DATES OF EXAMINATIONS

(scroll down the page or click on the links below to view the dates of examinations in Humanities subjects for each year group)
YEAR 13

Dates for external examinations are given below
A2 GEOGRAPHY (Edexcel)
exam
date (time)
duration
Geography (unit 6474)
Fri. 5th June 2009 (morning)

2 hours

Global Futures - weather & climate, Population, economic geography.
Geography (unit 6476)
Wed. 17th June 2009 (Morning)
2 hours
The Synoptic Unit
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
A2 HISTORY (WJEC)
exam
date (time)
duration
History HI1
Tue. 2nd June 2009 (morning)

45 mins

Britain 1815-1846 - Understanding
History HI2
Tue. 2nd June 2009 (morning)
45 mins
Gladstone & Disraeli - Interpretations
History HI3
Tue. 2nd June 2009 (morning)
1 hour, 30 mins
German Reformation - Sources
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
YEAR 12

Dates for external examinations are given below
AS GEOGRAPHY (Edexcel)
exam
date (time)
duration
Geography (unit 6472)
Tue. 19th May 2009 (afternoon)

1 hour, 30 mins

Human Geography - rural & urban geography
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
AS HISTORY (WJEC)
exam
date (time)
duration
History HI4
Mon. 8th June 2009 (morning)

1 hour, 30 mins

Foreign Policy, Politics & Society - Understanding
History HI6
Mon. 15th June 2009 (afternoon)
1 hour, 40 mins
Britain & the Reformation - The Synoptic Unit
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
YEAR 11

The school examinations (mocks) will be held in November.

All Humanities faculty examinations (Geography - 1hour, History - 1 hour, Humanities - 45mins) will take place on week beginning 24th November 2008

The dates of external examinations are given below:
GCSE GEOGRAPHY specification A (WJEC)
exam
date (time)
duration
Geography paper 1
Tue. 2nd June 2009 (afternoon)

Fndt.=(1hr, 45mins) Higher=(2hours

The Fragile World - physical systems, environmental issues.
Geography paper 2
Tue. 9th June 2009 (morning)
Fndt.=(1hr, 45mins) Higher=(2hours
The Interdependent World - economic activities, global inequalities,places.
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
GCSE HISTORY (WJEC)
exam
date (time)
duration
History paper 1
Wed. 3rd June 2009 (morning)

2 hours

USA 1910-1929, Germany 1919-1945 (1 hour each part)
History paper 2
Thu. 11th June 2009 (afternoon)
1 hour, 20 mins
USA 1929-1990
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
GCSE HUMANITIES (WJEC)
exam
date (time)
duration
Humanities paper 1
Tue. 12th May 2009 (morning)

(1hour, 45 minutes)

Religious Studies core unit and Contemporary Issues unit (either Conflict & Cooperation or Tourism)

Humanities paper 2
Fri. 15th May 2009 (afternoon)
(2 hours)
Geography core unit and History core unit
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
YEAR 10

The school examinations will start on Monday 9th March 2009. Students will be issued with an exam timetable before this date. The year 10 Humanities examination will act as the mock examination for students being entered for the main external examination in May.

The dates of external examinations are given below:
Please note: the external exams take place two weeks before the May half-term break and they cannot be rearranged. It is vital that parents do not book holidays which may prevent students from sitting these examinations or which interrupt their preparation for the exams in the weeks before.
GCSE HUMANITIES (WJEC)
exam
date (time)
duration
Humanities paper 1
Tue. 12th May 2009 (morning)

(1hour, 45 minutes)

Religious Studies core unit and Contemporary Issues unit (either Conflict & Cooperation or Tourism)

Humanities paper 2
Fri. 15th May 2009 (afternoon)
(2 hours)
Geography core unit and History core unit
(NOTE: please confirm these dates/times with the school or via the website of the Examining Board shown in brackets at the top of the table)
YEAR 9

In the humanities subjects, exams will be held in February 2009. Your humanities teacher will give you deatils of the date and location of your examination. The school examinations for year 9 will be held in May 2009. Students will be issued with an exam timetable before this date.

There are no external examinations in year 9:
YEAR 8

The school examinations/year 8 tests will be held during the summer term. Students will be issued with an exam timetable before this date.

There are no external examinations in year 8:
YEAR 7

The school examinations/year 7 tests will be held during normal lesson time in the summer term. Students will be issued with dates of any exams/tests by their subject tutors

There are no external examinations in year 7: