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gcse examinations and holidays.

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stacielise · 01/02/2011 18:24

wondering if anyone can help me.
myself and my partner booked a holiday back in october for ourselves my 6 year old daughter and his 16 year old son. the problem we are facing is GCSE's

we go on the 20th May school breaks up on 27th but im unsure if there is any exams on those dates. still waiting for the school to get back to us.

is it possible for children to sit there exam at a later date. or will he now not be able to go on the holiday? Hmm

hope someone can help me with this. i know logically we shouldnt of booked the holiday without checking. jus didnt realise at the time. x

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mnistooaddictive · 01/02/2011 18:54

It really is a bad time to go on holiday even if there are no exams. It was a bit silly to book it without considering his GCSEs. I would change it if you can.

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stacielise · 01/02/2011 18:51

yeah thats the site i was looking on mum in bed. we did enquire about gcse's before the holiday was booked. but they didnt have exact dates yet Confused

hocuspontas. wow, thats a long time frame to do written exams, remember when i was at school it was around a 3 week time frame (im 24)

we have considered moving the dates. but the price hike is disgraceful!!! no wonder parents feel the need to take children out of school for family holidays, reason why i chose to go over half term too. jus didnt think for the OH sons gcse's at the time. x

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CrosswordAddict · 01/02/2011 18:45

As the other posters have said. No, he can't sit at another time, except resit next November. I should see his Head of Year and get the exam dates for yourself if I were you. You need to get the information clear I think. Maybe you could re-arrange something?

hocuspontas · 01/02/2011 18:34

Written exams start 9th May and finish 27th June. Controlled assessments may be outside of this period. (Can you tell I've just got back from a yr11 parent consultation evening? Grin)

LIZS · 01/02/2011 18:32

You are still far enough away to be able to reschedule your holiday. Sorry but even if exams aren't that week ( but orals and coursework may be if not sat papers) then surely it isn't really the time to be going away and miss school/revision.

MumInBeds · 01/02/2011 18:32

Looks like most if not all the exam boards have science exams that week.

MumInBeds · 01/02/2011 18:29

I think you can search here but it is very likely he will have exams or at the least a lot of revision to do that week.

scurryfunge · 01/02/2011 18:27

He could miss the exam and resit in the autumn.

GCSE dates cannot be changed for family holidays.