link)
The Government has published a blog about the new 9-1 GCSE grades. It covers why the grades are changing, how they compare with the A*-G scale and how the combined science grade with look. You can read it here
OCR, Cambridge University, NSPCC and Manchester Metropolitan University have just published The Complete Parent's Guide to GCSEs . The primary goal of the guide is to give parents expert advice to support their children emotionally and academically.
Cambourne Village College
Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne
Cambridge CB23 6FR
Tel: 01954 284000
Email: thecollege@cambournevc.org
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Cambourne Village College is an academy of The Cam Academy Trust, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 0749 1945.
The registered office is at Comberton Village College, West Street, Comberton, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU
