Exam Information
Individual exam timetables for students will appear on ‘SiD’ under Exams several weeks before the beginning of the examination period.
No mobile phones, no potential technological/web enabled sources of information are allowed. Possession of unauthorised items is a serious offence and could result in disqualification. No watches of any form are allowed on the candidate’s person in exam rooms whether switched on or off.
We are obliged to report any candidate who is discovered with such a device on their person or whose device is activated in their bag when in the exam room; this includes alarm reminders. Any such incident will usually result in disqualification from that exam.
Students should not book holidays during examination times.
Exams begin promptly at 9.00am and 1.30pm. Arrive early – if candidates are late, they may not be allowed to sit the exam. Candidates must produce a current College ID card and timetable to gain entry to the exam room. Your exam room and seat numbers are shown on your Individual Timetable that has been issued.
Silence must be observed at all times in the exam venue. No food is to be taken into the exam. A small bottle of water may be placed on the floor beside the desk but the label must be removed.
You must only have on your desk what you need to complete your exam. Possession of unauthorised material in the exam room is considered malpractice and candidates are likely to be disqualified from the exam.
It is the candidate’s responsibility to bring to the exam any materials that are required for that paper, e.g. calculators, specific maths instruments, black pens, pencils, erasers, transparent rulers, all of which must be carried in your hand. No pencil cases are allowed in the exam venue. Write only in black pen.
CLASHES
If a candidate has more than one exam due to start at the same time in the same session, this is a clash.
The Award Bodies expect candidates to be capable of managing up to 3 hours of exams in any one session and 6 hours in any one day.
If a candidate is taking two papers in different subjects in the same session, as long as the total time for these two papers is less than three hours, the papers will be taken one after the other. You will receive instructions from the exams officer or invigilator.
If a candidate is taking two or more papers in different subjects in the same session and the total time for the papers is more than three hours, one of the papers will need to be moved to another session and the candidate kept ‘under supervision’.
The Exams Office will notify these candidates before the start of the exam period explaining the procedure and order of the papers.
Arrangements between exams will be notified by the Exams officer in advance.
CONTACT DETAILS
For general queries relating to exams, please email the Examinations Officers, Susan O’Brien/Amanda Wardlaw at exams@stdoms.ac.uk
For queries about exam Access Arrangements, please email Study Plus Manager, Shamim Mehmood.