Examination Results

2026-2027

	DATE
November 2026 - Sixth Form GCSE Resits	13th January 2027
January 2026 - BTEC (year 10, Year 11 and Sixth Form)	18th March 2027
GCE/Level 3 BTEC - sixth Form	12th August 2027
GCSE/Level 2 BTEC - Year 9, Year 10, Year 11 & Sixth Form	19th August 2027

Letter regarding results collection (times and arrangements) - Summer 2027 Letter Pending

When you get your results – what happens next?

We hope that you will be successful in getting the grades you were hoping for. If you have completed all relevant qualifications, you will:

• Receive a GCSE or BTEC grade in August for each of your subjects;
• Receive a certificate (issued in December).  Please note that any unclassified grade will not be certificated.

What to do if you’re happy with the results

You do not need to do anything if you are satisfied with your results; any certificates will be sent to the School and can be collected from the school on our Ceritificate Collection Evenings; please check the Certificates page for details.

Please note, that the school is only legally obligated to hold certificates for 12 months from certification, meaning that any unclaimed certificates in July 2027 will be scheduled for destruction - if you later wish to replace any destroyed certificates you must contact the individual exam boards and purchase them. Prices vary and you will need to seek guidance from the exam boards directly, but the minimum is £50.00 per certificate. 

What to do if you’re not happy with the results

If the grades awarded are not what you expected there are a number of options available, please check the Post Results Services Page for detailed information. 

Please contact the Exams Office if you have any questions or queries.

Grades Explained

GCSEs - AQA and Pearson

• Grade 9 = Equivelant to an A*
• Grade 8
• Grade 7
• Grade 6
• Grade 5 = Strong Pass
• Grade 4 = Standard Pass
• Grade 3
• Grade 2
• Grade 2
• U (Unclassified)

 

BTEC Tech Awards

• Level 2 Distinction*
• Level 2 Distinction
• Level 2 Merit
• Level 2 Pass
• Level 1 Distinction
• Level 1 Merit
• Level 1 Pass
• U (Unclassified)

 

WJEC Vocational Awards

• Level 2 Distinction*
• Level 2 Distinction
• Level 2 Merit
• Level 2 Pass
• Level 1 Distinction*
• Level 1 Distinction
• Level 1 Merit
• Level 1 Pass
• U (Unclassified)

 

AS Levels - AQA and WJEC

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• U (Unclassified)

A-Levels - AQA and WJEC

• A*
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• U (Unclassified)

GCSE 9-1 to BTEC Grades Comparison

What are Grade Boundaries, and how do they work?

Each year, we are contacted by parents and pupils who want to ask questions about grade boundaries.  This document will hopefully answer many of the most frequently asked questions.

Grade boundaries show the minimum number of marks you need for each grade, and are published on results day. 

Only once all exam papers in the country have been marked are grade boundaries set by senior examiners and assessment experts. It’s not until after all the marking has been completed that it’s possible to see how difficult students found the paper (for example, compared to previous years) and so take this into account when setting the boundaries. This means that a student who performed at a certain level should get the same mark regardless of which year they sat the exam, but it doesn’t mean they will score the same grade.

For example, a pupil could gain a grade 5 by scoring 83 marks in English Literature in 2019, but their brother who sat the Literature exam in 2018 needed 76 marks to get a grade 5, because students across the country found the paper harder that year.

Remember, grade boundaries are individual to a subject.  In 2019, to gain a grade 5 in Chemistry students needed to get 116 marks if they sat Foundation and 80 marks if they sat the Higher paper (which contains harder questions).  However, those sitting Physics needed to score 130 marks if they sat Foundation and 75 marks if they sat the Higher paper.   This shows that pupils found the Chemistry papers more difficult than the Physics papers across the country in 2019.

• You cannot compare the grade boundaries of different subjects.
• You cannot compare grade boundaries of one subject from one year to the next.
• You cannot compare grade boundaries with someone who sat the same subject in another school, but with a different exam board.

