Certificates will be issued to centres for distribution to candidates as soon as possible after the examination. Certificates will only be produced at qualification level.

Early certification

If you require your certificates earlier than the date specified, please write to Edexcel Operations, who will endeavour to meet your request.

Please note that certificates will not be issued until after the deadline for late awards for GCE (including GCE in Applied subjects) and DiDA. This means that we will be unable to provide the certificates until at least two weeks after this deadline, at the earliest, for these qualifications.

Withholding certificates

Centres are reminded that certificates are and remain at all times the property of Edexcel. Where a candidate has been entered and an award has been claimed, but he/she has an outstanding financial obligation to the centre and the centre is considering withholding the candidate's certificate until settlement has been made, the centre must always seek the prior consent of Edexcel to withhold the certificate. Edexcel reserves the right not to permit the centre to withhold a certificate.

The additional charge of a late entry fee can be levied by a centre on a candidate who does not pay the initial entry fees when required to. In order to avoid problems, you are advised to ensure that you receive all necessary payments from candidates prior to entry.

Amendments

Where a certificate requires essential amendment, it should be returned to Edexcel by the centre as soon as possible. Late certificate amendments received after issue will incur standard fees.

Where a certificate requires amendment following an enquiry about a result, the certificate should be returned to Edexcel by the centre as soon as possible with a covering letter. No charge will be made to the centre in this instance for issue of an amended certificate. Centres should submit candidate detail amendments before the issue of results.

Certifying Statement of Results to a third party

A Statement is frequently requested by official bodies in preference to documents held by candidates themselves. There is a fee for this service, covering up to five Statements of one examination type. If there are two examination types, there will be a higher fee. The application form SA5 is available below.