GCSE Exam Timetable
Summer 2025 Exams – Contingency Days
The summer written exam period will run from Tuesday 6th May to Tuesday 17th June 2025. However, for the summer 2025 exam series, one ‘contingency’ exam day and one afternoon have been arranged by the examination awarding bodies which all students need to be aware of. These contingency days have been put in place ‘in the event of widespread, sustained national or local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom’.
The dates that have been set aside as the contingency days are:
Wednesday 11th June 2025 (afternoon only)
Wednesday 25th June 2025 (all day)
This means that all exam candidates must be available to sit exams from the date of their first exam until Wednesday 25th June 2025. This decision is not a school decision and applies to all candidates in all schools.
Please can all students/parents/carers make a note of the contingency exam dates in the event that an awarding body needs to invoke its contingency plan.