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  • Exams Information

    Welcome to the Exams Information page. 

    All the details provided below are designed to help and support you with your exams while you are enrolled at New College Swindon.

    Opening Hours:

    North Star: 9am - 4pm, Office N1.38 (Pegasus Building)
    Queens Drive 9am - 4pm, Office BG20 (Ground Floor, B Block, near the Enrichment Centre)

    We are not open during weekends. 
    If you need to come and see us in either of the Exam Offices, please can we ask that you knock, or ring the bell, and wait at the door. Students are not allowed in the Exams Office for GDPR reasons. 

    Last Updated: August 2022

Awarding Bodies

  • Awarding Bodies

    JCQ

    If you require further information about your subject and the exams, you can always check the websites of the awarding bodies, also called exam boards. Your course guide should tell you which awarding body is correct for you.

    Please, be aware that the dates for national exams (GCSE and GCE) are imposed by the awarding bodies, therefore we cannot change any dates. Make sure you check the final edition timetables before booking holidays, etc. Dates on provisional timetables do sometimes change. 

    Click on the images below to have access to the official websites of the main awarding bodies, most of them under the JCQ regulations:

    AQA

    Pearson Edexcel

    NCFE

    OCR

    WJEC Eduqas

    City&Guilds

    Other awarding bodies at New College Swindon are:

    • VTCT
    • London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF)
    • RSL (ROCKSCHOOL)
    • Trinity College London (ESOL)
    • Cambridge Assessment (University Admissions Testing)
    • IMI
    • NOCN
    • BCS
    • AIM
    • EAL
    • AAT
    • Open Awards
    • CIH
    • TQUK
    • CIPD