GCSE Examination Results - Summer 2021

Issued 12th August 2021

Sadiya Khaliq
39 Sherwood Road
Hall Green
BIRMINGHAM
B28 0EX

Date of Birth: 14/12/2004

The table below confirms your GCSE examination Grades.

Subject Exam Code Summer 2021 Result

Art and Design: Fine Art OCR J171 6

Biology AQA 8461H 6

Chemistry AQA 8462H 8

Computer Science AQA 8520 6

English Language EDEXCL 1EN0 7

Spoken Language P
Endorsement

English Literature AQA 8702 6

German AQA 8668H 5

Mathematics OCR J560H 8

Physics AQA 8463 6

Religious Studies A AQA 8062LA 8

Ofqual has published Student guide to awarding summer 2021. These resources include information to help you
understand how your results have been awarded, what to expect on results day, and the options available to you if you
are unhappy with your result.

JCQ have also published some information which you may find helpful:

 JCQ guidance to parents and students here.

 JCQ special consideration summer 2021 here.

 JCQ Appeals guidance here.

 JCQ Student guide Summer 2021 which includes an FAQ section on next steps here
 JCQ student guide summary handout here
 Approved School Centre Policy here.

 Ofqual Exam Procedures review Service link here.

 Ofqual complaints procedure here.

 Academy Trust Complaints Policy here.

 Congratulations on your
examination results from the staff
at King Edward VI Handsworth
School for Girls
Next Steps:
Please follow this link to a dedicated site for examinations 2021.

This separate set of web pages will cover information you may need about your results and any follow up. This form
must be returned by 1pm on Thursday 12th August so that we can confirm places to external candidates. We will be
telephoning to chase non-replies.
There will also be a link to a Year 11 request for support form. You will receive a second email from school if we
need to speak with you further about your sixth form place. A reminder of our Sixth Form Admissions policy can be
found here.
Visits to school can only be with a prior appointment and we ask you to arrive at the time stated as there is no waiting
facility in reception.

The results awarded in summer 2021 by the examination boards were based in Teacher Assessed Grades. To arrive at
these the examination boards required schools to submit a Centre Policy which had guided our process since March
2021 in arriving at the grades we submitted. The grades which were submitted by the school were agreed following an
internal quality assurance process as outlined in the Centre Policy and are not the sole responsibility of any individual
teacher. The grades submitted had to be based on evidence collected of a students attainment and benchmarked
against national exemplars of standard for each grade. All subject data used was checked carefully and submission
was by two administrative staff witnessing the data input of each other. It is a rigorous system in which the school
followed all the guidance provided.
The schools Centre Policy has been approved by the examination boards, and our sample of evidence and assessment
tasks has also been submitted without question. In addition we have had no further contact from the examination
boards to query our approach. JCQ confirmed that this means we have passed the external quality assurance process.

If you wish to make a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) you MUST complete the google form and please do
NOT write to any member of school staff. The Academy Trust are liaising with schools centrally to meet these
requests.

Can I appeal?
The JCQ documents on the left outline that you can ask for a Centre Review of your grades for a subject based on
your belief that the school did not follow its' Centre Policy or has made an administrative error. The student guide
Summer 2021 is the most recent publication. The guide provides an overview of what students should do if they think
there has been an error in their grading. It highlights some important dates they need to be aware of now. It also
includes more detailed information about the appeals process including how to request an appeal, some case studies,
some FAQs, a glossary and a full list of the qualifications that the guide supports.

