Exams

Examination Enquiries

For any examination enquiries please email the Exams Officer at joanne.gallagher@pws.emat.uk.

Exam Boards

A list of all qualifications, exam boards and specifications is available to download from the bottom of this page.  Please see the ‘List of Examination Specifications’ for more information.

Exam Contingency Days

The awarding bodies have designated Wednesday 24 June 2026 as the ‘contingency day’ for examinations. This is consistent with the qualification regulators’ document Exam system contingency plan: England, Wales and Northern Ireland Exam system contingency plan: England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The designation of ‘contingency days’ within the common examination timetable have been put in place in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom. It is part of the awarding bodies’ standard contingency planning for examinations. 

Therefore, all students sitting public exams in Summer 2026 must remain available up to and including Wednesday 24 June 2026 should an awarding body need to invoke its contingency plan.  This is not a school decision, and applies to candidates in all schools, colleges and exam centres nationally.

Exam Information

This page will contain information throughout the year relating to public examinations (GCSE and A Levels), and in-school examinations (mock exams).  

Examination timetables are published here ahead of examination periods. 

Information Documents for Candidates

For students following GCSE, A Level and other publicly examined courses, the following documents should be read and understood by the student in advance of any examinations: 

Coursework

Non-examination assessments

On-screen tests

Written exams

Preparing to sit exams

Social media

AI tools

Exam Information and Rules for Students

GCSE Exams have changed to 9 – 1 grades. For further information, click here.

Privacy Notices

All exam boards are required to tell you how they store and use any information they hold about you.

• Information for candidates: Privacy Notice

Public Exam Dates

The Summer 2026 exams will run from 01 May to 24 June 2026.

The Summer 2026 exam dates can be found below:

Exam Timetable Summer 2026

Mock Exams

Mock exams are a useful tool for students, teachers and parents to measure how well students are progressing in their studies. It allows students an opportunity to work under exam-like conditions and to test how well their revision strategies are working.

For schools it is a useful indication of how likely a student is to achieve a certain grade in the 'real' exams and therefore a benchmark on whether to appeal a set of results in the summer. For Year 12 and Year 13 students wishing to apply to university mock exams will determine UCAS grades.

Therefore students are expected to revise for the mock exams and undertake mock exams in exam-like conditions.

Information for students and parents on examinations, results days and post-results can be found at the bottom of this page.

Supportive Web Links

Get Revising

Stress Busting

Coping with exam pressure

GCSE survival guide

Mock Exam Dates 2025/26

Due to the nature of this academic year, dates for mock exams may need to change, therefore should be considered as provisional.

Please note:

1. An exam timetable will be published prior to each year mock exam so that students have sufficient time to revise
2. The start and end date may be extended to allow for practical exams to take place

Results Day 2026