Mock examinations are held for students in Year 11 throughout the academic year typically after October half term and in the Spring.

Years 7-10 have formal examinations to be fully familiar with the examinations systems and expectations. These typically occur over the spring or summer terms.  

Please find here the Exam Timetable for 2025.

Exam Timetable 2025

An extensive information pack is issued to students prior to their examinations to ensure that they have a clear understanding of the examinations process.  As an examination centre Millais School has to follow the JCQ regulations and these documents can be found in the Handy documents section below.

Millais School has a strong commitment towards supporting candidates with SEND/BESD. In the first instance queries regarding access to Examinations or Controlled Assessments should be directed to the Director of Specialist Intervention. Please use the contact page and put in FAO SENDCO.

To comply with Ofqual regulations regarding the marking of Non Examined Assessments (NEAs), the school have published guidance for parents, a timeline and access to subject specific documentation that students should reference if making a request for an internally marked piece of work to be considered for a review.

Non Examined Assessments

JCQ Coursework

Results will be available for students to collect from the Main School Hall from 9am-10:30am in person. This is a happy occasion and allows for students to celebrate together their hard work.  

If students are unable to collect their results in person, students need to complete a Permission to Collect a Candidate's Results form, in capital letters and return it to the Exams Office or give it to your nominated person to bring on GCSE results day along with some form of ID.

Queries and questions regarding reviews or enquiries about results should directed to the Exams Office ([email protected]) as soon as possible. Awarding bodies charge for post results services and have strict review deadlines.

Certificates are issued by the awarding bodies in November for candidates who have taken their examinations here at Millais School. Certificates are available for collection at the Certificate collection event. The date of which will be communicated to you via email in the new academic year (the event is usually towards the end of November following the summer's results).

Date for November 2024 tbc - an email will go home to parent/carer or you can come back here to check.

For those who are unable to attend this event, certificates can be collected from Millais School between 9am and 3pm, Monday to Friday, during term time only. To ensure that the certificates are available and avoid a wasted journey, you are advised to contact the Exams Office prior to you coming to collect ([email protected]). 

For students who wish to collect and keep their GCSE coursework can collect it on the Certificate collection event by request.  Following this event, coursework is held for a limited time by departments after which it will be destroyed. Please contact the relevant departments through our contact us page.