Private candidate:Can i sit exams at 2 different centres?

Im resitting A-levels this year,and thankfully have found a couple of centres with reasonable exam costs.I have found that the cheapest and best option for me is to sit my exams at 2 different centres, so i was wondering if its possible to do this
ALso,how do i register to take exams at a centre(i.e do i also have to do this through UCAS? etc).
thanks

Reply 1

Compost

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Original post by foofighters96

Im resitting A-levels this year,and thankfully have found a couple of centres with reasonable exam costs.I have found that the cheapest and best option for me is to sit my exams at 2 different centres, so i was wondering if its possible to do this

Yes, but there are 2 things to ensure:

1.

They both enter you for all the exams with the original UCI you had for your GCSEs and A levels (Your candidate number will change and be different for each centre but your UCi should never change.)

2.

None of the exams you want to take will clash. If you have 2 exams in the same session at different centres then it is unlikely that a member of centre staff would be prepared to escort you from one centre to the other (which is what has to happen).

Original post by foofighters96

ALso,how do i register to take exams at a centre

You have to talk to the centre. Everything is arranged directly with them.

Reply 2

Mihael_Keehl

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Original post by Compost

Yes, but there are 2 things to ensure:

1.

They both enter you for all the exams with the original UCI you had for your GCSEs and A levels (Your candidate number will change and be different for each centre but your UCi should never change.)

2.

None of the exams you want to take will clash. If you have 2 exams in the same session at different centres then it is unlikely that a member of centre staff would be prepared to escort you from one centre to the other (which is what has to happen).

You have to talk to the centre. Everything is arranged directly with them.

By session do you mean the same day?

Reply 3

Compost

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Original post by Mihael_Keehl

By session do you mean the same day?

Same morning/afternoon. If you have 2 exams scheduled to start at the same time 0900 or 1330, on the same day then you have to be kept in isolation between the start of one end the end of the other. This would stop you moving centres.

Reply 4

Mihael_Keehl

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Original post by Compost

Same morning/afternoon. If you have 2 exams scheduled to start at the same time 0900 or 1330, on the same day then you have to be kept in isolation between the start of one end the end of the other. This would stop you moving centres.