Exams Office

Key Exam Dates

GCSE resits: 3 Nov - 9 Nov

Year 13 Tests: 9 Nov - 13 Nov
Year 11 Mocks: 16 Nov - 27 Nov
Year 10 Citizenship: 30 Nov
Year 11 Core mocks only: 23 Feb - 5 Mar*
Year 13 Mocks: 2 8 Mar - 19 Mar*

GCSE and A Level Exams: 10 May - 23 June

Year 12 Tests: 21 Jun - 2 Jul*
Year10 Tests: 5 Jul - 16 Jul*
 

* = provisional and subject to change

Exam Entries Autumn 2026

November Exams

The timetable for the public GCSE Maths and English Language exams is below;

November Assessments

The November timetable below shows the schedule for the yr13 Assessments and yr11 mocks.

Click here to open the full spreadsheet.

Exam Entries Summer 2026

The Cherwell School has limited capacity and we therefore accept private candidates only;

 - if they have just sat their A Levels with us and wish to resit them. (Candidate will need to complete the External Exam Entry Form 2026, available from 1st December)
 - they are a current student who wishes to sit an exam for a subject that they do not study on their timetable, such as a home language. (Candidate will need to complete the Internal Exam Entry Form 2026, available from 1st December)

The Cherwell School has no capacity to accommodate new external candidates. Applications to be accepted as a private candidate must be submitted by 9am Thursday 14 January 2026 for June 2026 examinations, by which time the external candidate exam entry google form must be completed in full and the appropriate payment made.The relevant exam entry form will be available from the start of December and will be added to this section of this page of the website.

Once accepted, the school will:

 - Make entries for examinations
 - Provide appropriate conditions to sit the examinations in a room with our existing students
 - Email results on results days and make candidates aware of how to collect their certificates
 

As a centre we are not able to provide the following:

 - Entries for any qualification that requires a coursework, controlled assessment or practical endorsement unless it is possible to 'carry it over' from a previous entry while the student was enrolled at Cherwell School
 - Application for, or administering of, any special access arrangements unless they were already in place when candidate was previously at the school
 - Facilities to study within the centre
 - Marking, support or advice on any part of a course
 - Facility to take an exam in a private room
 - Supervision of candidates between exam sessions unless there is a timetable clash

The following fees will apply to all private/external candidates:

 - