Exam Information

The information below relates to the nationally-dated examinations that will be taking place in 2025. Some practical and online exams occur year-round; your tutors will notify you of these dates.

Before examinations begin, you should familiarise yourself with the documents published by the Joint Council for Qualifications below.

• Information for candidates – Written Exams
• Information for candidates – On-Screen Tests
• Information for candidates - Use of AI in Assessments 
• Information for Candidates - Coursework Assessments
• Information for Candidates - NE Assessments
• JCQ - Preparing to sit your exams
•  EAL Examinations notice to Candidates

• Further reading

  •  London South East Colleges - Results and Appeals Procedures
  •  London South East Colleges - Special Consideration Policy
  •  London South East Colleges - Candidate Identification Procedure
  •  London South East Colleges - Student Appeals Policy and Procedure
  •  London South East Colleges - Handling Digital information and material Policy
  •  London South East Colleges - Candidate Late Exam Arrival
  •  London South East Colleges - Exam Access Arrangements

• Confirmation of exam entries

  If you have been entered for an external exam, you will receive a 'statement of entry' in the post and an email to your student college email with a personalised timetable for the examinations you have been entered for, along with other relevant information. If any of the information is incorrect or you believe an examination is missing, please get in touch with the exams team by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

  You will be informed by text if you have been entered for an online, on-demand external exam. Please ensure that your mobile phone number and home address held by the College is current. 

• Exam timetable for GCSE examinations

  • GCSE English Language
    Paper 1 – Thursday 21 May 2026 
    Paper 2 – Friday 5 June 2026 
  • GCSE Mathematics
    Paper 1 – Non-calculator – Thursday 14 May 2026 
    Paper 2 – Calculator – Wednesday 3 June 2026
    Paper 3 – Calculator – Wednesday 10 June 2026
  • GCSE Science - Biology
    Paper 1 - Tuesday 12 May 2026
    Paper 2 - Monday 8 June 2026

• Results

  Results – January Exam Sitting: Tutors will inform learners of their January unit results
  Results – Summer Exam Sitting: GCSE results are sent to your student college email at 9am. Please check your email address before the day to ensure you can log in. You can collect your GCSE and BTEC results in person from 9am. Please bring along a photo ID.

  Result days are as follows:
  Level 3 BTEC and T Levels - Thursday 12 August 2027
  Level 2 BTEC and GCSE examinations - Thursday 19 August 2027

  Results for qualifications that do not include a national exam result may differ depending on the Awarding Bodies submission and certification process. For qualifications where exams and assessments are continuing, the results will be released as and when the Awarding Body processes them.

• Post Results Services

  Appeals
  If there is a severe concern about a result, the College can request a re-marking service from the appropriate Awarding Body. Re-marking should start immediately after consultation with the Head of Curriculum concerned. The final date for submission is within three weeks after the results are issued. Details of the procedures, the fees involved, the d application form can be found in the London South East Colleges - Results and Appeals Procedures document.

  Certificates
  The Awarding Bodies issue certificates well after the exams, usually at the end of October. Certificates are posted to your home address once the Exams Team has processed them. Please ensure the home address details the College holds are current.

• Result information your next steps

  Once you receive your provisional results slip, check all of the details on the slip and let us know immediately if there are any errors otherwise these will be printed on your certificate(s) and you will have to pay for any changes you want to make.

  Certificates (only if you have completed the course).
  Certificates will be ready for collection from late November to mid-December after which they will be posted to your home address by recorded delivery.

  If you have any queries with your result and are thinking about an appeal, a remark or a copy of your exam paper, please contact the exams office or speak with your tutor, we are here to help and advise.

  You can also access “Post result information” on the awarding body websites:

  • Pearson English and Maths
  • AQA Biology