Foundation or Higher?

In some subject, for example the Sciences and Maths, staff have to make a judgement call on what tier to enter a pupil at, based on assessments throughout the course.

Exam boards must include some ‘common questions’ – questions which are the same on the Foundation and Higher tier papers – to help them align standards between the tiers. In theory, a pupil will perform similarly on those questions, regardless of the tier for which they were entered. So a pupil who might expect to get a grade 4 on the Foundation tier, would also expect to get a grade 4 on the Higher tier. 

The lowest key grade on the Higher tier is a grade 3, and if they fail to get this then they would most likely be ungraded.  The maximum grade that a pupil can score on a Foundation paper is a 5. Staff therefore need to discuss which paper would best suit the pupil, in order to maximise their chances of success.

Information regarding grade boundaries can also be found on the exam boards websites - 

Pearson AQA

WJEC

 

The process for results day vary depending on which Exam Season you are looking to collect results for.

November Season = Results Day 13th January 2027

• Results will be issued to students during the school day

January Season = Results Day 18th March 2027

• Results will be issued to students during the school day

Summer Season - GCE/BTEC Level 3 (Sixth Form ONLY) = 12th August 2027

• Results will be available for collection from the school between 09:30 am and 10:30 am 

(Times are based on Summer 2026 Results Day and may change - please keep checking back for any updates)

Summer Season - GCSE/BTEC Level 2 (Years 9-13) = 19th August 2027

• Results will be available for collection from the school in staggered year group stages

09:00 am - 10:00 am - Year 11's ONLY 

10:30 am - 11:30 am  - Year 9s, 10s and Sixth Form (GCSE Resits)

(Times are based on Summer 2026 Results Day and may change - please keep checking back for any updates)

 

Summer 2027 Results Day Letter - Pending

(A copy of the results day letter sent to parents in Term 5 will be uploaded here.)

 

Does your results envelop have a Puprle Start or a PRS Stamp? 

On Results Day:

If upon collection, we have marked your results envelope with a Purple Star or a PRS Stamp please make your way to the Post Results Service Queue after you have opened your results - P.S We wont discuss your Post Results untill you have viewed your results. 

After Results Day:

If you didnt open your results whilst at the school on results day or someone else collected your results on your behalf and you a Purple Star or a PRS Stamp please check out the Post Results Services page.

 

Unable to collect your results on Results Day?

Pupils in Years 11 and 13 can have their results emailed to their school email address - please note that these email address will be deactived on Tuesday 24th August 2027 and therefore, any results sent to their email address will need to be accessed and downlaoded before this date. Please complete the Results via Email form to request your results via email. 

We do not email or post results for any other year group. All students are able to nominate somoeone to collect their results on their behalf, they can do so by completing the Results Collection Form - please note that due to GDPR this must be completed by a student and their school email must be provided for us to send a confirmation email to. The nominated person must bring their own phot ID on results day.

Alternatively the exams office also have a paper copy of the above forms for students to complete.

Uncollected Results

Students in Years 9, 10 and 12 who do not collect their results on Results Day will be able to collect these upon their return to school in September. 

School Leavers, Years 11 and Years 13 will need to arrange collection of their results by contacting the Exams Office.

Please note that Results are that of the student and the school will not issue or discuss results with parents/carers unless the Exams Office has recieved written consent from the student. 

Getting ready to leave school

It is important that we hold accurate and up-to-date contact details for all students, particularly when they become leavers.

Your contact details may be required to communicate with you about the Post Results Service, including Review of Marking requests, Access to Scripts, appeals or other matters relating to your examination results.

Please ensure that the school has your current email address, telephone number and postal address. This is particularly important if your contact details change after you leave the school.

If we need to contact you regarding your examination results or a Post Results Service request, we will use the contact details held on our records. The school cannot be responsible for missed communications where contact details have not been kept up to date. We also can not accept requests or consent from parent/carers, so it is vital that we have direct contact information for yourself. 

