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Newcastle College will reopen in time for the beginning of the new academic year, which will begin on Monday 7 September.

We have been busy making changes to our campus and to our teaching and learning to ensure that we can keep all of our community safe.

This means students will split their time between practical learning on campus and remote learning from home.

Whilst on campus, students and colleagues should practice social distancing wherever possible and ensure they follow one-way systems and other signposted safety measures. Students will be provided with a 'Keeping Safe' booklet before returning to campus, which will detail all of the safety measures in place on campus.

Further Education Awards and Grades Summer 2020

As you know, the closure of Colleges has caused disruption to exams and assessments scheduled from 20 March onward.

Now, the final arrangements have been made to award qualifications to FE students across the country.

You can read the full guidance which has been published by Ofqual here.

A summary of the key points is below:

• Most students will receive their results this summer as planned.
• In a small number of cases assessments need to be completed safely on campus to complete qualifications and the College will reopen from Monday 15 June to allow these assessments to go ahead. Students will be contacted directly by their tutors they are affected in order to make arrangements.
• We expect student results will be published by the Awarding Body in August. Level 2 will be 20 August and Level 3 on 13 August.

The College has been instructed that no discussion about results should take place with our students or parents/guardians and this is important, as the final result will be decided by the exam board not the College. Students and parents should not ask teachers to provide them with predicted grades, as the College is not able to provide this information.

Newcastle College will reopen for the new academic year, which will begin on Monday 7 September.

We have been busy making changes to our campus and to our teaching and learning to ensure that we can keep all of our community safe. This means students will split their time between practical learning on campus and remote learning from home. Whilst on campus, students and colleagues should practice social distancing wherever possible and ensure they follow one-way systems and other signposted safety measures. Students will be provided with a 'Keeping Safe' booklet before returning to campus, which will detail all of the safety measures in place on campus.

We understand that students may take some time to adapt to learning this way. Your support is more important than ever. Please encourage students not to put too much pressure on themselves and that looking after their health and wellbeing is a priority at this time. We are doing everything we can to ensure that students are supported to complete their studies successfully and won’t be at a disadvantage. Please point students to our Remote Learning hub where we will continue to add resources. If you have any concerns you can also contact tutors directly to discuss these.

The latest information and guidance will be available right here. Any major updates will be communicated directly to students via email and shared on our social media pages.