AQA May/June GCSE Exam Timetables 2027 - Exam Timetable

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May/June 2027 GCSE exam timetable for AQA Certificates, ELC and Projects, including week-by-week scheduling from 10 May to 25 June. The document specifies common exam slot rules agreed under JCQ, required attendance on the published date and time, and permitted start or delay windows without notifying AQA. It also covers supervision and secure storage for short exams, advance issue of materials for specific components, and guidance for practical and oral units, plus submission dates for internally assessed marks and details for selected GCSE papers.

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Exam timetable May/June 2027 GCSE, AQA Certificates, ELC and Projects Select your qualification GCSE subjects components Entry Level Certificate Projects AQA Certificates Week view Monday 10 May – Friday 14 May Monday 17 May – Friday 21 May Monday 24 May – Friday 28 May Monday 07 June – Friday 11 June Monday 14 June – Friday 18 June Monday 21 June – Friday 25 June Timetable notes 1. GCSE exams are timetabled in common exam slots agreed by all exam boards under the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) . 2. Each exam must be taken on the day, date and at the time shown on the timetable. The published starting time of all exams is either 9.00am or 1.30pm. Students taking more than one exam in a session should take these consecutively. A supervised break may be given between the exams taken consecutively at the discretion of the school/college. 3. Schools/colleges may start an exam up to 30 minutes before the published starting time without notifying AQA. 4. Schools/colleges may delay the starting time of an exam by up to 30 minutes later than the published starting time without notifying AQA. 5. For information on any other timetable variations, please refer to theJCQ Instructions for conducting examinations or contact Customer services. 6. For examinations that last less than one hour, candidates must be supervised and question papers must be kept in the centre’s secure storage facility until the published finishing time of the examination. 7. Some components require the issue of question papers, stimulus material or other information in advance of the normal timetable period. Schools/ colleges should check the specification for information on the material required by students. 8. Any reading time allowed for an exam is included in the time specified. 9. Schools/colleges must arrange practical and oral units according to the procedures given on the relevant subject page of our website. Such units are shown only on the ‘Subject and product list’pages of this document. Private Candidates will need to find an AQA-approved school or college who will take responsibility for all aspects of qualification delivery. This includes supervising, authenticating, standardising and marking all non-exam assessment (NEA) work. Subject/qualification notes 10. Schools/colleges should submit their internally-assessed marks/ assessments so that they are received by AQA and their designated AQA moderator by the dates shown in the table below. | Submission date | Subjects | | --- | --- | | 07 May 2027 | All units and components unless otherwise specified in this table | | 15 May 2027 | ELC qualifications and Projects | | 31 May 2027 | GCSE Art and Design | 11. Students retaking a qualification with a non-exam assessment (NEA) component may carry forward their NEA marks from a previous series in accordance with the guidance available in our How To Request Carry Forward. 12. GCSE History (8145), for Paper 1, students will need to take one of the section A options plus one of the section B options. The overall duration of Paper 1 is 2h. Similarly, for Paper 2, students will need to take one of the section A options plus one of the section B options. The overall duration of Paper 2 is 2h. 13. GCSE Religious Studies (short course) (8061), students will need to take section 5 plus two of the optional sections from 8061/1-4 . The overall duration of the exam is 1h 45m. 14. GCSE Religious Studies (8062), for Paper 1, students will need to take two of the options 8062/11-17 . The overall duration of Paper 1 is 1h 45m. For Paper 2, students will need to take one of the two options A or B. The duration of Paper 2 is 1h 45m. 15. The submission date for GCSE Physical education will be two weeks prior to the school/college's moderation visit. Moderation visits will take place between 01 March and 15 May 2027. 16. Please see examination window details in the table below: | Window date | Subjec

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What rules apply to sitting GCSE exams on their scheduled date and time?

Candidates must take each exam on the day, date, and time shown on the timetable. Published starting times are either 9.00am or 1.30pm, and consecutive exams in the same session should be taken one after another.

How early or late may a school/college start an exam without notifying AQA?

Schools/colleges may start an exam up to 30 minutes before the published starting time without notifying AQA. They may delay the starting time by up to 30 minutes later than the published time without notifying AQA.

When are results published for the May/June 2027 series?

Results are sent electronically to schools/colleges on Wednesday 18 August 2027, and are available to students on Thursday 19 August 2027.

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