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Provides week-by-week scheduling from 04 May to 26 June, with daily time constraints and rules covering exam start/finish times, consecutive sessions, supervised breaks, and any early or delayed starts. Includes submission deadlines for internally assessed marks, guidance on subject-specific paper options and durations, moderation arrangements, reading time handling, practical/oral unit requirements, and the designated contingency day and results release dates.","Exam timetable  \nMay/June 2026  \nGCSE, AQA Certificates, ELC, FCSE and Projects  \nSelect your qualification  \nGCSE subjects components  \nEntry Level Certificate  \nFoundation Certificate of Secondary Education  \nProjects  \nAQA Certificates  \nWeek view  \nMonday 04 May – Friday 08 May  \nMonday 11 May – Friday 15 May  \nMonday 18 May – Friday 22 May  \nMonday 01 June – Friday 05 June  \nMonday 08 June – Friday 12 June  \nMonday 15 June – Friday 19 June  \nMonday 22 June – Friday 26 June  \nTimetable notes  \n1. GCSE exams are timetabled in common exam slots agreed by all exam boards under the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) .  \n2. 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  \n1.30pm. 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.  \n3. Schools/colleges may start an exam up to 30 minutes before the published starting time without notifying AQA.  \n4. Schools/colleges may delay the starting time of an exam by up to 30 minutes later than the published starting time without notifying AQA.  \n5. For information on any other timetable variations, please refer to theJCQ Instructions for conducting examinations or contact Customer services.  \n6. 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.  \n7. 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.  \n8. Any reading time allowed for an exam is included in the time specified.  \n9. 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.  \nSubject/qualification notes  \n10. 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.  \n\n| Submission date | Subjects |\n| --- | --- |\n| 07 May 2026 | All units and components unless otherwise specified in this table |\n| 15 May 2026 | ELC qualifications, FCSE and Projects |\n| 31 May 2026 | GCSE Art and Design |\n\n11. Students entered for the May/June 2026 exams may carry forward the coursework component mark from a previous series. Please ensure these students are entered on to the centre mark submission software using the special status of carry forward. Further guidance is available on the Carry forward of marks page of our website.  \n12. GCSE History (8145), for Paper 1, students will need to take oneof 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.  \n13. 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.  \n14. 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 1hr 45m.  \n15. 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