Privately taken Qualifications

Where a qualification is certificated privately, this continues to count in the performance measures for the school at which the pupil/student studies, as of census date. Schools must engage pupil/students and their parents in constructive discussions where they feel a private early entry is inappropriate. This also applies where a pupil/student sits an exam at…

How do I Allocate Extra Time to a Candidate with Special Arrangements?

Once a candidate has been made eligible for Special Arrangements, it is possible to assign to them additional time for an examination sitting How do I make Candidate Eligible for Special Arrangements? Click the Seating Organiser button on the Application Bar or select Focus |Seating Organiser to display the Seating Organiser Component browser. Click the…

How do I make Candidate Eligible for Special Arrangements?

Select Focus | Candidates | Internal to display the Internal  Candidate browser. Highlight the candidate for whom you want to grant Special Arrangements and click the View/Edit button to display the Internal Candidate Details form. The Basic Details page will be selected automatically. Select the Special Arrangements browse Icon. One of the available Items is…

How do I change the candidate status from External to Internal?

If a candidate was previously defined as an external candidate, but has since joined your establishment, you can transfer their status from external candidate to internal candidate. Using this routine means that you do not have to delete their entries, delete them as an external candidate, re-assign them as an internal candidate and recreate their…

How do I add an External Candidate into Exams Organiser?

You cannot add external candidates if the season is locked or closed. 1. Select Focus | Candidates | External to display the External Candidate browser. 2. Click the Add button to display the Add a new Candidate  dialog. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you intend to enter a former student for examinations as an external candidate, ensure…

Unable to choose the current Academic year when trying to run Exam Reports

This is a result of setting the Exam Result Embargo.  Taking this off will resolve the issue, alternatively once the end date of the embargo has passed the Academic year will reappear. To remove the embargo, from within the Exams Organiser go to Tools/Schools Setup/Results Embargo highlight the current embargo and Delete.   Reviewed 24/5/2019