The qualifications should be linear, with all assessments normally taken at the end of the course. (politics.co.uk)
Overall GCSEs have been toughened with exams taken at the end of the course and detailed changes to core subjects. (bbc.co.uk)
When the final actual test was taken at the end of the course of study, a significant number of the group who had taken the pre-test scored higher than their peers who had not. (bookbrowse.com)