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Edexcel exams are taken across the world. This means that people in one country might have finished an exam that hasn't even started somewhere else. In order to make the exams as fair as possible (and to discourage cheating), we'll close any threads on Edexcel exams until sufficient time has passed.

This means no discussion AT ALL is permitted - not even "I found it hard/easy", "I dropped my pencil", and could include conveying this via smilies or similar. The line between

• "I found it hard" and
• "I found question 2 hard" and
• "I found question 2 about <insert subject> hard"

is very blurred. What starts as innocent discussion can turn into disclosures of exam content. We're therefore operating a zero tolerance policy on discussing exams:

• For Edexcel: morning exams may not be discussed until midnight (UK time) and afternoon exams until 4:30 AM (UK time). There are different rules in place for Edexcel ICT exams as these can be sat over several weeks.
• For STEP and IB: allow 24 hours to pass from the end of each exam before any discussion.
• Oral exams: No discussion until the end of the exams season.
• Exams from the examination boards AQA, OCR, CCEA, WJEC and CIE (other than orals and practicals) are fine to talk about straight after the exams - in any situations where exams from these boards are taken internationally, the exam board is satisfied that appropriate controls are already in place.
• Applied ICT exams: No discussion is permitted throughout the window during which each exam takes place.

Anyone breaking this rule on TSR will receive a 10 point warning and may be banned from the site.

PLEASE NOTE: this rule applies to any form of discussion, anywhere on the site, including, for example, Private Messages (PMs) as well as posts in threads. Anyone found to be discussing Edexcel, STEP, IB or oral exams via PM before sufficient time has passed will also receive a warning.

Also note:
Once the time restriction has been lifted, discussion of IB exams should take place in the IB forum and discussion of Scottish exams (for which there is no time restriction) should take place in the Scottish qualifications forum.

All other exam discussion should take place in the subject's exam sub-forum in Study Help. If there is no sub-forum for your subject then use the top-level discipline forum (e.g., Arts and Humanities) instead. Please search the forum to first to see if a thread already exists before creating a new one. Thread titles should be as descriptive as possible, stating the level (e.g. GCSE), subject, module, specification (where appropriate), exam board and date of the exam.

Discussion of ICT exams (Edexcel)
Some Edexcel ICT exams are sat over a period of days or weeks. Exam discussion for this subject is not permitted at all until the window has passed. Whilst one candidate may have finished, another may not have started. The AS Applied ICT (6953) exam is sat over a 5-day period. The A2 Applied ICT exams (6957 and 6959) are sat over a 3-week period. Discussion of these exams is not permitted for the duration of the exam season.

Discussion of practical exams
Practical exams in science subjects are taken by different groups of students across an extended period of time. This means that some people will have finished an exam that hasn't even been started by others. In order to make these exams as fair as possible (and to discourage cheating), we'll close any threads requesting specific details of practical exams and remove any posts disclosing specifics.

We realise that you may want to talk about the exams with others once you've completed them, and as such it's acceptable to discuss the practicals on a general level. For example, asking others about the difficulty of the exams as a whole should be fine in most cases. It's also acceptable to ask for general advice prior to sitting an exam, such as on how to draw graphs, experimental techniques or what words mean within questions.

However, either requesting or disclosing the specific questions (or suggested answers) to an exam is not allowed. Anyone breaking this rule is likely to have their post removed and a warning issued. This rule applies to Private Messages (PMs) as well as to posts in threads.

All discussion of practical exams should take place in the subject's exam sub-forum, just for as for written papers. Please search the forum to first to see if a thread already exists before creating a new one. Thread titles should be as descriptive as possible, stating the level (e.g. GCSE), subject, specification (where appropriate) and exam board.

Good luck to everyone sitting exams!