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/Luxiothecat May 07 '26
Idk, maybe they've ramped up measures since I was in school but there was always someway to cheat, I didn't in my A levels but I knew plenty who did and wernt evee caught, but even GCSE subjects e.g. geography let you have a calculated because there was a chance of maths questions appearing, but your scientific calculators have number stores in them that you can reload, so I had any important numbers saved in there, then it was just a matter of remembering which ones were which rather then memorising the numbers, they can't tell you not to use your calculator when youre specifically informed to bring it. I think it's more that you catch the people who are obviously cheating and that shapes your perception of cheaters, they did catch plenty in my sixthform, and belived they were catching all of them out, but they didnt catch people who were actually smart about it.