Exams Administration
Information and resources for exams officers to plan ahead and stay on track throughout the whole exams lifecycle, from entries to results day.
Transfers
Find out how to transfer students between schools or colleges and how to transfer credit between exam boards.
Transferred candidates
You can request this when a student needs to sit an exam at a different school or college to the one that entered them because:
- they've moved house after entries have been made;
- they've been in hospital; or
- other exceptional circumstances.
Fees
We charge a fee for each request. For details, see our entry fees page.
How to make a request
- Make sure the transfer is allowed by checking the JCQ guidance notes for transferred candidates
- Make sure the school or college that the student is transferring to is a registered centre with one or more of the JCQ awarding bodies
- Applications are made via the JCQ Centre Admin Portal (CAP) on Centre Services
- Stage one will be completed by the entering centre.
- Stage two will be completed and submitted by the host centre.
- We'll send confirmation emails to the entering centre and the host centre.
- We'll notify you if the application is declined.
If your request is approved
The student's entry remains with the school or college that entered them. They will keep the original centre number, candidate number and UCI number.
We'll send question papers to the school or college hosting the exam, but results and certificates will be sent to the original school or college. If you want the results to be sent to the host centre, the original centre will need to withdraw the entry so the new centre can submit a new entry.
We cannot guarantee we'll be able to send exam materials in time for the day of exam. In these cases you will need to download question papers from Centre Services
Transfer of credit
You can request a transfer of credit when a student has sat part of a qualification with another exam board.
This service is only available for English Functional Skills qualifications. Please send the request to transferofcredit@aqa.org.uk
We'll email you to tell you whether the transfer of credit is accepted or declined.
Closing dates
You must submit a request as soon as possible and no later than the dates in the table below.
We will not be able to guarantee arrangements if requests are received after the closing dates.