GCSE exam finished early. What can I do?

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DDs GCSE exam was 1 hour and 45 mins. The invigilator asked the kids if they had finished to which DD replied yes, as she had answered all the questions (ASD) but planned to use remain 20 mins to check answers. They immediately took the paper away and ended the exam early as she was the last one to stop writing.
I have made a complaint to the school but they are being dismissive and fobbing me off.
What can I do?

Combined Science Synergy is 1hr 45min. But it isn't just Biology.

It won’t affect her result unless the exam board felt she was bullied into finishing. Complain direct to the exam board to have the exam remarked (careful as this could lower the result). Present evidence exam finished before allotted time and evidence of ASD. Neighbour has similar the year before COVID happened. Exam board issued guidance to the school and threaten to remove the school as an exam invigilator. Also report to the Board of directors if an academy. Make sure you cc in the non executive directors by name.
neighbour’s daughter was offered to resit in the Autumn retake for free as the exam board felt undue pressure could have been applied. Also the daughter took the ‘evidence’ to the college she applied for who let her attend even though the result was just under the grade needed and helped her restudy for her GCSE. She got a couple of levels higher in the retake. Sent that to the school, just to ‘rub their nose in it’

I'm exam invigilating at the moment. This sounds like malpractice and a complaint would be valid. The exam teams should also be aware of students with any form of additional need. The point of exam invigilators, exam conditions and extra time is to give everyone the same opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities. Someone with extra time said they wanted to leave the same time as the others with no extra time and I reminded them they had extra time and asked them if they were sure not the other way round. This sounds like someone wanted to leave early. That definitely should not have happened.

I’m just imagining myself being asked to re-mark the candidate’s script here. Do I use my superpowers to mark what the candidate might have written on the paper when she was checking her answers?

(I have marked many scripts where the candidate has crossed out a correct answer and replaced it with a wrong answer, or added something which is contradictory - losing the marks. Checking answers can work both ways.)

Many schools have a rule that candidates must not leave until the exam end time. It’s a very sensible rule IMO. But it is not a JCQ regulation, and some schools allow it.

This candidate may have been disadvantaged, and would probably get Special Condsideration, which the Exams Officer should apply for.

edited for typo

a more sensible approach:
ask school for details of what happened eg finishing time v students leaving early
ask school what action they are taking to ensure this does not happen again
speak to school re special consideration

Let alone the fact that it won't yet have been marked the first time ... or that there is no "re-mark"...

Report to JCQ as they are the examining body who ensure schools follow exam regulations. The exam shouldn’t have been ended early, regardless of whether students said they had finished.

Well I’m not the only one on here to have interpreted your comment in that way.

The exam teams are only aware of concessions the student is entitled to. Pointless in this scenario as the child in question is not entitled to extra time

I don’t believe this at all.

Died it actually matter? Is it likely that the loss of this checking time will have changed your daughter’s overall grade, and even if it does, will that affect what she can do next year or anything? The answer to this colours your response. If it ends up making no significant difference, write and report the problem and CC ask the school to clarify the instructions they give to the pupils in times exams to avoid this confusion (between finished as in answered all the questions and finished as in written everything you want to write. If send likely to have more of an impact, talk to the head teacher or head of year or whoever and see what is possible.

This!

I would have thought that ‘This’ should refer to the veracity of the original post…..

Reading between the lines, DD got blown. away by the exam and is now looking to create excuses, reasons for her poor performance.

How she did in the exam is neither nor there what the invigilator did was WRONG. As all the pp that have worked as invigilators have agreed.

My thoughts went right over your head, didn’t they?

I don’t believe that the invigilator ended the exam early - it’s a very basic part of their training, so the version of events described is highly unlikely.

i’ve seen this all before, many times.

I disagree.

With what?

if you were to communicate in sentences (GCSE English), I’d better understand what you were banging on about!

I also find your view cynical at present. The OP says her DD arrived home before the exam was scheduled to end and that there is CCTV evidence.

Either OP is actually lying, which we have no reason to assume, or the invigilator behaved improperly

You missed a very pertinent third possibility, namely that DD is telling porkies, getting her excuses in early - I know what my money is on!

The exam board can make modifications.

I disagree with what you said. I don't think it was made up. Did you manage to understand that?

why so suspicious of someone you don’t know.

op has said she was home by the scheduled end time of the exam meaning she was let out early. The invigilator should not have let them leave the room before time

She arrived home before the exam was over. As an academic, I don’t regard that as the behaviour of someone in a state of panic.

Why are you talking about a state of panic?

As an academic, I never mentioned any such thing.

I don’t believe the invigilator did any such thing…..