The General Regulations for Approved Centres and the Instructions for Conducting Examinations booklets – published by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) – are ones which all examination centre staff engaged in the conducting of examinations must be familiar with.
This includes the head of centre, senior leadership team members and, of course, the exams officer.
Each year, these regulations are reviewed with changes made, where necessary, to address the changing nature of the examination system.
In general, the over-arching messages within the changes for the 2016/17 academic year are:
Any school seeking approval to deliver examinations and assessments must be familiar with, and adhere to, the regulations as set out in the General Regulations for Approved Centres (see in particular the Are You Ready? checklist on page 23 of this document).
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