Post-Results - What to do if you are unhappy with your results - Guidance for students and parents after the external examinations 2025

Sep 5, 2026

Guidance for students and parents after external examinations 2025 explains how results are notified, collected, emailed, or posted, and clarifies that results are not given by telephone. It covers signing permissions for script access, understanding the Candidate Statement of Results, and interpreting grade formats. The guide explains grade boundaries, outlines steps for requesting post-results services when marking is questioned, including costs, review options, online forms, deadlines, and contacting the Exams Office.

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Results Day – Candidate Statement of Results and Grade Boundaries

Notification of Results

Candidate Statement of Results

Grade Boundaries

Post-Results: What to do if you are unhappy with your results

Talk to staff and decide next steps

Online request and payment process

Reviews of Marking (RORs) and related rules

GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS AFTER THE EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS 2025 Results Day – Candidate Statement of Results-Grade Boundaries Post-Results – What to do if you are unhappy with your results This guide aims to give valuable advice for examination results received by candidates Please read this document carefully and retain it for future reference If there are ANY questions or problems, please contact the Exams Officer [lyndseykirby@alcesteracademy.org.uk](lyndseykirby@alcesteracademy.org.uk) Any post results requests will not be actioned until Monday 2nd September 2025. The exception to this is GCSE Mathematics-Priority review of marking – This service is only available for a very short time and is for Mathematics only to help you decide your next steps. Deadline is by 12pm on Friday 23rd August. Notification of Results Results will be available for collection from school between 08:00 – 11.00am on Thursday 21st August 2025. They will also be emailed to student gmail accounts. Staff will be available in school during this time to deal with any specific exam / careers related guidance you may require. If you are not able to collect your results • Students can nominate a person to collect results on their behalf (they must bring ID with them) . Parents can also request a copy of their child’s results to be emailed on results day. ** • If results are not collected or emailed, they will be posted on results day and will be delivered to you according to the Post Office delivery schedule. We are not able to post results to arrive on results day. Results will not be given out by telephone. Before You Collect Your Statement of Results You will be asked to sign a document which gives or, refuses your permission for your scripts to be accessed. Without your permission we are unable to action any requests by you or, by your teacher. As a matter of course, we will redact all personal information about you before using the scripts in the classroom. Candidate Statement of Results On results day you will receive a Candidate Statement of Results generated by school that will show your provisional results. The results are provisional (pending any post-results services outcomes that you may have applied for) until you receive your results certificate. The results slip lists ALL the exams you have and any components within the qualification. A capital letter indicates an OVERALL grade. Lower case letters indicate component grades. Grade Boundaries Normal grading arrangements will continue for GCSEs in 2025. As usual, Ofqual will make sure that the awarding organisations take a suitable approach to grading each of their qualifications. There are no set numbers of each grade available. You will be awarded a grade that reflects your performance. It is important to remember that grade boundaries vary from year to year for each qualification. Although senior examiners aim to produce exam papers of the same difficulty each year, in practice this is very hard to do. Because of this, the grade boundaries vary to reflect the level of challenge of the papers taken that year. These changes to grade boundaries make sure that fair and appropriate grading standards are set and that it is not easier or harder to get a grade from one year to the next. As in any year, senior examiners will recommend grade boundaries for every qualification after they have reviewed students’ work in their exams and other assessments. Ofqual have issued some information for students in their Ofqual Student Guide 2025 which can be found here. ** Under the principles of UKGDPR a child can assume control of their personal information and restrict access to it from the age of 13. However, until they reach the age of 18, their parent is entitled to request access or a copy of their educational record even if they do not wish them to access it. What to do if you are unhappy with your results 1. Talk to a member of staff

FAQs

How and when will students receive their exam results in 2025?

Results are available for collection at school between 08:00–11:00am on Thursday 21st August 2025, and are also emailed to student Gmail accounts. If they are not collected or emailed, they will be posted on results day following the Post Office delivery schedule.

What does the Candidate Statement of Results show and how do grade formats work?

It shows provisional results for all exams and any qualification components. A capital letter indicates an overall grade, while lower-case letters indicate component grades.

What should be done if a student is unhappy with their results?

Speak to staff on results day, decide with the teacher and parents what should happen, then complete the online form and pay via the School Gateway. Marks and grades can go up or down, and fees apply depending on outcomes and requests.

Sep 5, 2026

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