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Results & Certificates

For many qualifications, grades/achievement confirmation will be issued as soon as the awarding organisation confirm that you have achieved. Certificates for these qualifications will be posted to your registered address as soon as they are received by the college.

For others, grades will be released on a nationally-set date. You can check if your results are issued on a set date here.

Summer 2025 National Results Days are:

Thursday 14 August 2025 for Level 3 courses

Thursday 21 August 2025 for Level 1 and 2 courses

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Midflight Learners

For learners who are midflight (have completed the first year of a two-year qualification), many awarding organisations will not release any interim or unit results.

If your awarding organisation are issuing interim results or results for externally-examined units completed in the first year, these will be sent to your home address as soon as they are released.

Please return to college as planned in September to continue your course.

(This most often applies to learners who were aged 18 or over at the start of a Level 3 vocational course; learners who have completed the first year of a T Level programme; or Sixth Form learners in their first year of a vocational course)

Arrangements for Summer 2025 Results Days

Thursday 14 August 2025 – Level 3 courses

  • A Levels
  • T Levels
  • Extended Projects
  • Maths in Context
  • UAL Level 3 (Arts & Performing Arts)
  • City & Guilds Advanced Technicals Level 3
  • Cambridge Technicals (CAMTECs)
  • Level 3 BTEC (only for students who were entered for a Summer 2025 externally-assessed exam)

Thursday 21 August 2025 – Level 1 and 2 courses

  • GCSE
  • UAL Level 1 and 2 (Arts & Performing Arts)
  • City & Guilds Technicals Level 2
  • Level 2 BTEC (only for students who were entered for a Summer 2025 externally-assessed exam)

Results Collection

There are three ways for you to receive your results: collection, email and/or post. Results will not be given over the telephone.

We encourage students to collect their results if they are able. You must bring your Student ID when you come to collect your results.

Your results pack will usually include a breakdown of results by unit/paper, where available, and staff will be on hand to discuss results and support you with your next steps.

Friends and family cannot collect results on your behalf. Any results not collected by midday on the day of release will be posted first class to the registered address we have on our records.

Collection times are:

Thursday 14 August 2025 between 8.00am and midday only

Thursday 21 August 2025 between 9.30am and midday only

Please be aware that not all campuses will be open for collection. Collection venues are detailed below.

Usual Campus  Collection Venue 
BEDFORDSHIRE   14 August 2025  21 August 2025
The Bedford Sixth Form  The Bedford Sixth Form  The Bedford Sixth Form 
Bedford – Brooks  Bedford – Cauldwell Street  Bedford – Cauldwell Street 
Bedford – Brunel Road  Bedford – Cauldwell Street  Bedford – Cauldwell Street 
Bedford – Cauldwell Street  Bedford – Cauldwell Street  Bedford – Cauldwell Street 
Kempston Plumbing Centre  Bedford – Cauldwell Street  Bedford – Cauldwell Street 
Shuttleworth  Bedford  – Cauldwell Street   Shuttleworth Campus 
     
CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE   14 August 2025 21 August 2025
All Locations  Dunstable – Kingsway Campus  Dunstable – Kingsway Campus 
     
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE  14 August 2025 21 August 2025
The Corby Sixth Form  The Corby Sixth Form  The Corby Sixth Form 
Tresham – Corby  Tresham – Kettering  Tresham – Corby 
Tresham – Kettering Tresham – Kettering  Tresham – Kettering 
Tresham – Wellingborough  Tresham – Kettering  Tresham – Wellingborough 
NC4M (Silverstone)  Tresham – Kettering  Tresham – Kettering 

Results via Email & Post

Email

Results will be emailed to your registered personal email address and your college email during the times listed below. You will receive the overall grade only. If you are studying GCSE and a Level 1 or 2 vocational qualification, your results may be received on separate emails.

