Exams Officer: Mr M Rawlinson
Exams Assistant: Mrs H Reading
The Exams Office is responsible for organising and overseeing everything to do with all the exams at Denbigh School, from time-tabling to organising invigilators.
Along with rules and regulations set down by the Government, Exam Boards and Denbigh School, we also expect students to:
Follow their personal timetables (which provides all information about location and seat number)
- Arrive 10 minutes before the start time of the exam
- Not bring mobile phones, any smart device (including smart glasses), a watch of any kind, MP3/4 or similar devices. (Failure to comply may result in disqualification from the exam)
- Make sure they have the correct equipment for the exam they are sitting
- Remain silent from the time they enter the exam room to the time they leave and follow the Invigilators’ instructions
Information for Candidates
Using Calculators
Candidates may use a calculator in an examination unless prohibited by the awarding body’s specification. Where the use of a calculator is allowed, candidates are responsible for making sure that their calculators meet the awarding bodies’ regulations, making sure that their calculators meet the awarding bodies’ regulations and, where appropriate, are set to ‘exam mode’.
The instructions set out in this section apply to all examinations unless stated otherwise in an awarding body’s specification.
Calculators must be:
- Of a size suitable for use on the desk
- Either battery or solar-powered
- Free of lids, cases and covers which have printed instructions or formulas
Calculators must not:
- Be designed or adapted to offer any of these facilities: –
- Language translators
- Symbolic algebra manipulation
- Symbolic differentiation or integration
- Communication with other machines or the internet
- Be borrowed from another canidate
The candidate is responsible for the following:
- The calculator’s power supply
- The calculator’s working condition
- Be borrowed from another candidate during an examination for any reason
- Have retrievable information stored in them – this includes: databanks, dictionaries, mathematical formulas, text
