GCSE Exam Dates 2027: The Full Timetable
The 2027 GCSE exam season runs from 10 May 2027 to 18 June 2027. Below is every paper with its date and start time. Morning papers start at 9:00am, afternoon papers at 1:30pm.
Use the countdown above to track only your child's subjects and save them to a phone calendar. Dates follow the published national timetable, but boards occasionally amend individual papers, so your child's personal timetable from school is always the final word.
One board difference worth knowing: on OCR the maths papers run the other way round, so 14 May is the calculator paper and 27 May is the non-calculator one. AQA and Edexcel are as listed below.
Modern languages split differently too. Edexcel sits Listening, Reading and Writing on three separate dates, while AQA pairs Listening and Reading in one session, so the French, German and Spanish rows name the board.
Foundation lessons are live and growing. Foundation and Higher will both be complete before December 2026.
| Date | Subject | Paper | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 10 May | Citizenship Studies | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Mon 10 May | Computer Science | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Mon 10 May | German | Listening, plus Reading on AQA | 1:30pm |
| Mon 10 May | Psychology | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Tue 11 May | Biology | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Tue 11 May | Chinese | Listening & Reading | 1:30pm |
| Tue 11 May | Combined Science | Biology Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Tue 11 May | Film Studies | Component 1 | 1:30pm |
| Tue 11 May | Latin | Language | 1:30pm |
| Tue 11 May | Sociology | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Tue 11 May | Urdu | Listening & Reading | 1:30pm |
| Wed 12 May | Business | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Wed 12 May | English Literature | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Thu 13 May | Economics | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Thu 13 May | PE | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Thu 13 May | Religious Studies | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Fri 14 May | Ancient History | Greece and Persia | 1:30pm |
| Fri 14 May | Drama | Understanding Drama | 1:30pm |
| Fri 14 May | Mathematics | Paper 1, Non-Calculator | 9:00am |
| Mon 17 May | Chemistry | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Mon 17 May | Combined Science | Chemistry Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Mon 17 May | Media Studies | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Mon 17 May | Psychology | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Tue 18 May | Geography | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Tue 18 May | German | Writing on AQA, Reading on Edexcel | 1:30pm |
| Tue 18 May | Latin | Prose Literature | 1:30pm |
| Tue 18 May | Sociology | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Wed 19 May | Classical Civilisation | Myth and Religion | 1:30pm |
| Wed 19 May | Classical Civilisation | Women in the Ancient World | 1:30pm |
| Wed 19 May | Computer Science | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Wed 19 May | English Literature | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Thu 20 May | Chinese | Writing | 1:30pm |
| Thu 20 May | Citizenship Studies | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Thu 20 May | German | Writing on Edexcel | 1:30pm |
| Thu 20 May | History | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Thu 20 May | PE | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Fri 21 May | Business | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Fri 21 May | Film Studies | Component 2 | 1:30pm |
| Fri 21 May | Religious Studies | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Fri 21 May | Religious Studies | Short Course | 9:00am |
| Mon 24 May | Ancient History | Rome and its Neighbours | 1:30pm |
| Mon 24 May | Arabic | Listening & Reading | 1:30pm |
| Mon 24 May | English Language | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Mon 24 May | Food Preparation & Nutrition | Written Paper | 1:30pm |
| Mon 24 May | Italian | Listening & Reading | 1:30pm |
| Tue 25 May | Combined Science | Physics Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Tue 25 May | Economics | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Tue 25 May | Media Studies | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Tue 25 May | Physics | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Tue 25 May | Urdu | Writing | 1:30pm |
| Wed 26 May | French | Listening, plus Reading on AQA | 9:00am |
| Wed 26 May | Geography | Paper 2 | 1:30pm |
| Thu 27 May | Astronomy | Paper 1, Naked-eye Astronomy | 1:30pm |
| Thu 27 May | Mathematics | Paper 2, Calculator | 9:00am |
| Thu 27 May | Music | Understanding Music | 1:30pm |
| Fri 28 May | History | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Mon 7 Jun | Arabic | Writing | 1:30pm |
| Mon 7 Jun | Latin | Verse Literature | 1:30pm |
| Mon 7 Jun | Religious Studies | Paper 3 | 9:00am |
| Mon 7 Jun | Statistics | Paper 1 | 1:30pm |
| Tue 8 Jun | English Language | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Tue 8 Jun | French | Writing on AQA, Reading on Edexcel | 1:30pm |
| Wed 9 Jun | Classical Civilisation | Literature and Culture | 9:00am |
| Wed 9 Jun | History | Paper 3 | 1:30pm |
| Wed 9 Jun | Spanish | Listening, plus Reading on AQA | 9:00am |
| Thu 10 Jun | Biology | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Thu 10 Jun | Combined Science | Biology Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Thu 10 Jun | Geography | Paper 3 | 1:30pm |
| Fri 11 Jun | Astronomy | Paper 2, Telescopic Astronomy | 9:00am |
| Fri 11 Jun | Further Maths (Level 2) | Paper 1 | 9:00am |
| Fri 11 Jun | Italian | Writing | 9:00am |
| Fri 11 Jun | Latin | Literature and Culture, OCR only | 1:30pm |
| Mon 14 Jun | Dance | Dance Appreciation | 1:30pm |
| Mon 14 Jun | French | Writing on Edexcel | 1:30pm |
| Mon 14 Jun | Mathematics | Paper 3, Calculator | 9:00am |
| Tue 15 Jun | Chemistry | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Tue 15 Jun | Combined Science | Chemistry Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Tue 15 Jun | Design & Technology | Written Paper | 1:30pm |
| Wed 16 Jun | Spanish | Writing on AQA, Reading on Edexcel | 1:30pm |
| Wed 16 Jun | Statistics | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Thu 17 Jun | Further Maths (Level 2) | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Thu 17 Jun | Spanish | Writing on Edexcel | 1:30pm |
| Fri 18 Jun | Combined Science | Physics Paper 2 | 9:00am |
| Fri 18 Jun | Physics | Paper 2 | 9:00am |
When Is GCSE Results Day 2027?
GCSE results day 2027 is expected to be Thursday 19 August 2027.
GCSE results are released on the third Thursday of August each year, with A level results the Thursday before, on 12 August 2027. Most schools open from around 8:00am for students to collect results in person. JCQ confirms the exact date each spring, so treat 19 August as the working date until then.
Between the last paper on 18 June 2027 and results day there is a wait of around ten weeks. If your child is worried about a grade boundary, our GCSE Maths Grade Boundaries Tool shows how many marks each grade has actually needed, and how many marks it takes to pass Foundation tier breaks the numbers down.
How Long Is Left to Prepare?
Counting back from 10 May 2027, most students have their last full term plus the Easter break to revise properly. If maths is the subject causing the worry, our Maths Mastery Lessons work through one topic at a time, and a tutoring programme makes more sense when the gaps are spread across a lot of topics rather than concentrated in a few.
If you want that in minutes rather than weeks, the revision planner turns the time left, the minutes a day and the number of topics into minutes per topic. That is usually the point where a plan stops being wishful.