Dear Student,

GCSE Examinations: ART

Your art exam dates are: Group 11B: 31 MARCH and 20 APRIL 2026

Group 11C: 1 APRIL and 21 APRIL 2026

You will have 10 hours to complete your exam piece or pieces. For timed Art examinations, candidates may take into the examination room any preparatory supporting studies, work journals, notes or sketches which they have produced and which are to be submitted for assessment along with the work done during the timed test. You will be expected to take all your preparation into the exam with you. Make sure you have discussed your requirements of materials with your art teacher well in advance. You will be expected to hand in the preparation work fully finished at the start of the 10-hour exam and will not be able to add to it after this date.

Please arrive at the Art room at during form to set up. The exam will start at 8.55am.

The school pays the entry fees in the expectation that you will be present for the exam. If, during the examination period, you are unable to attend for any exam session(s), please let the school know immediately with the reason. If non-attendance is due to illness, then a medical certificate from your G.P is required. The examining board can then make special provision when awarding a grade. Non-attendance for any other reason will result in the school charging you the relevant entry fee for each missed examination.

JCQ Information for Candidates

The Joint Council for Qualifications set the rules and regulations for delivering exams nationally. You are reminded when sitting timed Art examinations that the work produced during the timed test period must be your own, that you are not allowed to communicate in any way with, ask for help from or give help to another candidate while they are in the examination room. Timed Art examinations will normally be invigilated by an Art and Design teacher. However, as the Art and Design teacher may be required to give technical assistance to an individual candidate, additional invigilators should be deployed at the head of centre’s discretion to ensure the supervision of candidates is always maintained

If you have any queries about any of the documents enclosed, please speak with me or Mrs Morris

Yours faithfully

Miss J Morris, Examinations Manager