A Level results and GCSE results are issued on consecutive Thursdays in August. You will be contacted prior to results day with instructions on how to pick up your results.
If you have any queries regarding your results, please speak to the exams officer on the campus where you sat your exams or email: Exams-NPTC@nptcgroup.ac.uk
Examination Timetables for each awarding body can be found on their website.
From the beginning of April student’s personal timetables can be viewed on the Learner hub.
The exam dates and times are set by the awarding bodies, and these cannot be changed. Students who are unable to attend on the timetabled date cannot sit on an alternative day or time.
These timetables should be checked carefully to ensure that:
- All personal details are correct, if anything is incorrect, please contact the Examinations Team.
- All expected entries are listed, make a note of the dates, and start time of each examination. All AM exams start at 9.30am, all PM exams start at 1.30pm. If you believe any to be missing or incorrect, please contact the Examinations Team.
- Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start time of your examinations.
- Practical’s, Orals, and Non-Examination Assessments often have no published date, please make sure you know when these are.
- All expected access arrangements are listed. If you believe any to be missing or incorrect, please contact the ALNco
Timetable Clashes
If there is a timetable clash – that is, two or more exams scheduled for the same day and time, usually these will be sat these on the same day with supervision in-between. The Examinations team will confirm these arrangements nearer the time, in writing.
Queries should be emailed to exams@nptcgroup.ac.uk
Contingency days
To be confirmed for 2025.
Examination Timetables for each awarding body can be found here:
- Results for vocational courses may be available when you are still in college, but this may differ from course to course. Speak to your programme leader about vocational course results.
- Certificates for AS Level, A Level, Welsh Baccalaureate and GCSE subjects are available for collection from reception on the campus where you studied from November onwards. Most other awarding bodies should be available from the end of October.
- It is the student’s responsibility to enquire with the campus office/exams officer if certificates have arrived. We do not send out a letter confirming certificates have arrived.
- When you come to collect your certificates you will need to bring identification. This could be a bank card, passport or driving licence.
- In some circumstances, you can ask someone else to collect your certificates on your behalf. The person who is collecting the certificates will need to bring with them a letter from you stating that you have given them permission to collect the certificates. They will also need to bring proof of their identification, this could be a bank card, passport or driving licence. Please contact our exams department to notify them if you wish for someone to collect your certificates on your behalf: exams@nptcgroup.ac.uk
Please note that the College only retains certificates for up to three years after your complete your studies, after which, the certificates will be destroyed and you will need to contact the individual examination board (WJEC, AQA etc.) Certificate replacements can cost up to £60 per certificate plus an administration fee and postage fee.
For students who studied at Llandarcy Academy of Sports, Pontardawe College or Swansea Construction Centre, you will need to go to Neath College to collect your certificates.
If you have any further queries, please email exams@nptcgroup.ac.uk
What to do if there is severe weather in the examination period
During periods of adverse weather, other than when the College is officially closed, all examinations are expected to continue as scheduled. In the event of adverse weather conditions weather forecasts, college website and twitter should be monitored, which will ordinarily be updated with information.
Where to access the exam timetable?
Examination Timetables for each awarding body can be found on their website.
From the beginning of April student’s personal timetables can be viewed on the Learner hub. These should be checked to ensure personal details are correct and the correct exams are listed. Queries should be emailed to exams@nptcgroup.ac.uk
The exam dates and times are set by the awarding bodies, and these cannot be changed. Students who are unable to attend on the timetabled date cannot sit on an alternative day or time.
Where can certificates be collected?
Qualification certificates are issued about 8 weeks after results and will be available to COLLECT at Main Reception on the campus where the student studied. We do not post certificates.
Certificates are retained in the college for three years after course completion and then destroyed.
How do I request a replacement certificate?
Please phone the Awarding Body that you sat the exam with e.g., City & Guilds, WJEC. If you are unsure, please email Exams Team – exams@nptcgroup.ac.uk
Awarding bodies will charge for replacement certificates.
What to do if a student is late for an exam
Morning examinations start at 9:30am. The student will be allowed to enter the examination venue if they arrive by 10:00am.
Afternoon exams start at 13:30pm. Students will be allowed to sit if they arrive before 2:30pm.
Students who think they are going to be late, should contact the college reception of the site where they are sitting the exam or the exams department as soon as possible on the day of the exam.
Locations of examinations
Examinations are often split across several locations and information will be displayed on the exams notice boards in main reception of the campus where the exam is being held.
