Examination Guidance – Leigh Academy Rainham

ESSENTIAL ADVICE FOR CANDIDATES 2025/2026 EXAMINATION PERIOD

Result Day: 20 August 2026

Examinations FAQs

Parents/carers can access their child’s exam timetable through the ‘My Child at School online portal’. Students can access their exam timetable through the student portal. This will appear after the entries deadline in February, and you will be prompted to check.

Please make sure your child can access their timetables. Any problems accessing please contact us.

All mock timetables will be emailed out.

Where and when are my exams?

All examination periods, including mocks, will appear on the Academy Calendar. You will receive your own individual candidate timetable for external examinations. Once you have received your individual candidate timetable, please check your timetable carefully and report any concerns to the Examinations Officer.

When do I need to get to the Academy?

Morning exams start at 9am prompt
Afternoon exams start at 1:30pm prompt
Exam line up will be 15 minutes before this time

What should I bring?

Your equipment in a clear pencil case – black pen, HB pencil, ruler, rubber, sharpener, highlighter. A calculator and maths set (protractor, compass etc) when required but with no case.
Clear water bottle with no label.

What should I NOT bring?

NO – Mobile phones, watches, MP/4 players
NO – Potential technological / Web enabled sources of information
Food, unless you are diabetic in which case please speak to the Examinations Officer before your exam
Your coat and bag. Arrangements will be made to store them outside of the examination rooms
No revision notes – nothing in your blazer pockets, sweet wrappers / crisp packets / anything anything with writing on
You will also need to ensure that your hands and arms are free from any notes or writing

What if I'm ill?

If at all possible you should attend the examination
If you are unable due to serious illness or injury, you must inform the Academy Attendance Office in the usual way, but also inform them that you are due to sit an exam
If you are absent due to serious illness you must provide a doctor’s letter, which needs to be given to the Examinations Officer within 5 days of the missed exam. The exam board will request this

What if I'm late?

Do not panic!
Make sure you telephone the Academy and explain the situation, giving an expected time of arrival

Can I leave early if I have finished?

No. Candidates leaving early can cause a disturbance that is unfair to others in the exam.
Please note that afternoon examinations may finish after the end of school so candidates may need to make arrangements to get home if you normally use the buses.

Contingency Day

This is timetabled for the afternoon of the 24 June 2026. The designation of a ‘contingency day’ within the common examination timetable is in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom. It is part of the awarding bodies’ standard contingency planning for examinations. Centres must therefore remind candidates that they must remain available until Wednesday 24 June 2026, should an awarding body need to invoke its contingency plan.

Please can all students/parents/carers make a note of the contingency exam date in the event that an awarding body needs to invoke its contingency plan.

If you have any queries or need help or advice at any time before, during or after examinations please contact:

Examinations Officer: Heather Notley (exams@leighacademyrainham.org.uk

Result days – 2026 Examinations

Level 2 – GCSE / BTECs: Results will be available for collection on Thursday 20 August from the Main Hall. More information on college timings will be available nearer the time.

Staff will be available to deal with any specific exam / careers related guidance you may require.

Results not collected on the Result days will remain in school. If a student wishes for someone to collect on their behalf, students must inform the Exams officer via exams@leighacademyrainham.org.uk. This must be the student’s email, not the parents.

Results will not be given out by telephone or emailed.

Statement of Results

On results day you will receive a ‘Statement of Results’. THIS IS NOT YOUR FINAL CERTIFICATE. The statement lists ALL the exams you have taken and any components within the qualification.

You will receive an overall results sheet, and then an overall results sheet per examination board.

Post Results Service Information – More information for 25/26 to follow

Certificates

Certificates are received in school during November and leavers will be invited in to collect them once ready. Those that stay on in the sixth form will be issued out during form time during this period.

JCQ regulations state that certificates should be kept for 12 months. If they remain uncollected they may be disposed of securely.

Certificates are important documents. Most educational institutions and potential employers will ask to see your original certificates. If you lose or fail to collect your Certificates, you will need to obtain duplicates from the relevant Awarding Body. The Awarding Bodies no longer replicate certificates unless you can prove they were destroyed by theft, fire or flood; they will only issue a Statement of Achievement. This currently costs in the region of £43.00 per ‘Statement of Achievement’.