Exam Discussion Rules

This means no discussion AT ALL - not even "I found it hard/easy" or "I dropped my pencil". 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 12:00 midnight (UK time) and afternoon exams until 4:30 AM (UK time).
• For STEP/CIE/IB: allow 24 hours to pass from the end of each exam before any discussion.
• Oral exams: Do not discuss these at all until the end of the exams season.
• Exams from the examination boards AQA, OCR, CCEA and WJEC (other than orals) are fine to talk about straight after the exams because exams from these boards take place at the same time in all centres.

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

PLEASE NOTE: this rule applies to Private Messages (PM) as well as posts in threads. Anyone found to be discussing Edexcel, CIE, 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 specific subject forum (and in the "Exams" sub-forum where one exists). 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.

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, 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 specific subject forum (and in the "Exams" sub-forum where one exists), 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.