Press Release
Date: Thursday 12 August 2004
Exams body offers help to anxious students
As thousands of students across Northern Ireland eagerly await their exam results local exams body, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, has launched an examinations helpline to offer advice and support to students, parents and teachers.
The helpline will be open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday between Monday 16th August and Wednesday 1st September. Anyone with any queries regarding their examination results can call 028 9026 1260 or email helpline@ccea.org.uk for help and guidance on a range of issues.
CCEA Chief Executive, Gavin Boyd, comments:
“We recognise that this can be a very stressful time for students, parents and teachers. Our staff will be on hand to provide guidance for all those who may be worried or confused about their exam results.
If you are unhappy with your results and would like a re-check or re-mark or if you are unsure about what your marks actually mean, we will do our best to help you.
The helpline can also explain more about CCEA’s unique accelerated re-marking service. This may be particularly useful to students who are anxious about securing a place at university or college and require a faster response to their query. All requests for this service must be made through the student’s school by Friday 27 August. We will re-mark the script and provide a reply by Friday 10 September.
In the meantime I’d like to congratulate this year’s GCSE, AS and A level students on their efforts and wish them good luck with their examination results.”
A level results will be issued on all students on Thursday 19 August 2004. CCEA GCSE results will be issued on Tuesday 24 August, whilst those students who have taken GCSEs with English or Welsh examining boards can expect to receive their results on Thursday 26 August.
| Helpline number: | 028 9026 1260 |
| Helpline email: | helpline@ccea.org.uk |
| Opening hours: | 9am – 5pm on weekdays (Monday 16 Aug – Wed 1 Sep) |
Issue of results:
| A level | Thursday 19 August |
| GCSE (CCEA only) | Tuesday 24 August |
| GCSE (all other boards) | Thursday 26 August |
Media enquiries to Ruth Maguire on (028) 9026 1216, Mobile 07796947993. E mail rhmaguire@ccea.org.uk
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Note to Editors
CCEA is the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.
CCEA places learners and those who have a concern for their educational and personal development at the forefront of its thinking. CCEA's mission is:
"To enable the full potential of all learners to be achieved and recognised"
What we do
CCEA is a unique educational body in the UK , bringing together the three areas of curriculum, examinations and assessment.
Advising Government – on what should be taught in Northern Ireland ’s schools and colleges.
Monitoring Standards – ensuring that the qualifications and examinations offered by awarding bodies in Northern Ireland are of an appropriate quality and standard.
Awarding Qualifications
– as Northern Ireland’s leading awarding body we offer a diverse range of qualifications, such as GCSEs, including the new GCSE Double Award specifications in vocational subjects, GCE A and AS levels, Entry Level Qualifications, and Graded Objectives in Modern Languages.
- CCEA also offers a range of Awards and Certificates in Education, Training and Skills (ACETS) targeted at learners who want to get
the knowledge, understanding and skills needed
to hit the ground running in the world of work.
