Examinations – Internal Candidates (full time David Game College students)
Private (External) Candidates please click here
Introduction
David Game College has been a recognised examination centre as long as the College has been in existence – since 1974. We are a centre for
• Edexcel (formerly London Examinations)
• AQA ( Assessment and Qualifications Alliance)
• OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations)
• WJEC (Welsh Joint Education Committee)
• CIE (Cambridge International Examinations).
Mr Kahn, the Academic Vice Principal, is also the Examinations Officer and has over 20 years’ experience of the role. He has dealt with every conceivable problem a prospective candidate might encounter, and will almost always be able to come up with an instant answer. He maintains a very sharp focus on the vital link between what students are studying and tutors are teaching in relation to the specification being followed and the examinations taken both during and at the end of the course. Mr. Kahn believes in guiding each student carefully and patiently through every stage of the examination entry process, to ensure that
• correct unit/subject/option codes are used, and that each entry is for a valid
combination of units.
• Statements of Entry are annotated to cover timetable clashes, to show 100%
correct information (subject and personal details), and are distributed to students
well ahead of the examinations they relate to.
• every piece of coursework has the correct frontsheet and authentication statement,
and that work is marked by teachers and collated in good time to meet the
submission deadlines set by the awarding bodies.
• students receive an efficient results-and-follow-up service, meaning full and
unambiguous explanation of the cashing-in procedure, enabling correct and
informed decisions to be made.
• applications for Access Arrangements (where relevant) are dealt with tactfully
and professionally.
Entry dates and deadlines for David Game College students - academic year 2009/10
Our own students have to register for examinations by the deadlines below; please make sure that you collect the appropriate examination entry form from Mr Kahn (the Examinations Officer) in good time; Mr. Kahn is based in Room D4 on the second floor, adjacent to the main reception. Registration of examination entries usually takes place between 1.30 and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday.
November 2009 GCSE and IGCSE: by Friday 25th September 2009.
January 2010 GCE AS/A Level: by Friday 9th October 2009 for all Mathematics and Further Mathematics units, plus other subjects on the NEW specifications. Please note, however, that entries for final resits of A2 units relating to the LEGACY (old) specifications MUST be registered by the much earlier deadline of WEDNESDAY 9th SEPTEMBER. After this date, we cannot guarantee entries for legacy units. It is strongly recommended, therefore, that students who want to have one final attempt at retaking any legacy A2 units in January 2010 make their intentions known to Mr Kahn as soon as possible after receiving June 2009 results on Thursday 20th August.
June 2010 GCSE and IGCSE: by Friday 12th February 2010.
June 2010 GCE AS/A Level: by Friday 26th February 2010 for units which have not been taken in the January 2010 session. Where students are waiting for results of January 2010 unit tests to be issued, they will be given until Thursday 18th March 2010 to decide whether or not to retake the unit in June 2010 and to register for the examination(s).
Examination practice
All teachers at David Game College are expected to set regular timed tests, which in practice means approximately every two to three weeks throughout the term. In addition, full scale trial examinations are set at appropriate times of the academic year in relation to the dates of the real examinations. In both cases – tests and trial examinations – genuine past paper questions make up 100% of the material wherever possible.
Use of past papers
It is a standard feature of teaching at David Game College that use of relevant, recent past paper questions forms an integral part of the teaching, and is not an after-thought or panic response to the calendar after Easter, which happens in so many schools. We use these questions from September to the end of May as exemplar material, as homework assignments, and most importantly as the basis of regular timed tests and full-scale trial examinations as described above. Evidence shows that the use of past papers is the most effective form of preparation for the final examinations.