Emails will be released at the following times:

Thursday 14 August 2025 between 10.00am and 11.30am

Thursday 21 August 2025 between 9.00am and 10.30am

If you are concerned that you have not received an email and you are studying for a qualification due on a national release date, please check your spam folder first. If you have not received an email by 11.30am and you are unable to collect your results, please contact your local exams office who will be able to help you.

Please remember that midflight learners will not have a final grade and therefore will not receive an email. Interim results are available by post only.

If you are unsure what your grade means, you can find further information here.

Post

Any results not collected in person by midday on the 14 or 21 August will be posted first class to your home address.

If you change permanent address, it is your responsibility to inform the college or sixth form immediately. You can do this by contact our Student Registry team.

If you have achieved better results or not got the results you were expecting, don’t worry.

GCSE Advice Days

We are holding a GCSE Advice Day on Thursday 21 August from 10am-4pm for you to ask all your questions following your GCSE results.

Our Tutors are on hand for you to ask all things related to your results and our courses. If you still aren’t sure what you would like to do, no worries, you can attend multiple information sessions about the subjects you are interested in and find out how to apply.

Register now

Certificates

Certificates for qualifications where the results are released on nationally-set dates are not usually received from the awarding organisations until November. They will be posted to the registered address we have on our records, to arrive before 23 December 2025.

Certificates for all other qualifications will be posted to your registered address as soon as they are received by the college, usually between July and mid-September.

A certificate is a valuable document. When you receive your certificate, please make sure you keep it in a safe place. The awarding organisation will require you to pay for replacement certificates and this can be expensive.

FAQs

How will I find out when my results will be available?

Results for most qualifications are available as soon as they are released from the awarding organisation. Certificates for these qualifications are posted to your registered address as soon as they are received by the college. Some certificates will be issued throughout the year (this most commonly applies to short courses). The majority of certificates will be posted between July and mid-September.

Some qualifications have a specified release date, a full list of qualifications that fall into this category are listed here.

What if I have completed the first year of a two-year course, but I am expecting externally-assessed results?

During your course, tutors will share in-year results with you as they are released/confirmed and discuss your next steps.

During the summer break, results for externally-assessed units (usually sat in May/June on a nationally-set date) will be posted to you first class on the date of release whenever the awarding organisation make them available.

For learners who are midlight, most awarding organisations will not release any interim certificates or internally-assessed unit results. If your awarding organisation are issuing interim results, these will be sent to your home address as soon as they are released.

(This most often applies to learners who were aged 18 or over at the start of their Level 3 vocational course)

What happens after all my assignments are handed in and I have completed my course?

Once your assignments have been marked by your tutor, they are internally quality assured. This means that they are reviewed by a team of Internal Verifiers before the results can be confirmed.

In some cases the college are then able to make immediate contact with the awarding organisation and advise them of your success in each unit/full qualification.

However, for many qualifications, the awarding organisation also requires an External Quality Assurance visit to take place. In this instance, the awarding organisation send their own staff to the college to look at samples of work and review the quality of the marking and the processes. The EQA files a report following their visit.

Once approval is granted, the college contact the awarding organisation and advise them of the units/qualification you have been successful in.

For many Higher Education courses, the assignment marks are internally quality assured (by the university IQA if applicable) and then reviewed by an external examiner or external quality assessor. The marks are then sent to an exam board. They are ratified by the chair of the exam board. The college/university faculty are then able to claim the units/qualification you have been successful in.

This process of quality assurance may delay the release of your certificate; however, this means that you can be reassured that all learners completing qualifications are issued a fair grade based upon their performance and the standards are nationally consistent. 

Once all units that make up the qualification are achieved and are accepted by the awarding body/university, a certificate is printed and sent to the college. The confirmed grade is added to your student record. 

Some awarding bodies will also issue a certificate of unit credit, when units towards a full qualification are awarded. 

For qualifications that are internally assessed only or have examinations that are on-demand

For many qualifications, the teacher will be able to inform you if have passed as soon as you complete the course.