The handout is also designed to support students in deciding what to do now when they receive their GCSE, AS
and/or A Level results. It outlines what they can do if they don’t have the grades they need and includes a flow
diagram to help them decide their next steps.
The FAQ section makes it clear that you cannot ask for a remark of work by the school. If you believe you have
grounds to request a Centre Review then please use this link to download as a word document, save with naming
convention, complete and email as it instructs to centrev@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk . School will not accept any
other method of request or enter into any other form of communication with students to avoid any loss of request. In
addition we cannot enter into any dialogue with anyone other than the student concerned without written permission
from the student, nominating an alternative adult to act on their behalf as part of data protection.
Once you have the outcome from the Centre Review, if you are not satisfied then you can complete the section on the
form to now ask for the school to submit your evidence of attainment for Appeal with the examination board. This
section is only completed by the student requesting the appeal. It must be saved as instructed and emailed to
appeals@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk . The Centre Review must be completed first before an appeal request can be
made. The examination board will then decide if the schools judgement of grade attainment was reasonable. There
are no national grade boundaries as such this year, instead the evidence has to fit within national grade descriptors and
match exemplars of standard.
If you have any other concerns about the schools process then please refer to our complaints policy.
Resits and Autumn Exams:
Before deciding to register for the Autumn series of examinations please consider carefully the impact this may have
on your first term of either University course or A Level course.
A Levels will run 4th October to 22nd October and therefore clash with the first few weeks of any course you have
started.
GCSEs will run 2nd November to 9th November English Language and Mathematics, 15th November to 3rd
December all other GCSEs and therefore clash with a number of weeks of teaching for your A Level subjects. The
outcomes from Year 12 ongoing assessments directly feed into UCAS predictions we provide and this timing is in
direct competition with the end of any induction period for courses.
If you have moved on to another Post-16 provider you will have to return to us for these examinations under current
arrangements unless you have moved to another part of the country.
Students will not have to pay any fees for the Autumn examination series.
You will have the same number of written examination papers and covering the same content as you expected in the
summer 2021 series. However, there will not be any non-exam assessment included in the final grading, it will all be
based on the written papers. The only exception is art and design, where grades will be based solely on your
performance in a new task, set and marked by the exam board and taken under the normal supervised conditions.

Autumn series deadlines

GCSE requests by 3 pm Tuesday 28th September.
GCSE Autumn Series entry form
JCQ Key dates here.
 Autumn GCSE Examination Schedule 2021

Monday 1st Tuesday 2nd Wednesday 3rd Thursday 4th Friday 5th
November November November November November

9am English Language Mathematics English Language Mathematics

1EN0/01 J560/04 1EN0/02 J560/05
1hr 45m 1hr 30m 2hr 05m 1hr 30m

1:30pm

Monday 8th Tuesday 9th Wednesday Thursday 11th Friday 12th

November November 10th November November November

9am Mathematics
J560/06
1hr 30m

1:30pm
 Monday 15th Tuesday 16th Wednesday Thursday 18th Friday 19th
November November 17th November November November

9am Biology English Literature History Chemistry

8461/1 8702/1 8145/1B 8462/1
1hr 45m 1hr 40m 1hr 1hr 45m

1:30pm Computer Religious Studies Music Design and P.E.

Science 8062/A 1 C660U30-1 Technology 1PE0 02
8520D/1 1hr 45m 1hr 15mins 8552/W 1h 15m
1hr 30m 2hrs
Geography
J384/01
1hr 10m

P.E. French Computer Science

1PE0 01 8658/Listening 8520D/2
1h 45m 45m 1hr 30m

8658/Reading
1hr

Monday 22nd Tuesday 23rd Wednesday Thursday 25th Friday 26th

November November 24th November November November

9am English Physics Geography History Biology

Literature 8463/1 J384/02 8145/1A 8461/2
8702/2 1hr 45m 1hr 10m 1hr 1hr 45m
1hr 45m

1:30pm French Religious Studies Drama

8658/Writing 8062/A 2 8261/W
1hr 20m 1hr 45m 1hr 45m

German
8668/Listening
45m

8668/Reading
1hr
 Monday 29th Tuesday 30th Wednesday 1st Thursday 2nd Friday 3rd
November November December December December

9am History Geography History

Chemistry 8145/2A J384/02 8145/2B
8462/2 1hr 1hr 10m 1hr
1hr 45m

Music
C660U30-1
1hr 15mins

1:30pm Food Preparation German Physics

and Nutrition 8668/Writing 8463/2
8585/W 1hr 15m 1hr 45m
1hr 45m