Guidance
Centre practice to help keep mobile phones out of exams and assessment venues
Advice for exams officers on keeping mobile phones out of assessment venues.
Applies to England
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We asked some Exams Officers for their top tips for keeping mobile phones out of the exam hall.
Students don’t necessarily intend to commit malpractice when taking their mobile phones, smartwatches or other communications devices into an exam or assessment.
Students may simply wish to be sure their phones will remain safe when not in their possession. For GCSE’s and A levels there were 1,845 penalties this year, compared with 1,385 in 2019, the last time exams were sat.
In 2022 750 penalties were issued to VTQ students compared with approximately 150 in 2020 to 2021, 200 in 2019 to 2020 and 300 in 2018 to 2019.
Updates to this page
Published 18 April 2023