The Year 11 Formal Practice Exams will take place from Monday, 24 November to Friday, 5 December 2025, except for MFL orals which will take place just before.  Students will be emailed their oral time directly by the MFL department.

The timetable for the exams and the information handbook can be found below.  These were also linked in Mr Goodall's Friday letter of 17 October 2025 and 7 November 2025, in the Year 11 section.

Students and parents/carers should read the handbook carefully as it contains lots of useful information.  

We use the following exam boards for the subjects we offer here at Borlase.

GCSE

• AQA - Art, English Language, English Literature, DT, Dance, French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, History, Music, PE
• Edexcel - Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Combined Science, Geography, Maths
• OCR - Computer Science
• Eduqas (part of WJEC) - Drama

Level 2 Certificate 

• AQA - Further Maths Level 2 Certificate, sat by some students in year 11

FSMQ

• OCR - Ad Maths FSMQ, sat by some students in Year 11

AS Level 

• AQA - French, German, Spanish
• Edexcel - Further Maths

A Level 

• AQA - Art, Business Studies, Dance, French, German, Spanish, History, Music, PE, Psychology
• Edexcel - Chemistry, Drama, Economics, English Literature, EPQ, Geography, Maths, Further Maths, Politics
• OCR - Biology, Computer Science, Physics

Students in years 11 and 13 will eventually be issued with marks for any element of Non-examined Assessment (NEA).  Students have to be allowed the opportunity to request a review of marking for NEA when their marks are issued, as this cannot be requested when final grades are issued each August.

Subjects with NEA 

Year 11 - Art, Dance, Drama, DT,  English Language spoken endorsement, Music, PE

Year 13 - Art, Computer Science, Drama, English Literature, EPQ, History, Geography, PE, Science Practical Endorsements

Exams in England are governed by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), an organisation made up of representatives of the main examination boards (also referred to as awarding bodies) and other stakeholders.

They publish a series of documents which give information to candidates who are sitting public examinations such as GCSE, AS and A Level.

Students are expected to have read these documents and taken note of their content.

• Information for candidates: Non-examination assessments (NEA)

• Information for candidates: Preparing to sit your examinations

• Information for candidates: Written examinations

• Information for candidates: Social Media

• Information for candidates: Warning to Candidates poster

• Information for candidates: Unauthorised items poster

Privacy Notices 

All exam boards are required to tell you how they store and use any information they hold about you.

• Information for candidates: AQA Privacy Notice

• Information for candidates: Pearson Edexcel Privacy Notice

• Information for candidates: OCR Privacy Notice

• Information for candidates: WJEC/Eduqas Privacy Notice

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is categorised as an Outstanding school by Ofsted.  Full details of our most recent inspection report will be available shortly on the school's Ofsted dashboard. Our most recent report dated May 2024 is linked HERE and attached below.