Exam Information

Public Examinations 2026-2027

GCSE English Language and Maths resit exams will run from 3rd – 9th November 2026

BTEC/Vocational examinations will run from 6th – 12th January 2027

GCSE, BTEC/Vocational and A-level written examinations will run from 6th May – 22nd June 2027

Summer 2027 Contingency Day

Contingency dates have been arranged by the awarding bodies, which all candidates need to be aware of. In the event of sustained national or significant local disruption to examinations during the June 2027 examination series, affected examinations will be rescheduled and all candidates will be expected to make themselves available.

The Contingency Date for Summer 2027 is 23rd June 2027.

The exam boards have now issued their own privacy notices, which have replaced the previous JCQ Privacy Notice; please see links below for your information:

AQA: AQA’s Privacy Notice

Pearson: Pearson’s Privacy Notice

OCR: OCR Privacy Policy

WJEC Eduqas: WJEC Eduqas Privacy Policy

Release of Results

• A-level results will be released on 12th August 2027
• GCSE results will be released on 19th August 2027

Results will be sent to candidates’ school email addresses from 8:00am on the above dates.

Internal Examinations

• Year 11 Mock examinations will take place from 7th December to 18th December 2026 (subject to change)
• Year 13 Mock examinations will take place from 4th January to 15th January 2027 (subject to change)
• Year 12 UCAS examinations will take place from 14th June to 25th June 2027 (subject to change)
• Year 10 Mock examinations will take place from 21st June to 2nd July 2027 (subject to change)
• Year 11 Mocks Core Subjects Only in March 2027 (dates tbc)

All other exams policies are available on request.