Exam Dates and Timetables
Mock Examinations
- Year 11 Mock Examinations will take place from Monday 1 December to Thursday 18 December 2025. For more information please visit the Year 11 Assessment page here.
- Year 10 End of Year Examinations will take place from Monday 15 June to Friday 3 July 2026. More information will be published closer to the time.
Summer 2026 Public Examinations
Examination Dates:
- First exam: Friday 8 May
- Final exam: Wednesday 17 June
Contingency Date:
- Wednesday 24 June (all day)
A contingency date, is a day specifically set aside, should sustained, national or local disruption arise during the Summer 2026 examination series. If disruption happens, the examinations would be taken either for the first time or again on this day.
Therefore, students must remain available up to and including Wednesday 24 June 2026.
Any holiday must not be booked until after this date, should an awarding body need to invoke its contingency plan.
GCSE Timetables
Here is an overview timetable of the main Y11 GCSE exams:
Individual student timetables will be published to Y11 students in March 2026.
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.