In some cases where quality assurance is still to take place, or where there are units or exams that need to be externally marked by an awarding organisation, the final confirmation if achievement may be released after the course has finished. This may take a number of weeks depending on awarding organisation timeframes.

The awarding organisation will then release certificates to the college. Certificates will then be sent to your registered address as soon as possible and within three weeks of receipt.

When will I receive my certificate?

GCSE, A Level and Extended Project certificates are not printed by the awarding organisations until November. They will be posted to your registered address within three weeks of receipt at college. You should receive them no later than 23 December.

Certificates for the UAL awarding body are received in college in October and will be posted within three weeks of receipt.

For all other certificates, we aim to post them to your registered address within three weeks of receipt at college.

Please note, the process of quality assurance may delay the release of your certificate in some instances.

I am going to university and they have requested copies of my certificates urgently, how can I obtain them?

If you have applied through UCAS, the universities will already have evidence of your grades. They will have been supplied to UCAS by the awarding organisations. 
 
In most cases, the statement of results provided on the national results days will be sufficient. Universities will be aware that certificates for nationally released results will not be available until November/December. 

How do I appeal my results? (Externally Assessed Papers/Unit)

All awarding organisations have a post results service. The process and cost of this service will vary dependent on the awarding organisation. The most common are listed here. 

If your External Exam result is not what you expected, and you believe there has been an error, you can access the Post Result Services and if you are still concerned you can appeal. 

There are deadlines for Post result Services and a cost. To enable you to make an informed decision, you may find it useful to speak to your tutor first. They may have access to your marks and the grade boundaries. They may recommend an ‘access to script’ service first if this is available. 

In order for the college to access your scripts, you will need to provide consent. Your teacher will review the paper and discuss options with you. 

Please be aware of the Post Results deadlines – late applications cannot be accepted, and fees must be paid in advance.  

A link to request and pay for post results services will be available in your results envelope and your results email.

If your awarding organisation is not listed, please discuss deadlines and fees with your tutor or the examinations office. 

Where an overall qualification grade is changed because of a review of marking, then any fees will be refunded. 

Be aware that marks may go down as well as up, or may stay the same.

Key deadlines for a review of marking (Summer 2025)

Level 3 Priority Review of Marking (Only students applying to higher education and wish to appeal an A Level or other Level 3 qualification result)

Students must have submitted their request by Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 3pm 

Non priority Review of Marking – all other students. 

Students must have submitted their request by Friday 12 September at 3pm 

To request a Post Result service, you MUST request it by the deadline and pay the fee. 

If you need further advice on the appeal process for External Assessments, please contact your local Exams Office during normal office hours. 

How do I appeal my results? (Internally Assessed Assignments)

Please read The Bedford College Group Appeal Policy carefully. 

If you believe that a piece of work submitted for assessment has been assessed unfairly, inconsistently or not in accordance with the standards and level required by the awarding organisation, you have the right to appeal against the assessment mark, grade or final outcome. 

In the first instance, any concerns should be discussed with your personal tutor or a member of the teaching team. While it is recognised that in most circumstances queries relating to assessment can and will be resolved informally, the formal appeals procedure is available to support students in their appeal. 

If you need help in making an appeal, this can be obtained by contacting your teacher or a member of the Quality department. 

The College Appeals Policy & Procedure enables students to make a formal appeal against a recommendation or decision relating to: 

  • The mark or grade for an individual item of coursework 
  • The result of an individual course 
  • Entitlement to an award 
  • The class or grade of an award

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Useful contacts

Exams Department

General Enquiries (inc. Enrolment)

GCSE English & Maths Teams
(N.B. Sixth Form students should contact their Sixth Form directly)

Bedford College & Shuttleworth College
englishbedford@bedford.ac.uk
mathsbedford@bedford.ac.uk

Tresham College & NC4M
englishtresham@bedford.ac.uk
mathstresham@bedford.ac.uk

Central Bedfordshire College
englishcbc@bedford.ac.uk
mathscbc@bedford.ac.uk

Student Services

Registry Team
(For change of address)

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