Please notify the school as soon as possible if any of your contact details change.

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We would also like your permission to allow us to share information on you with other schools, colleges, training providers or employers who you might be considering as an option for after Year 11, 12 or 13.  We will only do this if:

• you have expressed an interest in that school, college, training provider or employer and  
• we think it would help you successfully settle into your next place.

We won’t be doing this automatically for everyone, just when we feel it would be helpful.

The information could include: attendance; the best ways to help you learn; behaviour; special requirements; progress at school and other information we think would help make sure the right support is in place for you.

We do not want to limit your options, instead we want to give you the best possible chance of being successful once you leave this school after Year 11, 12 or 13.  The information will enable the school, college, training provider or employer where you are going be ready for you when you start.

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Keeping in touch once you leave school

The Local Authority.  Under the Education and Skills Act 2008 the local authority has a duty to track what all young people are doing up to the age of 18 and we have a duty to provide data to support them. Unless you or your parent/carer, if you are under 16 request, we only share basic information.

Our school.  We would also like to track what you are doing when you leave school so we can see if we helped you into a positive destination.  This we will help us make sure that the next year group of learners getting ready to leave school will get the best possible advice and support.

The data we collect will be: Course/job title; institution/employer name; level of study; start date; duration of  course/apprenticeship/placement.

If you still need some support when you leave school and we haven’t been in touch, you can contact us and we will either try to help or put you in touch with someone who could.  It is very important that you make the most of the opportunities available to you after Year 11, 12 and 13.

Your data will be kept in strictest confidence. It will only be published in an aggregated format so your personal details will remain private.

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Year 11 - Data Collection Form

Year 13 - Data Collection Form

 

1. Light Blue Box: This information is personal information to each pupil and will need to be checked to make sure it is correct. (The Name on the Statement of Results is what will be printed on your certificates)

2. Red Box: The heading for each column: Exam Board (i.e AQA, Pearson) , Level (i.e GCSE, BTEC), Exam Code, Title, Grd 1 (Grade for overall subject), Grd2 (is only used for double award exams), Mark Equiv, Points. 

3. Blue Box: The exam board you sat your exam with, for example AQA, Pearson or WJEC.

4. Green Box: The level of the exam you sat,

• GCSE - GCSE/9FC - shows you have sat a Full Course GCSE giving you 1 full GCSE.
• BTEC Tech Award - BTEC/1&2 - is a Tech Award which are equivalent to 1 Full GCSE.
• WJEC – WTA/1&2 is a Vocational Award which are equivalent to 1 Full GCSE.
• BTEC Nationals - BTEC/EC3 - is a Extended Certificate which is equivalent to 1 Full A-Level. 
• BTEC Nationals - BTEC/C3 – is a Certificate which is equivalent to 1 AS-Level (Half an A-Level)
• Core Maths – L3/B is graded A – E
• A-Level – GCE/A shows you have sat a Full Course A-Level giving you 1 Full A-Level.
• AS-Level – GCE/AS shows you have sat Part of an A-Level Course.

5. Purple Box: Title or Subject Information

6. Orange Box: Your Grades! GCSE are graded 9 - 1, BTEC Level 2 Tech Awards are graded *2 - P1, WJEC has similar grading to BTECS, (for more information please click the link).

7. Pink Box: Mark Equivalent, if you only have a number in this column, this shows the total of marks from all papers within that subject. For instance, Maths is 3 papers and the 117 is the total of all 3 papers. However, if you have a number and a grade, this shows the marks for part of the subject and the grade that is equivalent to, for example Sport 1 57 P2, the pupil got 57 marks for this Component of the course, the pupil needs to complete all components to receive an overall grade. 

8. Light Green Box: The only exception to the rule above is English Language, where it will ONLY show your Speaking Endorsement Grade.

The Points column on the far right will show what your vocational subject are equivalent to in the GCSE grading.