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We have seen an increasing number of positive COVID tests amongst our year 11 students, and are writing to inform you of the actions you should take, should your child be sick with a respiratory infection, including COVID. We all have responsibility to ensure our young people are able to take the exams they have worked so hard towards, and the Government remain clear, the fairest way for students to show their knowledge is through public examinations.
All examples and guidance in this letter are taken directly from the JCQ regulations and government guidance; the full documents are available to the public through their websites.
If a child or young person has a positive COVID-19 test result they should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test, if they can. After 3 days, if they feel well and do not have a high temperature, the risk of passing the infection on to others is much lower. This is because children and young people tend to be infectious to other people for less time than adults.
Children and young people who usually go to school, college or childcare and who live with someone who has a positive COVID-19 test result should continue to attend as normal.
For this, Summer 2022 exam season, JCQ and the exam boards have set exam papers at least 10 days apart wherever possible, this is to allow students to recover from temporary illness or isolation due to Covid, for example.
Students, parents and carers should be aware that 29 June 2022 is the contingency day for exams this summer. This is the last day on which an exam can take place if moved from its original time or date, due to disruption.
Exam boards will moderate NEA in the usual way in summer 2022. Students will be aware that marks can change due to external moderation. The marks achieved in the NEAs of qualifications count towards the minimum requirement for examinations, for full qualification results.
Inform school, using email addresses [email protected] and call the reception team on 01608 642007, they will ensure the Exams Officer in school knows, so we do not keep trying to contact you.
You must remain at home for 3 days from the day of testing.
Students must remain at home for 3 days from the day following a positive test, e.g. if you test positive on Monday, you will return to school on Friday. Government information states ‘young people under 18 are less likely to infect others after three days’.
Current guidance, taken from, this government document.
It is not recommended that children and young people are tested for COVID-19 unless directed to by a health professional.
If a child or young person has a positive COVID-19 test result they should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test, if they can. After 3 days, if they feel well and do not have a high temperature, the risk of passing the infection on to others is much lower. This is because children and young people tend to be infectious to other people for less time than adults.
Children and young people who usually go to school, college or childcare and who live with someone who has a positive COVID-19 test result should continue to attend as normal.
If you miss an exam through any illness, accident, or other incident, the exam officers in school will apply for special consideration.
Special consideration is given to a candidate who has temporarily experienced illness, injury or some other event outside of their control at the time of the assessment. It is applied when the issue or event has had, or is reasonably likely to have had, a material effect on a candidate’s ability to take an assessment or demonstrate his or her normal level of attainment in an assessment. Special consideration can go some way to assist a candidate affected by a potentially wide range of difficulties, emotional or physical, which may influence performance in their examinations.
The following is taken from JCQ Guidance, and shows a good example of how a student will gain a qualification grade if they are ill during the exam season:
Example 3
A candidate who is 16 has taken a COVID-19 test under the direction of a health professional or has chosen to take a COVID-19 test (against UKHSA guidance recommendations) and has a positive test result.
If you have any concerns, or queries about this process, or exam absence in general, please contact [email protected]
Barry Doherty
Chipping Norton School
Burford Road,
Chipping Norton
OX7 5DY
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