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JCQ Information

The exams office liaises with jcq to support exam centres.

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For all JCQ information, please visit the JCQ website

If exams officers need to contact JCQ regarding exams administration related queries, please email [email protected]  – for other queries see contact details here

JCQ information

Refer to the Exams Office section of the JCQ website where you will find the most essential JCQ documents which will help you in your role as an examinations officer. This section has been structured in line with the key activities of the exam cycle, ranging from key dates, access arrangements, conducting exams to results and post results services.

Also refer to additional information on the JCQ website including:

Support for Exams Officers

E-Newsletters

Exami nation R esults  

Examination System

News Releases

Videos and Infographics

Centres delivering JCQ member awarding body qualifications which come under the common arrangements must conduct exams and assessments in accordance with JCQ’s current regulations, guidance and instructions which include:

  • Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments

(Last published 14 August 2023; Revision one: 20 September 2023)

  • A guide to the awarding bodies’ appeals processes

(Last published June 2024)

  • A guide to the special consideration process

(Last published 14 August 2023) Note that any queries regarding special consideration must be directed to the relevant awarding body and not to JCQ

  • General Regulations for Approved Centres

(Last published 13 August 2024)

  • Instructions for conducting examinations (ICE)

(Last published 14 August 2023; Revision one: 15 September 2023; Revision two: 19 January 2024; Revision three: 6 March 2024)

  • Instructions for conducting coursework
  • Instructions for conducting non-examination assessments
  • Post-Results Services

(Last published 12 April 2024)

  • Suspected Malpractice: Policies and Procedures

(Last published 18 September 2023; Revision one: 6 March 2024)

invited to join the Independent Commission into Malpractice…

Following the JCQ’s announcement in July 2018 of the launch of an independent industry-led Commission into examination malpractice chaired by Sir John Dunford,  confirmed they would be contributing to the work of the Commission

was the only Exams Officer representative organisation invited to join the Commission

JCQ 2024/25 publications

Below is a useful overview of publications as made available by JCQ on its website for 2024/25 – for all the most essential  JCQ documents, please visit the Exams Office area of the JCQ website here .

These include:

(published August 2024)

(published August 2024)

(published August 2024)

(published August 2024):

Reviews of marking – centre assessed marks
(GCE coursework, GCE and GCSE non-examination assessments, Project qualifications) 

 

 

 (published August 2024)

(published August 2024)

(published August 2024)

(A guide to the awarding bodies’ appeals processes) Effective from June 2024 examination series (published June 2024)

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(published June 2024)

(published May 2024)

(published April 2024)

(published April 2024)

(published December 2023)

 

JCQ 2023/24 publications

These include:

(published July 2024)

(published May 2024)

(published May 2024)

(updated April 2024)

June 2024 examinations (published March 2024)

Infographic – (updated March 2024)

(published February 2024)

– guidance updated (Revision one: 2 February 2024)

to the JCQ AI Use in Assessments guidance and AI Use support documents to provide more support to teachers and students (published February 2024)

Effective from November 2023 (published November 2023)

(published September 2023)

Effective from 1 September 2023

Videos added to

(published August 2023)

(published August 2023)

 and  (updated August 2023)

Effective from 1 September 2023 (published August 2023):

for conducting GCSE & GCE Modern Foreign Languages & Irish Listening examinations

(published August 2023)

Adjustments 2023-2024 (published August 2023)

Effective from 1 September 2023:

 
 

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‘ICE’ – Instructions for conducting examinations

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JCQ Exam day guidance - How to ensure exams run smoothly

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