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Entries for public examinations to secondary schools

No charges may be made for entering pupils for approved public examinations. The school will have a full list of these examinations, which include GCSEs, A and AS levels, GNVQs and job-related qualifications.


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The governing body must enter a pupil for each examination in a public examination syllabus for which the school has prepared the pupil.

This does not need to apply if the governing body thinks there are educational reasons for not entering the pupil, or if the pupil's parents ask in writing that the pupil should not be entered.

We may not override the governing body's decision on whether to enter a particular pupil for an examination.

Examination entry fee

An examination entry fee may be charged to parents if:

  • the examination is on the set list, but the pupil was not prepared for it at the school
  • the examination is not on the set list but the school arranges for the pupil to take it
  • a pupil fails without good reason to complete the requirements of any public examination where the governing body originally paid or agreed to pay the entry fee

Charges may not be made for any cost associated with preparing a pupil for an examination but charging is allowed for tuition and other costs if a pupil is prepared outside school hours for an examination that is not set out in regulations.

Each governing body is required to make known to parents details of the school's charging and remissions policy which will include its policy in relation to public examinations.