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Replacement certificates

Ofqual doesdo not hold copies of your certificates – – we can’t tell you your grade or provide replacements. Certificates are held by the exam board you sat your qualification with. If you don’t know which exam board you took your qualification with, ask your school. If your school don’t know you will need to ask each exam board to do a search for you – they will charge you for this.

Contact your exam board

• AQA
• Pearson
• OCR
• WJEC Eduqas

Anxiety and mental health support

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You can also contact:

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)​(CAMHS)
• Mind​
• Young MindsMinds​
• NHS 111 – – they can assist in providing the mental health support you may need