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Parents should regularly check the school calendar and weekly bulletin or contact departments to confirm details if required.  \nNEA means ‘non-examined assessment’ -similar to ‘coursework’ -contributes towards final grade but marked by teaching staff and moderated by exam boards  \nART & DESIGN  \nCoursework unit 60% completes in December 2025 Externally Set Assignment 40% starts in January 2026 Exam hours for practical completion of ESA in April 2026 Trial exams during trial exam period.  \nCOMPUTER SCIENCE & iMEDIA  \nAssessments at the end of each unit and assessments during the trial exam period.  \nBUSINESS & ECONOMICS  \nAssessments at the end of each unit and during the trial exam period.  \nDRAMA  \nY11  \nComponent Two: Devising Drama NEA-40% of Final Grade  \nWeek Beginning 06.10.25 x2 Days: Y11 GCSE Drama: Devising Dress rehearsals and assessment  \nDevising Log (Written Coursework) Deadline: 30th January 2026  \nComponent Three: Texts in Practice NEA – 20% of Final Grade  \nWeek beginning 23rd March 2026: 2 days-Y11 GCSE Drama and Theatre, C3 Texts in Practice Dress Rehearsals and Exam  \nComponent One: Understanding Drama written exam-40% Final Grade  \nWritten GCSE Exam, 1 hour 45 mins: 8th May 2026  \nENGINEERING  \nY10 Practice papers, mock exams and focused practical tasks in preparation for Y11 Y11 Engineering – all three units completed by summer 2026  \nUnit 1 Assessment  \nUnit 2 Assessment  \nUnit 3 Exam  \nW/C 1st September 2025-Deadline W/C 8th December 2025 W/C 5th January 2026-Deadline W/C 9th February 2026 Summer 2026  \nENGLISH  \nY10  \nEnglish Literature Paper 2 (Section C) W/C Monday 22 September 2025  \nEnglish Literature Paper 2 (Section B Modern texts) W/C Monday 24 November 2025  \nTrial Exam English Language Paper 2 (Section A Only) W/C Monday 12 January 2026 Trial Exam English Language Paper 1 (Whole Paper) W/C Monday 6 March 2026 English Spoken Language Presentations WC Monday 11 May 2026  \nEnglish Literature Paper 2 (Anthology poetry) W/C Monday 8 June 2026  \nY11  \nEnglish Literature Paper 1 Section B (19th Century Novel) W/C Monday 13 October 2025  \nEnglish Language Paper 2 (Whole Paper)  \nEnglish Literature Paper 1 Section A (Shakespeare) English Language Paper 1 (Whole Paper)  \nW/C Monday 10 November 2025 W/C Monday 19 January 2026 W/C Monday 10 February 2026  \nGEOGRAPHY  \nAssessments will take place in class at the end of each topic.  \nStudents also need to complete two sets of compulsory fieldwork-one in a physical geography setting and one in a human geography setting. Letters will be sent home with further details of when these will take place.  \nHEALTH & SOCIAL CARE  \nY10 (25/26) -Ongoing class assessments throughout the year  \nComponent 2:Health and Social Care services and value to be completed by May 2026 (NEA each worth 30% of the final grade)  \nY11 (25/26) -Ongoing class assessments throughout the year.  \nComponent 2:Health and Social Care services and value to be completed by May 2026  \nComponent 3: Health and Wellbeing, 2-hour external exam worth 40% of the final grade. The exam is a written synoptic and incorporates content from component 1 and 2. The exam is in May 26 (Date TBC)  \nHISTORY  \nY10  \nOngoing small assessments throughout the year  \nTrial Exam 1-w/c Monday 11 November 2025:  \n● Germany 1890-1945  \n● Migration, Empire and People c.790-present day  \nTrial Exam 2-w/c Monday 09 February 2026:  \n● Conflict and Tension 1945-1972  \n● Elizabethan England 1568-1603  \nFormal GCSE Examinations: Paper 1 and Paper 2- May/June 2026:  \nMATHEMATICS  \nY10  \nAssessment: Chapters 1,2, 3  \nAssessment: Chapters 4,5,6  \nAssessment: Chapters 7,8,9  \nTwo assessments: Chapters 1-10  \nAssessment: Chapters 11, 12, 13  \nY11  \nAssessment: Chapters 14 and 15  \nPaper 1 Chapters 1-17, Paper 2 Full GCSE paper Three full GCSE papers  \nFriday 10 October 2025  \nFriday 12 December 2025  \nFriday 30 January 2026 Year 10 Trial Exam We","cbCaiuLT4xW646GZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuLT4xW646GZ","pdf",255477,"English","# GCSE Assessments and Key Dates\n## Art & Design\n## Computer Science & iMedia\n## Business & Economics\n## Drama\n## Engineering\n## English\n## Geography\n## Health & Social Care\n## History\n## Mathematics\n## Modern Foreign Languages\n## Music\n## Physical Education\n## Photography\n## RE","[{\"question\":\"What does NEA mean and how does it affect the final grade?\",\"answer\":\"NEA means non-examined assessment and contributes towards the final grade. 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