The full Autumn exam timeline A level / GCSE 2020. We now know Autumn exam results day!

#autumnexams #gcse2020 #alevel2020
HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!!! We now know the provisional dates for finding out your Autumn exam results if you choose to take them for GCSE / A level 2020. So now we know the school assessment grade release date, the autumn exam window and the autumn exam results day I wanted to make a clear time line for you guys to have it all into one place. This should help you plan and visualise what you need to do to prepare your A level and GCSE revision / study. I also talk about about how schools are going to react to students that need to prepare for their Autumn exams.
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
3:44 Balancing you revision with new work
3:14 Start with the end date
5:34 What if you don't get the grades you need?
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Hi I’m Ran and I run this KZbin channel called Beyond the Blackboard on how to “live your best life” at GCSE / A level time and beyond. It’s been 10 years since I left school and I’ve crammed a lot in that time. I want to share what I’ve learned in my time as a Science teacher, working across many industries and travelling the world. To help you with questions like “how do I get top grades?”, “what I do after school?”, even “who do I want to be? If that sounds interesting subscribe to keep up with weekly vids and please do comment any topics you’d like me to cover :)

[@user-gk1pv2ow5c]

Thank u so much, you answered all my questions!!! Keep going!!!

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

So glad it was useful RNG! Plenty more to come :)

[@zoeevans946]

Thank you for this video, very helpful! I don’t have a lot of plans for the rest of this very long summer holiday haha, I’m staying at my house but I will be seeing family a lot after not being able to see them for 5 months. My aunt got a puppy during lockdown so I’ll be meeting him and my eldest brother just became a father which is very exciting! Have a lovely time surfing !

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Sounds great!!!

[@nithu5266]

Thank you so much for explaining this so clearly ! 👏👏👏 I’m still so worried about when I revive my results because I have quite high target grades in most of my subjects and I’ve been getting a grade or two below in most internal assessments. I’ll feel like I didn’t work hard enough or put in enough effort if I see I didn’t meet those grades , when I have been trying my best in revising for all the subjects, particularly this academic year 😔.

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

No problem Nithu and I’m sure you’ll do great!

[@assassainhyperunsubscribep2808]

Great video

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Thanks 🙏

[@zoeevans946]

This is slightly less exciting but I’m planning on reorganising my room and getting rid of all my gcse revision resources that I didn’t end up needing

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Sounds fun but hope you don’t spend all summer doing that! 😁

[@juliyasunny8057]

Thanks for this video. I’m a private candidate and I was planning to do autumn exams but then I also have an option to do it in June 2021. So I don’t really know what to do?

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

I think you could feasibly do both of you wanted two tries. But depends how much pressure you want. Maybe best to get them out the way?

[@janetmehazabien2182]

Hi, I find your videos very useful and informative. I am a year 13 student and I am going to sit the autumn exams as I think that my calculated grades won't be the grades that I want, but I believe I can achieve them by writing the exams; I want to apply for medicine with foundation year courses and as we all know, these have a deadline in October: now my question is, if I specify in my application that I am sitting exams this autumn, will the medical schools wait to see what grades I get, even if initially I don't meet the entry requirements from my calculated grades? Will they wait and see if I do meet them with my autumn grades? Or can they reject just on the basis of calculated grades without waiting? I mean that would be unfair, I hope that's not the case. Usually the interviews for these courses start from January, so do you think they are likely to wait?

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Hey Janet. Thanks for the comment. I think it will depend on your medical school so get in touch. One thing I will say is that they are likely to be much more lenient on entries this year as a) the new grading system b) less international students b) there aren't many 18 year old in the country at the moment. But how institutions deal with autumn exams will be up to them so defo get in touch :)

[@janetmehazabien2182]

@@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984 Thanks for replying, I hope that they will be lenient too!

[@safwansayed64]

Hi sir! I have a question which is not related to this vid. So for my maths mocks I got a grade 5 (96 marks). The grade boundary for grade 5 was 82 marks. What could be my prediction in your opinion ? Thanks

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Hey Safwan. Thanks for the question. I just can’t say I’m afraid. It’s all down to your teachers judgement and how the moderation process goes. There’s too many factors at play for me to make an accurate one

[@hasnainriaz5014]

If we want to resit one of the exam , do we have to pay or will it be free?

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

This is still up in the air last time I checked but it certainly should be free for sure. Let me get back to you and see if anything has been updated on this

[@selenabrownz7666]

If yur taking the exams cuz ur grades don meet the entry requirements for the courses u want to go for , if it meets after the exams ,can u drop the courses u chose in september n go for ur desired courses !??

