GCSE Exam Timetable 2026

GCSE

Timetable

 

AM – 9am					PM – 13.30pm
Date	Exam Code	Subject	Paper Title	Duration	Date	Exam Code	Subject	Paper Title	Duration
04-May-26	MAY BANK HOLIDAY				04-May-26	MAY BANK HOLIDAY
Tuesday 05-May-26					Tuesday 05-May-26
	BHS03/01	HSC	Component 3: Health and Wellbeing	2h
Wednesday 06-May-26					Wednesday 06-May-26
Thursday 07-May-26					Thursday 07-May-26
	1PS0 01	Psychology	Paper 1	1h 45m		8662/RH	German (new)	German Paper 3 (new) Reading	1h
						8662/RF	German (new)	German Paper 3 (new) Reading	45m
						6700QCL-1	English	English Component 1	1h
Friday 08-May-26					Friday 08-May-26
	C990U10-1	Latin	Latin Component 1 (Eduqas)	1h 30m		1DR0 03	Drama	Component 3: Theatre Makers in Practice	1h 45m
Monday 11-May-26					Monday 11-May-26
	C720U10-1	English Literature	English Literature Component 1 (Eduqas)	2h		1BS0 01	Business	Paper 1: Investigating Small Business	1h 45m
Tuesday 12-May-26					Tuesday 12-May-26
	8062/ 11-17	Religious Studies A	Religious Studies A Paper 1	1h 45m		8464/B/1F and 1H	Combined Science: Trilogy	Combined Science: Trilogy – Biology Paper 1 (both tiers)	1h 15m
						8461/1F and 1H	Biology	Biology Paper 1 (both tiers)	1h 45m
Wednesday 13-May-26					Wednesday 13-May-26
	8035/1	Geography	Geography Paper 1	1h 30m		J277/01	Computer Science	Computer Systems – Written Paper	1h 30m
Thursday 14-May-26					Thursday 14-May-26
	1MA1 1F	Mathematics	Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Foundation Tier	1h 30m		8662/WH	German (new)	German Paper 4 (new) Writing	1h 15m
	1MA1 1H	Mathematics	Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) Higher Tier	1h 30m		1PS0 02	Psychology	Paper 2	1h 20m
Friday 15-May-26					Friday 15-May-26
	8145/1A/A – 1B/E	History	History Paper 1	2h		C990U20-1	Latin	Latin Component 2 (Eduqas)	1h 15m
Monday 18-May-26					Monday 18-May-26
	8464/C/1F and 1H	Combined Science: Trilogy	Combined Science: Trilogy – Chemistry Paper 1 (both tiers)	1h 15m
	8462/1F and 1H	Chemistry	Chemistry Paper 1 (both tiers)	1h 45m
Tuesday 19-May-26					Tuesday 19-May-26
	C720U20-1	English Literature	English Literature Component 2 (Eduqas)	2h 30m		J277/02	Computer Science	Computational thinking, algorithms and programming – Written Paper	1h 30m
Wednesday 20-May-26					Wednesday 20-May-26
	8652/RH	French (new)	French Paper 3 (new) Reading	1h		8062/2A and 2B	Religious Studies A	Religious Studies A Paper 2	1h 45m
	8652/LH	French (new)	French Paper 1 (new) Listening	45m
	8652/LF	French (new)	French Paper 1 (new) Listening	35m
	8652/RF	French (new)	French Paper 3 (new) Reading	45m
Thursday 21-May-26					Thursday 21-May-26
	C700U10-1	English Language	English Language Component 1 (Eduqas)	1h 45m		1BS0 02	Business	Paper 2: Building a Business	1h 45m
						C990UB0-1	Latin	Latin Component 3 – Option B (Eduqas)	1h
Friday 22-May-26					Friday 22-May-26
	1AA0 1F	Arabic	Paper 1: Listening and understanding in Arabic Foundation Tier	35m
	1AA0 1H	Arabic	Paper 1: Listening and understanding in Arabic Higher Tier	45m
	1AA0 3F	Arabic	Paper 3: Reading and understanding in Arabic Foundation Tier	50m
	1AA0 3H	Arabic	Paper 3: Reading and understanding in Arabic Higher Tier	1h 05m
	8582/1	Physical Education	Physical Education Paper 1	1h 15m
