Dorchester Learning Centre has a procedure for appeals against internal assessed exams.

Please contact the Exams Manager for more details.

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Advice for coping with exams

Revision

How can parents/carers help?

Make sure your son or daughter gets enough sleep, not just on the night before an exam, but throughout the days and weeks of revision
Ensure they keep physically fit. Short walks and deep breathing techniques will help to keep them calm
Help by testing them and making sure their revision is working
Encourage them to stick to their revision plan
Insist they have short breaks from revision or simply pamper them when they have worked really hard
Be realistic about their chances, don’t put them under pressure by expecting too much
Reassure them that it is not the end of the world if they do not get the grades they were expecting

Keeping your cool

Get to bed early the night before an exam
Arrive in good time having eaten breakfast and/or lunch
Remember that mobile phones/mp3 players etc are not allowed in the exam room
Go to the toilet before an exam starts
In the exam, make sure that you take time to read the instructions and questions carefully
Work out how long you have to answer each question and stick to it
Exams are not a race. DO NOT be tempted to stop working because others have finished
Allow yourself time to read through your work; check for mistakes and that you have answered all of the questions that you need to

Never forget that there is life after revision & exams