The Exams Office liaises with JCQ to support exam centres
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Supporting Exams Officers and their centres The Exams Office welcomes JCQ to its National Exams Officer Conferences |
For all JCQ information, please visit the JCQ website
If exams officers need to contact JCQ regarding exams administration related queries, please email centresupport@jcq.org.uk – for other queries see contact details here
JCQ information
Refer to the Exams Office section of the JCQ website where you will find the most essential JCQ documents which will help you in your role as an examinations officer. This section has been structured in line with the key activities of the exam cycle, ranging from key dates, access arrangements, conducting exams to results and post results services.
Also refer to additional information on the JCQ website including:
Centres delivering JCQ member awarding body qualifications which come under the common arrangements must conduct exams and assessments in accordance with JCQ’s current regulations, guidance and instructions which include:
- Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (Last published 28 August 2024)
- A guide to the awarding bodies’ appeals processes (Last published 8 July 2025)
- A guide to the special consideration process (Last published 19 August 2024)
- General Regulations for Approved Centres (Last published 13 August 2024)
- Instructions for conducting examinations (ICE) (Last published 27 August 2024)
- Instructions for conducting coursework (Last published 5 August 2025)
- Instructions for conducting non-examination assessments (GCE & GCSE specifications) (Last published 5 August 2025)
- Post-Results Services (Last published 6 May 2025)
- Suspected Malpractice: Policies and Procedures (Last published 30 August 2024)
| The Exams Office invited to join the Independent Commission into Malpractice…
Following the JCQ’s announcement in July 2018 of the launch of an independent industry-led Commission into examination malpractice chaired by Sir John Dunford, The Exams Office confirmed they would be contributing to the work of the Commission The Exams Office was the only Exams Officer representative organisation invited to join the Commission |
JCQ Information 2025/26
Below is a useful overview of information as published on the JCQ website for 2025/26. For all the most essential JCQ documents, please visit the Exams Office area of the JCQ website here.
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(Published August 2025) High-level principles for the conducting of MFL and Irish Speaking assessments
Key Dates – VTQ January 2026
(Published July 2025) Guidance for centres on cyber security – Revised (July 2025) JCQ Appeals booklet (A guide to the awarding bodies’ appeals processes) Effective from June 2025 examination series Overview of the process for an appeal (Published June 2025) Sample Centre Cyber Security Policy (Published May 2025) |
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JCQ Information 2024/25
Below is a useful overview of information as published on the JCQ website for 2024/25. For all the most essential JCQ documents, please visit the Exams Office area of the JCQ website here.
