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Hi We start out exams at 2.00pm and it fits in with the professional boards exam start times. We start our morning exams at 9.30 am and would not want to start any earlier as it would cause problems for students who have to put childcare arrangements in place and who already struggle to get here for a 9.30 am start. Some of the professional exams run for 3 hours plus so the turnaround for the rooms would be very tight if not impossible on some occasions particularly if some have extra time. I would prefer it if they left it alone. Roz From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham, Sally Sent: 05 December 2012 13:50 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: JCQ Survey 2012-13 Afternoon Start Time Hi everyone What does everyone think of this? We have always started our exams at 2pm so we will have to change to 1.30pm if they change it to 1pm I don't really understand the logic behind it I am sure we can raise it at the AoC conference in Feb Thanks Sally From: Katherine Shirley [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 05 December 2012 10:34 To: Hinds, Belinda Subject: JCQ Survey 2012-13 Afternoon Start Time Dear Exams Officer, In recent years the JCQ and its awarding body members have been approached by centres asking if the published starting time for afternoon examinations could be amended. The present published starting time of 1.30pm, with a variation of half an hour, can cause significant problems for rural schools, or those schools with students who are collected by bus/coach from outlying villages. Although the afternoon examination session may commence at 1pm, and the JCQ Common Timetable Working Group has made strenuous efforts to timetable longer GCE A2 examinations in the morning session, we appreciate the concerns of some centres. In light of these representations we are canvassing centres on whether the published starting time for the afternoon examination session should be amended from 1.30pm to 1pm with effect from 1 September 2014. The consultation will run until 19 July 2013. The completed form should be returned by fax to 020 7 374 4343. May I thank you for your participation. Nick Lait JCQ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ [http://www.stockport.ac.uk/images/banners/emailfooter.jpg] ************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. Stockport College was established under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and is an exempt charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 1993. Stockport College, Wellington Road South, Stockport. SK1 3UQ VAT Registration 611574558 ************************************************************************** Be green, keep it on screen!