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Timetables 2025

Results Days 2025

A level    14 August 2025

GCSE       21 August 2025

Exam dates 2025

GCSE exams finish    18 June

A level exams finish    20 June

Contingency day     25 June

Contingency Day

The awarding bodies have designated one day as a ‘contingency day’ for examinations.  

The designation of ‘contingency sessions’ within the common examination timetable is in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom.  It is part of the awarding bodies’ standard contingency planning for examinations.

For external exams in Summer 2025, candidates are reminded that they must remain available until Wednesday 25 June 2025, should an awarding body need to invoke its contingency plan.