Exams

Welcome to our Exams page. Please check this page regularly for updated exams/assessment information and guidance. Information is also available on the Exams notice board in H Block.

GCSE Certificates 2025

Certificates

We look forward to welcoming our Summer 25 leavers along to collect their certificates on Thursday 27 November.

This 'drop in' event will take place in the school library between 3.30pm and 5.30pm.  

Please note that we are unable to release certificates to anyone other than the student (including parents/carers), unless we have received the student's signed, written consent.

If you do have any questions about our certificate evening, please contact the Exams Officer at exams@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk.

GCSE Exams - Summer 2026

Exams begin on Friday 8 May 2026 - Exams end on Monday 15 June 2026

JCQ Contingency Day - Wednesday 24 June 2026

Please note that students MUST remain available and able to come into school up to and including Wednesday 24 June, should any exams need to be rescheduled by the awarding bodies.

Examination and Assessment Guidance

All students taking GCSE/Cambridge National examinations and assessments MUST ensure that they have read the appropriate guidance regarding their assessments.  Please click on the link below to access the latest JCQ information for candidates:

Non Examination Assessments and Coursework

Information for students taking qualifications that include a non-examination assessment unit (Cambridge National or GCSE qualifications) is available below; please also refer to the important  'JCQ information for candidates' documents within our 'examination and assessment guidance' section below.

Awarding Bodies - Privacy Notices

Awarding bodies need to collect, store and use information to ensure that they can provide services that best meet students’ needs. Individual awarding bodies’ Privacy Notices, explaining what information they collect, what they do with it, and how they keep it secure, may be accessed via the links below:

AQA:  https://www.aqa.org.uk/privacy-notice/student-privacy-notice

Pearson:  https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/privacy-policy.html

Eduqas : https://www.eduqas.co.uk/home/privacy-policy/

OCR: https://www.ocr.org.uk/about/our-policies/website-policies/privacy-policy/candidate-privacy-policy/#:~:text=We%20may%20use%20personal%20information,a%20method%20known%20as%20profiling.

Information for students and parents and/or carers

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Baldry.

Top tips for parents/carers - helping children prepare for exams

For helpful guidance to support your child throughout the exam period please click here.

Policies - Exams

Exam policies can be found via the Examination Policies page.

In accordance with the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) regulations, Ridgewood High School has in place a range of policies to support the delivery and administration of assessments and exams. For more information regarding these policies, please contact the Exams Officer at exams@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk