GCSE exam timetable, 2027.
GCSEs run from Monday 10 May to Friday 18 June 2027, and results come out on Thursday 19 August. AQA, Edexcel and OCR sit Maths, English Language and Computer Science on the same days, in papers of different lengths.
Their first paper
10 May
Computer Science Paper 1, 9.00am
7papers, 11 hours 45 minutes in the exam hall
Mon 10 May
First GCSE exam
- Computer SciencePaper 19.00am, 2 hours
Tue 11 May
Wed 12 May
Thu 13 May
Fri 14 May
- MathsPaper 19.00am, 1 hour 30 minutes
Mon 17 May
Tue 18 May
Wed 19 May
- Computer SciencePaper 21.30pm, 1 hour 45 minutes
Thu 20 May
Fri 21 May
Mon 24 May
- English LanguagePaper 19.00am, 1 hour 45 minutes
Tue 25 May
Wed 26 May
Thu 27 May
- MathsPaper 29.00am, 1 hour 30 minutes
Fri 28 May
Mon 31 May
Tue 1 Jun
Wed 2 Jun
Thu 3 Jun
Fri 4 Jun
Mon 7 Jun
Tue 8 Jun
- English LanguagePaper 29.00am, 1 hour 45 minutes
Wed 9 Jun
Thu 10 Jun
Fri 11 Jun
Mon 14 Jun
- MathsPaper 39.00am, 1 hour 30 minutes
Tue 15 Jun
Wed 16 Jun
Thu 17 Jun
Fri 18 Jun
Last GCSE exam
Each paper is drawn as long as it runs. Every paper starts at 9.00am or 1.30pm, and a school may move a start by up to 30 minutes, so check their own timetable. From AQA’s exam timetable for June 2027 (version 1.1, 14 September 2026).
From entries to results.
Results day is Thursday 19 August, 62 days after the last paper.
- 21 FebruaryEntries closeThe deadline for schools to enter students.
- 10 May to 18 JuneThe examsEvery GCSE on the common timetable sits between these days.
- 23 JuneContingency dayStudents must stay available until this day, in case exams are disrupted.
- 19 AugustResults dayResults reach students.
From the JCQ’s key dates for June 2027 and the boards’ timetables. What the marks meant last summer: GCSE grade boundaries, 2026.
Make the weeks before May count.
Their free Exam Plan shows where their marks go, from their own answers, and says what to fix first.
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