John Taylor Free School

Examinations Information

Examinations Information

Preparing our students and community for exams

Essential information for students and families about upcoming exams, timetables, revision support, and key policies.

Here, you’ll find everything you need to prepare and succeed.

Need to get in touch? Contact the Exams team by email at [email protected] or telephone 01283 247823.


Exam Timetables

November resits

November external resit examination results will be issued to candidates on Thursday 8th January 2026.

Students can collect their results from the Exams Office at PT time or during break/lunch.

Trial Exams

Trial Exam results will be made available to students in December – date to be confirmed.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates and parents should also be aware of the JCQ examination contingency dates. This year, the designated contingency dates are Wednesday 11th June in the afternoon, and all day on Wednesday 25th June. These dates will be invoked in the event of widespread, sustained national or local disruption to examinations. 

All students MUST remain available up to and including these dates.


Results


Exam Boards

Exam Boards by course for 2025-26:

 

Exam Board Privacy Notices:

 

Please visit the links below to see the relevant exam board pages:

Revision

How can you support your child with learning styles and revision?

A key part of our extended learning offer enables students to utilise revision skills and approaches for independent study, particularly as students progress through Years 10 onwards. This presentation is built for parents and carers to access, with their child and enhance understanding of different approaches. Thes approaches will suit different styles and subjects, as recommended by the class teacher.

You can use this alongside the Wellbeing page, and the Exam Wellbeing Pack below, where you can access support with timetabling and strategies to remain focussed, positively.

If you have any questions about this, please reach out to the Personal Tutor via email, or to the subject class teacher directly.

Exam Support and Wellbeing

We know that our students and families can find it difficult to handle the pressures of exam season.

There can be a wide range of negative emotions which can make it very difficult to focus on celebrating the progress that students have made and being able to show this in their exams.

Whilst we can’t do anything to make the exams easier, we can help our students to approach them in the most positive way. If a student is struggling to manage their feelings as they prepare for exams, we are always around to listen and offer guidance.

Students can always come for a chat with their Personal Tutor, Progress Leader, Student Support, and the Mental Health First Aiders in school.

We have also put together a pack of tools that might help students to resolve some of their worries and allow them to focus in a calm and productive way. It contains lots of practical tools you can use right now, plus links to organisations that you might find helpful.

Revision Resources