Press Release

Date: Tuesday 18 January (NR/01/05)

WEATHER DISRUPTION: CCEA ISSUES INFORMATION TO SCHOOLS

The local awarding body, CCEA, this morning issued guidance and reassurance to local schools and colleges hit by the severe weather conditions. A number of GCE examinations are due to be sat today in schools and colleges across Northern Ireland . CCEA has issued the following information:

  • CCEA advises schools and colleges with students sitting today’s AS and A2 level examinations to do the following:
  • In consultation with CCEA, schools and colleges should allow some flexibility in the timing of the examinations on the day timetabled, to allow as many students to be present as possible.
  • Ensure that students who have had travelling difficulties are given an opportunity to settle before starting the examination.
  • In the event that students cannot take an examination on the correct day, please notify CCEA immediately. CCEA will continue to monitor the situation closely during the next few days and will decide upon appropriate measures to ensure that no student is disadvantaged.

Throughout the morning, CCEA has been contacting all schools and colleges scheduled to sit today’s examinations in order to assess their circumstances and offer advice and guidance. CCEA will continue to do everything in its power to help in this situation.

If schools need to contact CCEA on this matter, telephone the Entries Team at CCEA on (028) 9026 1232 / 9026 1293 / 9026 1212 or 9026 1461.

CCEA examinations timetabled for Tuesday 18 January are as follows:

Morning:

GCE AS Chemistry Module 1

GCE AS Economics Module 1

GCE AS ICT Module 1

Afternoon:

GCE A2 Mathematics P4

GCE A2 Geography Module 2

 

Media enquiries to Ruth Maguire on (028) 9026 1216, Mobile 07796947993. E mail rhmaguire@ccea.org.uk

ENDS

 

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.