External Qualifications Available to pupils in 2009

• The tables above show the specification numbers across the four Awarding Bodies, AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR & WJEC for GCSE, AS and Advanced Levels.
• For all subjects, Year 12 students will sit AS examinations only in the summer session of 2009.
• In Year 13, students will sit some A2 examinations in January 2010 and the rest of the A2 units in summer 2010.
• In Year 13, students can pay to retake AS & A2 examinations in either the January or summer sessions of 2010.
• STEP examinations are offered in Mathematics in year 13.
• Many Year 13 students are also now taking University Entrance Examinations in the Autumn Term of Year 13 e.g. BMAT, HAT
• Facilities for students to take non-curriculum subjects at Latymer at GCSE, AS and Advanced Level, (usually community languages), can be arranged but permission must first be sought from the Deputy Head, Curriculum in the Autumn Term of 2009. The school will pay for the first attempt at the examination at any level once the entry has been agreed. There is a charge for the oral component of a community language.
• Entries need to be with the Examinations Officer by 31st October in the academic year in which the examination will be taken. Permission should therefore be sought during the first half term of the academic year.
• Any student wishing to sit an examination at GCSE, AS or Advanced Level at another centre should inform the school by 31st October in the academic year in which the examination is to be taken to request permission for any absence that may be required.