The Exams Office liaises with JCQ to support exam centres

Supporting Exams Officers and their centres

The Exams Office welcomes JCQ to its National Exams Officer Conferences

For all JCQ information, please visit the JCQ website

If exams officers need to contact JCQ regarding exams administration related queries, please email centresupport@jcq.org.uk – 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:

About JCQ

Support for Exams Officers

Blogs

E-Newsletters

Events

Examination Results 

Examination System

News Releases

Videos and Infographics

About A2C


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:

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The Exams Office 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, The Exams Office confirmed they would be contributing to the work of the Commission

The Exams Office 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:

 

Exam Room Posters for 2024/2025 published/confirmed (August 2024)

Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (published August 2024)

 

A guide to the special consideration process (published August 2024)

Instructions for conducting examinations (published August 2024)

 

General Regulations for Approved Centres (published August 2024)

Instructions for conducting coursework (published August 2024)

Instructions for conducting non-examination assessments (published August 2024):

Information for candidates documents (published August 2024)

  • Coursework assessments 
  • Non-examination assessments
  • On-screen tests
  • Social Media
  • Written examinations
  • Preparing to sit exams

Online forms (published August 2024)

  • Guidance notes – Transferred Candidate arrangements 
  • Guidance notes for overnight supervision of candidates with a timetable variation
  • Guidance notes – Alternative Site arrangements
  • Guidance notes – Centre Consortium arrangements
  • Guidance notes – Very Late Arrival Form

Key Dates – VTQ June 2025 (published August 2024)

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

Key Dates – January 2025 (published June 2024)

Key Dates – June 2025 (published May 2024)

Post-Results Services – June 2024 series and November 2024 series (published April 2024)

Infographic – Post-Results Services, Summer 2024 (published April 2024)

Key Dates – November 2024 (published December 2023)

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