School Life
Public Exams
Examination Results
Well done to our Year 11 class of 2025 on their achievements at GCSE and equivalent Level 2 BTec qualifications!
For a more detail summary of these results, please explore the Results Summary and Press Release documents below:
MHS Y11 Summer Exam Results Summary
More House School GCSE results’ Press Release
Congratulations to our Year 13 class of 2025 on their A’ Level and Level 3 BTec results!
They posted an 88% pass rate, with 71% of grades being A*-C or the BTec equivalent of Distinction*-Merit!
For a more detail summary of these results, please explore the Results Summary and Press Release documents below:
Public exams can be a stressful time for both students and parents. It is our aim to help them to run as smoothly as possible.
The More House School ‘Exam Handbook for Students & Parents’, provides an overview of the exam year, including information on:
- Coursework and Non-Exam Assessments.
- Access Arrangements.
- Exam regulations and expectations.
- Administration of exams at MHS.
- Results dates.
- Post results services.
- Certificates.
Subject teachers advise students which exams they will be entered for and the dates of their exams, and once entries have been made, students and parents are provided with documentation to check, confirming that entries are correct.
Students are expected to read and understand the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) Information for Candidates leaflets and the Warning to Candidates and Mobile Phone posters. (See below)
Get in touch:
For further information please contact:
Mrs Debbie Youl (Exams Officer) [email protected]
Access Arrangements
In line with Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) regulations, a pupil’s entitlement to Access Arrangements is dependent upon both formal assessment by the school’s qualified Academic Assessor, together with supporting evidence of need, which reflects his ‘normal way of working’ within the classroom.
Access arrangements are agreed before any assessment and allow pupils with specific learning difficulties to access an assessment without affecting its integrity.
The most frequently provided entitlements are for readers/scribes/extra time/word processors. As facilitators for pupils in exams, readers and scribes are required to follow strict guidelines.
Our Academic Assessor is also our Head of Learning Development, Mrs Sarah Cavannagh, who assesses pupils at the end of Year 9 or beginning of Year 10 to determine their individual entitlement, and they are regularly monitored during internal assessments in Year 11, Year 12 and Year 13 to ensure that their arrangements remain appropriate.
The school is inspected annually and must produce evidence of need, together with approval documentation. The school is not in a position to grant access arrangements without adhering to the strict guidelines set out by JCQ.
Access arrangements can be viewed on the school’s Parent Portal.
Facilitators (Readers/Scribes)
Facilitators (Readers/Scribes) of access arrangements must abide by the regulations since failure to do so could lead to the disqualification of the candidate.
They are not able to guide a candidate through his exam paper. It is his responsibility to direct the exam and to instruct his facilitator.
Readers
Readers can read the instructions on the question paper and the questions to the candidate and may not explain or clarify. This may involve reading the whole paper or the candidate may request only some words to be read.
For GCSE English Language only – for candidates entitled to a Reader, a human reader is not permitted. However, candidates can opt to use a Computer Reader or a Reading Pen – for which they have been assessed – and can practise in LDC and in English lessons.
Scribes
Scribes write down or word processes the candidate’s dictated answers. Candidates are expected to dictate punctuation and grammar, identifying when headings and new paragraphs are required. Scribes may not add punctuation/grammar unless it is dictated by the candidate.
Candidates using a Scribe can access some marks for Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar (SPAG) if they dictate their punctuation and grammar. A JCQ Scribe Cover Sheet is attached to scripts indicating what was dictated.
For more information on what the Readers and Scribes can and cannot do please see the below memory aids:
Exam Boards
A document listing exam boards pupils will be studying with, for completion in the academic years 2026 and 2027.
Exam Policies
Exam policies are revised annually and checked by inspection from the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) to ensure that we are in compliance with current regulations.
Get in touch:
Please contact Mrs Debbie Youl (Exams Officer) if you wish to view any of the policies.
JCQ Exam Documentation
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) oversees the administration of public examinations in the UK, and it is their rules and regulations with which we must comply.
Below are the Information for Candidates (IFC) documents and exam posters with which pupils must be familiar.