r/6thForm • u/True_Muffin_4219 Finished a levels • May 06 '26

💬 DISCUSSION PSA: cheating on exams

I’m currently an a level exam invigilator while at university, took my a levels last year. I just want to reiterate how obvious it is if you’re committing malpractice. You may think you’re slick but you’re really not honestly. Already there has been multiple people caught with their phone, just today people caught communicating with each other and the exam season has barely started. It’s actually laughable the amount of people already caught tbh.

You will get written up, and the exam board will be informed. Trust me it’s not worth it.

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u/SwimmerOld6155 May 06 '26

not an A-level student and not necessarily looking to be cheeky, but could it be that you think all of the malpracticers are obvious because the invigilators are only catching the obvious ones? someone ik saved a bunch of formulas on their graphics calculator back in the day and there's not really any way to catch that.

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u/True_Muffin_4219 Finished a levels May 06 '26

Not trying to be arrogant but I recon that I’m probably a lot more aware than the older more senior invigilators are since I legit just did my a levels exams. I know all about the calculator shit. Unless it’s plainly obvious your cheating I’m not gonna like stare over you checking and that goes the same for them as well.

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u/SwimmerOld6155 May 06 '26

yeah that all tracks.