Monday 01-Jun-26					Monday 01-Jun-26
	8582/2	Physical Education	Physical Education Paper 2	1h 15m
Tuesday 02-Jun-26					Tuesday 02-Jun-26
	8464/P/1F and 1H	Combined Science: Trilogy	Combined Science: Trilogy – Physics Paper 1 (both tiers)	1h 15m		8688/LH	Polish	Polish Paper 1 Listening	45m
	8463/1F and 1H	Physics	Physics Paper 1  (both tiers)	1h 45m		8688/RH	Polish	Polish Paper 1 Reading	1h
						1PN0 1H	Persian	Paper 1: Listening and understanding in Persian Higher Tier	45m
						1PN0 3H	Persian	Paper 3: Reading and understanding in Persian Higher Tier	1h 05m
						1RU0 1H	Russian	Paper 1: Listening and understanding in Persian Higher Tier	45m
						1RU0 3H	Russian	Paper 3: Reading and understanding in Persian Higher Tier	1h 05m
						1AA0 4F	Arabic	Paper 4: Writing in Arabic Foundation Tier	1h 20m
						1AA0 4H	Arabic	Paper 4: Writing in Arabic Higher Tier	1h 25m
Wednesday 03-Jun-26					Wednesday 03-Jun-26
	1MA1 2F	Mathematics	Paper 2 (Calculator) Foundation Tier	1h 30m		8035/2	Geography	Geography Paper 2	1h 30m
	1MA1 2H	Mathematics	Paper 2 (Calculator) Higher Tier	1h 30m
Thursday 04-Jun-26					Thursday 04-Jun-26
	8145/2A/A – 2B/D	History	History Paper 2	2h		8652/WF	French (new)	French Paper 4 (new) Writing	1h 10m
						8652/WH	French (new)	French Paper 4 (new) Writing	1h 15m
Friday 05-Jun-26					Friday 05-Jun-26
	C700U20-1	English Language	English Language Component 2 (Eduqas)	2h		J536/05	Music	Listening and appraising – Written Paper	1h 30m
Monday 08-Jun-26					Monday 08-Jun-26
	8464/B/2F and 2H	Combined Science: Trilogy	Combined Science: Trilogy – Biology Paper 2 (both tiers)	1h 15m		8365/1	Certificate in Further Mathematics Level 2	Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics Paper 1	1h 45m
	8461/2F and 2H	Biology	Biology Paper 2 (both tiers)	1h 30m
Tuesday 09-Jun-26	8692/LF	Spanish (new)	Spanish Paper 1 (new) Listening	35m	Tuesday 09-Jun-26
	8692/RF	Spanish (new)	Spanish Paper 3 (new) Reading	45m
	8692/LH	Spanish (new)	Spanish Paper 1 (new) Listening	45m
	8692/RH	Spanish (new)	Spanish Paper 3 (new) Reading	1h
Wednesday					Wednesday 10-Jun-26
10-Jun-26	1MA1 3F	Mathematics	Paper 3 (Calculator) Foundation Tier	1h 30m		1RU0 4H	Russian	Paper 4: Writing in Russian Higher Tier	1h 25m
	1MA1 3H	Mathematics	Paper 3 (Calculator) Higher Tier	1h 30m
Thursday					Thursday 11-Jun-26
11-Jun-26	8035/3	Geography	Geography Paper 3	1h 30m		8585/W	Food preparation and nutrition	Food preparation and nutrition	1h 45m
Friday					Friday 12-Jun-26
12-Jun-26	8464/C/2F and 2H	Combined Science: Trilogy	Combined Science: Trilogy – Chemistry Paper 2 (both tiers)	1h 15m		8688/WH	Polish	Polish Paper 4 Writing	1h 45m
	8462/2F and 2H	Chemistry	Chemistry Paper 2 (both tiers)	1h 30m		1PN0 4H	Persian	Paper 4: Writing in Persian Higher Tier	1h 25m
Monday					Monday 15-Jun-26
15-Jun-26	8464/P/2F and 2H	Combined Science: Trilogy	Combined Science: Trilogy – Physics Paper 2 (both tiers)	1h 15m		8365/2	Certificate in Further Mathematics Level 2	Level 2 Certificate in Further Mathematics Paper 2	1h 45m
	8463/2F and 2H	Physics	Physics Paper 2  (both tiers)	1h 30m
Tuesday					Tuesday 16-Jun-26
16-Jun-26	8692/WH	Spanish (new)	Spanish Paper 4 (new) Writing	1h 15m
	8692/WF	Spanish (new)	Spanish Paper 4 (new) Writing	1h 10m