Press Release
Date: Friday 12 August 2005 (NR/19/05)
CCEA easing results day worries
With the issue of this year’s GCE and GCSE results just around the corner, Northern Ireland’s exams body, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), has launched an examinations helpline and for the first time a comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions online at www.ccea.org.uk to support anxious students, parents and teachers.
The helpline will be in operation from 9.00 am until 5.00 pm week days, from Wednesday 17 until Wednesday 31 August. 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.
Martin Quinn , Examinations Administration Manager at CCEA comments:
“We recognise that this can be a stressful time for anyone receiving exam results. Our staff will be on hand to offer teachers, students and their families information, advice and support on a range of issues.
This year we have developed Frequently Asked Questions online to compliment the examinations helpline. The aim behind this valuable tool is to help those who may be worried or confused about their exam results to get answers and information quickly, even out of office hours.
Additionally GCSE Grade Boundary Tables which explain the marks required to achieve each grade will be published online for the first time this year.
We’ll do our best to answer any query and if we can’t, we’ll do our best to put callers in touch with someone who can.
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.”
| Helpline number: | 028 9026 1260 |
| Helpline email: | helpline@ccea.org.uk |
| Opening hours: | 9am – 5pm on weekdays (Wednesday 17 Aug – Wednesday 31 Aug) |
ISSUE OF RESULTS
A and AS Level results from all the exam boards in Northern Ireland, Wales and England will be issued to students this Thursday 18 August 2005.
CCEA GCSE Results will be issued on Tuesday 23 August 2005 . Students who have taken GCSE examinations with exam boards in England and Wales will receive their GCSE results on Thursday 25 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.
