If you're doing dual award the first year (year 10) exams are all multiple choice and you choose which level (higher or foundation) you do when you get into the exam.
Its easier to get a C on higher than it is on foundation, you need something like 80% to get a C on foundation and around 20% I think to get a C on higher (don't quote me on those exact figures but it is a lot lower on higher).
Year 11 exams are much harder, 2 90min papers that have some really long questions in. If you do well in year 10 and on your coursework I shouldn't worry too much about the final exams, just revise the bits you're not sure on more.
Another thing, if you're a few marks off the next grade on a modular exam theres no point in resitting it as the scores are agregated and then averaged. So if you did very well in one module (say a few marks off an A*) but rubbish in another (just over a C) and the rest were fairly consistant, the high and low score will even out when its averaged (they kinda cancel each other out and you get a mark somewhere in the middle) if you get my drift, can't really explain what I'm trying to say lol.
I did my finals in june this year, I don't know if any of this has changed much. I resat a couple of my modulas because I was ill when I took them the first time and I don't think it made much difference to my overall grade.
