Please find below the general instructions for the Annual Examinations, Forms I – IV.
Routine
1. Examinations commence on the following days:-
- Form I: Friday 2 November
- Form II: Thursday 1 November
- Forms III & IV: Wednesday 31 October
2. Each day will consist of three sessions, as follows:-
- Session A: 8:40am - 10:48am
- Session B: 11:10am - 12:33pm
- Session C: 1:15pm - until conclusion of examination.
3. Electric bells will be rung as on a normal School day.
4. Tutorials will not meet during the examinations.
5. There will be no assemblies, cadet parades or music ensemble rehearsals on Friday 2 November.
Attendance
1. Attendance will be taken during examinations by scanning the bar code on the back of Library Cards. It is therefore essential that boys bring their Library Card to all examinations.
2. All morning examinations will commence so that they end at 10:48am.
3. Form I boys must attend School on each day - they may not leave School before 2:00 pm. They will normally spend Session B in their Home Rooms.
4. Form I boys will have a sports practice session from 11:15am – 3:00pm on Wednesday 7 November.
5. Form II boys will have supervised private study in Session B each day if they do not have an examination. Form II boys who have no afternoon examination may leave at lunchtime.
6. Form III & IV boys need only attend School when they have an examination.
7. Form III & IV boys who are present at School when they do not have an examination must attend a supervised study session. They will not be allowed to sit in the playground. Boys who have examinations in both the morning and the afternoon must attend a supervised study session in the designated area during Session B where the roll will be marked.
8. Parents must contact the School if a boy is absent on the day of an examination. If a boy is absent due to illness, a medical certificate must be provided to the Director of Studies on his return to School. Such a certificate must be from a doctor who is not related to the boy.
9. Boys must arrive at the appropriate room at least 5 minutes before the beginning of an examination.
10. Thursday 8 November is a Free Marking Day for Forms I-IV.
11. Please see the Sports information page on the School website for sports practice arrangements during the examination period.
General
1. Boys must provide their own pens, pencils, instruments, approved calculators and a stapler; they may not borrow such articles during an examination.
- Pencil cases must not be taken into examination rooms.
- Paper must not be brought into rooms.
- Mobile phones or any electronic devices are not permitted in the examination rooms.
- Bags and books must be left at the front of the room.
2. Boys should write their name and page number on each page as they progress through the examination and turn each page face downwards upon completion.
3. Boys must not enter examination rooms until directed to do so by a Master.
4. No boy may leave an examination room until the end of the examination period except in the case of serious indisposition.
5. Results in the Half-Yearly Examinations will rank with those in the Annual Examinations for the purposes of grading. Prizes, however, will be awarded purely on the basis of the Annual Examinations, unless a ‘count-back’ is needed.
Conduct
1. Cheating in any form, if detected, will normally lead to the cancellation of that paper.
2. Any inappropriate conduct during examinations, including irrelevant or disrespectful inscriptions on examination papers, will be viewed very seriously.
Dr AD Stevens