GCSE Exam 2025
GCSE exams in 2025 are scheduled to start from the week commencing Monday, 5 May and finish on Wednesday, 25 June.
These are the most up-to-date exam dates set by each exam board, but they might change closer to the exam period. As such, you should only use these dates as a general guide. You can find all exam timetables for each GCSE exam board linked on this page.
Non-exam assessments, such as modern foreign language speaking tests and practical science experiments, may be set before this period as they are decided by each school.
When are the GCSE maths exams 2025?
The following GCSE maths exams will take place on Thursday, 8 May (morning)
- WJEC mathematics numeracy unit 1 – foundation, intermediate and higher
The following GCSE maths exams will take place on Thursday, 15 May (morning)
AQA maths paper 1 (non-calculator) – foundation and higher
CCEA mathematics units 1 and 2 – foundation
CCEA mathematics units 3 and 4 – higher
Edexcel maths paper 1 (non-calculator) – foundation and higher
Eduqas maths paper component 1 – foundation and higher
OCR maths paper 1 (calculator) – foundation
OCR maths paper 4 (calculator) – higher
WJEC mathematics unit 1 – foundation, intermediate and higher
The following GCSE maths exams will take place on Wednesday, 4 June (morning)
AQA maths paper 2 (calculator) – foundation and higher
CCEA maths unit 5 (calculator and non-calculator) – foundation
CCEA maths unit 6 (calculator and non-calculator) – foundation
CCEA maths unit 7 (calculator and non-calculator) – higher
CCEA maths unit 8 (calculator and non-calculator) – higher
Edexcel maths paper 2 (calculator) – foundation and higher
Eduqas mathematics component 2 – foundation and higher
OCR mathematics paper 2 (non-calculator) – foundation
OCR mathematics paper 5 (calculator) – higher
WJEC mathematics numeracy unit 2 – foundation, intermediate and higher
The following GCSE maths exams will take place on Wednesday, 11 June (morning)
AQA maths paper 3 (calculator) – foundation and higher
Edexcel maths paper 3 (calculator) – foundation and higher
OCR maths paper 3 (calculator) – foundation
OCR maths paper 6 (calculator) – higher
WJEC maths unit 2 – foundation, intermediate and higher
When are the GCSE English language exams 2025?
GCSE English language exam dates 2025
CCEA English language unit 4 will take place on the morning of Tuesday, 20 May.
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR English language paper 1 exams will take place on morning of Friday, 23 May.
WJEC English Language unit 2 will take place on morning of Friday, 23 May.
CCEA English language unit 1 will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 7 May.
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR English language paper 2 exams will take place on morning of Friday, 6 June.
WJEC English Language unit 3 will take place on morning of Friday, 6 June.
When are the GCSE English literature exams 2025?
GCSE English literature exam dates 2025
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel and OCR English literature paper 1 exams will take place on morning of Monday, 12 May.
Eduqas and WJEC foundation and higher English literature paper 1 exams will take place on morning of Monday, 12 May.
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas & OCR English literature paper 2 exams will take place on morning of Tuesday, 20 May.
CCEA English literature unit 4 will take place on morning of Tuesday, 20 May.
WJEC English literature unit 2 option a and b foundation and higher will take place morning of Tuesday, 20 May.
CCEA English literature unit 2 will take place on the morning of Thursday, 29 May.
When are the GCSE science exams 2025?
Biology single science and combined science exam dates 2025
AQA, Edexcel, OCR and CCEA biology paper 1 for both combined and single science students, and WJEC biology unit 2, will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, 13 May.
AQA, Edexcel, OCR and CCEA biology paper 2 for both combined and single science students, and WJEC biology unit 1, will take place on the morning of Monday, 9 June.
CCEA biology paper practical theory for combined students will take place on the morning of Monday, 9 June.
Chemistry single science and combined science exam dates 2025
AQA, Edexcel, OCR chemistry paper 1 for combined and single science students, and WJEC chemistry unit 2, will take place on the morning of Monday, 19 May.
CCEA chemistry unit 1 foundation and higher papers will take place on the morning of Monday, 19 May.
AQA, Edexcel and OCR chemistry paper 2 for both combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Friday, 13 June.
WJEC chemistry unit 1 will take place on the morning of Friday, 13 June.
CCEA chemistry unit 2 for both combined double award and single science students, and CCEA chemistry practical theory for combined double award students will take place on the morning of Friday, 13 June.
CCEA chemistry unit 3 (Practical Theory) will take place on the afternoon of Friday, 20 June.
Physics single science and combined science exam dates 2025
AQA and Edexcel physics paper 1 for both combined and single science students, and OCR physics paper 1 and 3 will take place on the morning of Thursday, 22 May.
WJEC physics unit 2 will take place on the morning of Thursday, 22 May.
CCEA physics unit 1 for both combined double award and single science students will take place on the morning of Thursday, 22 May.
AQA and Edexcel physics paper 2 for both combined and single science students, and OCR physics paper 2 and 4 will take place on the morning of Monday, 16 June.
WJEC physics unit 1 will take place on the morning of Monday, 16 June.
CCEA physics unit 2 for both combined double award and single science students will take place on the morning of Monday, 16 June.
