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Anyone know how to go about getting replacement copies of these or have done so in the past? I believe you can go about getting them directly from the exam board(s) but from memory my school/college used an infinite number of different exam boards for different subjects and I'll be damned if I can remember which.

Well if you can't remember the exam board then you will have to go back to school and take the exams again!  Good luck!

I think they can be found in cereal packets these days Sonic.

I'll bite again as this seems to be an ongoing bugbear of yours. Out of interest, to what level were you educated then Nev?

http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/help-and-support/94-articles/264-getting-copies-of-exam-certificates

No, thats degrees

Yes, it is an ongoing bugbear DMR

Not a particularly distinguished A level performance, this was back in the days of all based on final  exams, and I probably didn't give it my best shot.

Got a non-honours degree on a sandwich course at Portsmouth Polytechnic (no toilet wrecking involved) followed by an accountancy qualification, which I studied for off my own bat.

As jonny's link shows, most of the boards that were around when we were sitting exams have now amalgamated so there are only a handful of awarding bodies you would need to contact.  Might be an idea to contact your school, who will very possibly still have a record of which exam boards were being used in which subjects for each year (especially if the teachers concerned are still there).

I don't think I've ever seen my certificates. I didn't even collect them - my Mum or Dad did.

Cheers, ended up calling the school anyway and speaking with someone who knew exactly which subjects were covered by which exam board in 2002 without having to look it up. Either that or she made it up on the spot.

Now to fork out £100 for the certificates... I'll leave the topic open so DMR and neville can continue their "debate"

What do you need them for SY?

I'm not looking for a debate!

We agree - finally !

Applying to university.


A fight then?

Ive also just been doing this.  Just emailed my school who have sent me information, but not copies.

Did you do CSE or are you not quite that ancient?

Because my GCSEs are spread across three exam boards, it'll cost me £35ish from each. Another £35 for my a-level certificates as they were taken at a different time so are considered entirely separate...

I did indeed do GCE o and A levels / CSE's.  Last year of them.  I am that ancient.  I know what Ive got but the examining boards?  No idea.

Im hoping results on school headed notepaper might do it.  Got them in 3 different places though, so its going to be a pain in the arse.

Have a look at page 6 of this:

http://store.aqa.org.uk/admin/library/AQA-EXAMRECORDS.PDF

If you did them in Wiltshire, you'll need to contact AQA Guildford

I found all my certificates the other day, still in the hardback envelope I put them in circa 1990. Interesting eh.

Mine were in my record of achievement thing the school gave us....that my mum took to the Oxfam shop when she tidied the house!!

Thanks Sonic.  Ryan Adams was brilliant by the way.  Just doesnt know when to stop playing.

My mentoring finally paid off - only took 10 years!

I expect that's where mine are. My degree certificate remains in the cardboard sleeve it came in. Only thing I've done anything with is frame my ACA certificate, mainly because its fucking huge and was getting bent out of shape. Too modest to hang it on the wall though.

Because you saw someone else was? Or for a more legitimate reason?

I got asked for them at a job interview a year or so ago. I burst out laughing then said it was over 20 years ago and they had fuck all chance of seeing them. I didn't get the job.

I still have my certificates. I try and try to get rid of them but they just keep coming back! My teenage mediocrity will forever haunt me.

Same sort of reasons, possibly applying for uni course.

I'm sure in forty years time we'll be telling the youth of today how easy they have it, and how binge drinking was just drinking in our day...

I think some refer to it as the "Daily Mail" effect.

Wouldn't universities only be interested in the A level results Sonic?
You could save yourself a few quid it that is the case!!

I think I might be okay with just my a-level results, will still need to fork out £35 for replacements for two of them that have gone AWOL though!