Exam Season
Exam Countdown
How many days until your first paper? Pick your board and the subjects you are sitting for a countdown to every one of your exams — and an honest number for how many full weeks of revision are actually left.
Dates come from AQA, Edexcel and OCR final timetables. Your school's personal timetable overrides everything here — it carries your seat, your room and any access arrangements.
Select your subjects above to start the countdown.
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The 2027 exam season at a glance
- GCSE exams
- Monday 10 May 2027 to Friday 18 June 2027
- GCSE results
- Thursday 19 August 2027
- A-Level exams
- Monday 10 May 2027 to Monday 21 June 2027
- A-Level results
- Thursday 12 August 2027
Both levels share a contingency day on Wednesday 23 June 2027. Every candidate must stay available until the end of it, which in practice means not booking a holiday before then.
Count the weeks, not the days
“Ninety days” sounds like a lot and plans like nothing. Twelve weeks, minus a half term and the fortnight before the first paper that goes on past papers, is closer to eight weeks of new revision — which is why the countdown above also gives you whole weeks, rounded down. A plan built on the optimistic number is how revision runs out of road in May.
More than twelve weeks out, the work is still learning content rather than revising it. That is what the study planner is for. Inside twelve weeks, switch to the revision timetable generator, which works backwards from these dates.
Where these dates come from
Every row is machine-read from the awarding body's own final timetable rather than typed: AQA's May/June 2027 booklet, Pearson's Summer 2027 Final timetable, and OCR's June 2027 final timetable. Boards coordinate common subjects through JCQ, which is why AQA and Edexcel agree on shared slots — Maths Paper 1 on 26 May, Physics Paper 1 on 21 May, and so on.
Full filterable timetables live on the GCSE and A-Level exam date pages.
Frequently asked questions
When do GCSE and A level exams start in 2027?
Both start on Monday 10 May 2027. GCSEs run to Friday 18 June and A levels to Monday 21 June, with a shared contingency day on Wednesday 23 June that every candidate must keep free. A level results are Thursday 12 August 2027 and GCSE results Thursday 19 August 2027.
How many weeks of revision do I have left?
The countdown above works it out from your first paper rather than from the start of the exam season, which is usually a shorter number than students expect. It rounds part weeks down on purpose — ten days left is one full week to plan with, not two, and planning against the optimistic figure is how revision runs out of road.
Are these the official exam dates?
Yes. Every date comes from the awarding body's own final timetable — AQA's May/June 2027 booklet, Pearson's Summer 2027 Final timetable and OCR's June 2027 final timetable. Boards coordinate common subjects through JCQ, which is why AQA and Edexcel agree on shared slots. You must still check the personal timetable your school issues, because it carries your seat, your room and any access arrangements.
What is the contingency day and do I have to be available?
Wednesday 23 June 2027 is a national contingency day. If a paper cannot be sat as scheduled — severe weather, a national disruption — it may be moved to that day. Every candidate must remain available until the end of the contingency day, which in practice means not booking a holiday before then.
My exam is not listed. Why?
This covers AQA, Edexcel and OCR. WJEC and Eduqas are not included, and neither are less commonly entered specifications. If your subject is missing, your board's own timetable is the authority — and your school's personal timetable overrides everything.
What should I be doing this far out?
More than about twelve weeks out, the work is learning content rather than revising it — a term plan is the right shape. Inside twelve weeks, switch to past papers under timed conditions and target the topics that cost you marks in the mocks. The single highest-return change most students make is doing papers to time rather than reading notes.
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