[@lewisp8908]

Most likely depends on your chosen university, they may allow it they may not since the year has already begun and you've missed out on some content.

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Exactly. They may do but to honest I think they’re unlikely to do this as it would be very messy. I think they’re more likely to be more lenient on entry grades as they know they’re not as accurate as usual. But that’s just a guess I don’t know how they will deal with this

[@zeshanhussain7392]

Do you think grade boundaries will be higher or lower than they normally are

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Hey sorry for the slow reply. It’s really hard to say because we don’t know the ability of the students taking them! It could go either way on this one

[@zeshanhussain7392]

BEYOND THE BLACKBOARD- A LEVEL / GCSE advice . do you think they will make them in line with the CAGs awarded, that seems fair to me.

[@queenorange8354]

What do I need to do now i didn’t apply to college or sixth form ? And I don’t think I am going pass from my petected grades so what do I do now

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Hey Queen Orange. Are you able to continue at your current school now?

[@queenorange8354]

BEYOND THE BLACKBOARD- A LEVEL / GCSE advice yes I wanted to I don’t want to go to college

[@queenorange8354]

BEYOND THE BLACKBOARD- A LEVEL / GCSE advice I want to do sixth form

[@airblade8287]

Quick question: Am i screwed if i haven't done any tasks or homework since the school closure (i'm yr11 transitioning to A-levels)

[@airblade8287]

@Chelsea.K.E Homeless gang, ayy

[@jacobsmith8518]

I dont think so as some schools just havent set work for yr 11 pupils. I think that any work after the school closure cannot be used as evidence so it doesn't matter too much in regards to attainment

[@helenlouiseslater]

I’ll try answer - you’re not screwed at all. Don’t worry! I think everyone’s in the same position of not doing much work, and rightfully so; we should be enjoying a bit of a break from work in these current times. You shouldn’t be doing anymore work for GCSE. Grades have already been submitted by our teachers and these were all done with work from before we finished on March 20th. However if you’re wondering about whether you should be doing stuff for A-Level, many colleges are setting/have set work to help you with the GCSE to A-level transition! If your college hasn’t set anything, you can always look up “A Level Getting Ahead Work” and use resources from other colleges across the country (make sure to double check exam boards and all). I’d also recommend using Seneca to get a head start on your courses. Hope that helps!

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Thanks a lot for answering Helen. Great answer :)

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Hey Air blade. No you’re absolutely not screwed. You have time to get back on track for sure. Depending on whether you think you will need to take autumn exams or whatever I would advise doing some catch up work yourself over the summer hols in the subjects you’ve chosen for Alevels. I would cover bits in the GCSE curriculum that will be relevant to your A levels next year too (you can look up the a level curriculum online and see what’s on there). Because there is a level content that builds on GCSE content. But you have time to do this and get back on track for sure. And Seneca is definitely a great shout to get on

[@rajbahari8583]

When will exam timetables be out?

[@LeahRebecca]

they’re out rn i have a vid on it!😭

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

As far as I’m aware the detail of exam timetables isn’t out yet but could be wrong. Could you send me a link Leah to this vid?

[@rajbahari8583]

@@LeahRebecca ok thanks

[@LeahRebecca]

BEYOND THE BLACKBOARD- A LEVEL / GCSE advice kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn_Rq2duoLNqf6s put the link in the description! thanks for your video, I didn’t know that results they would be the 17th of December

[@noahx3569]

if you scroll down this page they put up the A level and Gcse timetables x www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/dates-and-timetables

[@zareefhaiderchoudhury1367]

Will Autumn exams happen?

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

Zareef Haider Choudhury yes definitely if you want to do them let your school know

[@usmaanhamid7402]

Would’ve thought the exams would be truncated

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

They thought about it. But in the end decided to go with normal length as there would be no practice papers for you to prepare with

[@omarsharif1507]

This system is so rubbish! They release exam dates but the don’t say who will enter us for the exams. How can you release dates but not say who will enter us for the exam🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

When you say enter you for the exam what do you mean Omar?

[@omarsharif1507]

BEYOND THE BLACKBOARD- A LEVEL / GCSE advice. like who will enter us for the autumn exam? The school or college we attend ? Or our old school?

[@beyondtheblackboard-alevel8984]

@@omarsharif1507 ah I see. I will be whatever school / college you're at at the time