Exam Dates and Timetables
Summer 2025 Examinations
- Examination Dates:
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- First exam: Thursday 8 May
- Final exam: Wednesday 18 June
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- Contingency Days:
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- Wednesday 11 June (afternoon)
- Wednesday 25 June (all day)
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A contingency date, is a day specifically set aside, should sustained, national or local disruption arise during the June 2025 examination series. If disruption happens, the examinations would be taken either for the first time or again on these days.
Therefore, students must remain available on the afternoons of Wednesday 11 June and up to and including Wednesday 25 June 2025.
Any holiday must not be booked until after this date, should an awarding body need to invoke its contingency plan.
GCSE Timetables
Individual student timetable have now be published to Y11 students. These are also available via Edulink One. Click here to watch the ‘How to View Exam Information’ video.
It is important that students look at the most recent version of their timetable for the specific start times/locations for their exams.
Exam Start Times
MORNING exams start at 9.00am
AFTERNOON exams start at 1.00pm
Students should arrive at least 15 minutes before the exam start time.
Exam Clashes
A “clash” means that you have multiple exams timetabled on the same day at the same time. In this case one of your exams will be moved to an earlier or later time, and you will receive an amended timetable. For more information about what will happen on the day please read the Clash Information document below.