Guidance for private candidates and exams for the summer 2020 from Cambridge International
Guidance for private candidates and exams for the summer 2020 from Cambridge International
Here at the Exam House and the Exam Blog we aim to be as transparent as possible.
The Exam House works with a number of exam private candidates we would like to share with you the press release they have issued specifically dealing with private candidates for GCSEs and A levels.
Please note we will do our very best in delivering fair analysis and the exam boards feel we do not have enough we aim to communicate this as quickly as possible to the candidates. Do see below about the evidence for private candidates:
Private candidates Guidance
As explained previously, we will treat private candidates in the same way as school candidates, in that all the grades we award will be based on evidence. Where centres have accepted entries from private candidates, those students should be included if the head of centre is confident that the head and their staff have seen sufficient evidence of the student’s achievement to make an objective judgement. Where a candidate has not been taught at the centre handling their entry, centres need to carefully consider what evidence can be authenticated. Evidence from education institutions and previous schools may be acceptable. As with schools, heads of centre will be responsible for vouching for the authenticity of the evidence gathered about every candidate. Unfortunately, we recognise that some centres may not able to find enough evidence for some of their private candidates. It is unlikely to be possible therefore to give grades to all private candidates, some of whom may instead need to take exams in the November 2020 exam series to get their grades. If centres cannot supply a predicted grade for a candidate through lack of evidence, we will not charge the exam fee. Private candidates with questions about this process should contact the centre with which they have registered their entry.
We have just added Ofqual data from 2019 to 2020 about private candidates here .