On this page you will find lots of useful and important information on exams including key dates, guides to exam days and all of the rules and regulations from JCQ.
Key Dates
Year 11 September 2026 Mock Exams
28/09/26 to 02/10/26 – Year 11 September 2026 Mock Exams Timetable [PDF]
Year 11 December 2026 Mock Exams
07/12/26 to 17/12/26
Year 11 March 2027 Mock Exams
08/03/26 to 12/03/26
Year 11 GCSE Summer Series 2027
The main GCSE exams start on Monday 10th May 2027. However, if you study Art & Design or a Modern Foreign Language, you will start your GCSE exams at an earlier date. Your teachers will be able to provide you with these exact dates.
Please note, ALL students must be available up to, and including, Wednesday 23rd June 2027 for their GCSE Exams.
Candidate Information & Downloads
Candidate Information (click on the text in each bullet point to access the documents):
- Ian Ramsey Candidate Information – top tips, advice and important rules you must follow
- JCQ Information for Candidates – Written Examinations
- JCQ Information for Candidates – Non-Examination Assessments
- JCQ On your exam day
- JCQ Information for Candidates – AI and Assessments
- JCQ AI Posters
- JCQ Using Social Media and examinations/assessments
Exam Room Posters (click on the text in each bullet point to access the documents):
JCQ and Exam Boards Data Collection & Privacy Notices [PDF]
Exam Results
GCSE Results Day 2027 is Thursday 19th August 2027. More information will be available closer to the time on how to collect your results.
Click here to see our latest set of KS4 results.
Post-Results Services
Post-Results services are available following collection of results each summer, including Access to Scripts and Review of Marking. These can be initiated by school or by a parent, although the access to scripts or review of marking cannot be processed without written consent from a candidate. A form for this will be available nearer to results day. There is no grade protection for reveiw of marking, meaning marks can go up, go down, or remain the same, so it is really important to consider this carefully before submitting this to an exam board. Heads of Departments for individual subjects will be able to advise you on this further.
A review of marking is a process where a paper is looked at by a second examiner who will identify genuine marking errors or unreasonable marking. If it is found that there are no genuine errors, or that the marks awarded are reasonable, no change will be made to the marks or grade. However, the qualifications regulator Ofqual data indicates that marking of examiantions are highly accurate and as a result, the majority of marks and grades remain unchanged.