Exams Officer Update
17 June 2025 |
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Welcome to this week's Exams Officer update.
As we near the end of the summer 2025 exams, we wanted to sign post some of the support available to make sure you can close down the series as efficiently as possible.
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As you begin to wind up this summer series, please refer to our support articles to make sure you have submitted everything you need to.
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| 25 June |
JCQ contingency day: GCSE and/or AS/A level examinations should sustained national or local disruption arise during the June 2025 series |
| 5 July |
Deadline to submit Special Considerations requests: International GCSE, GCSE, IAL, AS/A level, AEA, PLSC, iPrimary and iLowerSecondary, Mathematics in Context, Level 2 Extended Mathematics Certificate |
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International GCSE script returns
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International GCSE examinations are returned using the white return label provided with AR1 attendance registers. These labels are not funded and not covered by the Dfe yellow label service and Parcelforce will refuse collection.
Where the Parcelforce labels site is being used, please ensure that you have 'pop -up blockers' disabled. |
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| 31 May |
7B file submission: Deadline to submit EDI summer results file request Please submit these as soon as possible, if you havent already |
| 5 July |
BTEC claiming deadline: make full award certification claims (including BTEC Tech Award cash-ins) and input all internal grades, for learners expecting a result following the release of May/June 2025 external examination results, or for those with active UCAS applications. All outstanding actions should also be completed by 5 July |
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Get ready to make your claims
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To make sure your learners receive their results on time this August, you’ll need to have submitted all internally assessed grades and completed your full award claims by 5 July. If you run BTEC Tech Awards, you'll also need to submit your summer series cash-ins by this deadline.
Use the VQ Learner Tracker to stay on track and spot any actions you need to take ahead of the deadline.
Log in to the VQ Learner Tracker
Join our webinars and get claim-ready
We’ll show you how to use the VQ Learner Tracker to spot what’s missing, take the right actions, and stay on track for results day. You’ll have the chance to ask any questions you may have. |
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Can’t make a session? Don’t worry; we have plenty of support ready for you, including detailed support articles, FAQs and step-by-step guides.
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How to get BTEC results via EDI in August
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If you want to receive overall results for BTEC Firsts, Nationals and L2 Technicals via EDI this summer, then you need to send us your BTEC EDI results request file.
The deadline to send us this request file was 31 May, so if you need to, please send us your request file as soon as possible to give us time to identify and solve any potential problems before results day.
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Digital Functional Skills (DFS) and Essential Digital Skills qualification (EDSQ) key differences
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Planning to deliver Digital Functional Skills (DFS), or is this your first year delivering it? You must make sure you have the correct programme approved before registering or teaching learners.
Please be aware that Digital Functional Skills (2023) is not the same as Essential Digital Skills Qualification (2020) and separate approval is required for each qualification. To check which qualification you are approved for please see the following article
- Entry Level 3 - 610/3359/5
- Level 1 - 610/3358/3
- Entry Level 3 - 603/6840/8
- Level 1 - 603/6839/1
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On 28 April, Ofqual published a message from the Chief Regulator to school and college leaders. Please take some time to read this reminder of important information for the exam series. |
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It includes:
- maintaining security and integrity of exams and assessments
- the importance of reviewing contingency plans
- the term-time checkpoint
Please also be aware of specific arrangements for:
- Tech Awards and the terminal rule
- grading of Technical Qualifications for T Levels in their first year of awarding
- new post-16 qualifications available to teach from September 2025 (Alternative Academic Qualifications and Reformed Technical Qualifications including Technical Occupation Qualifications)
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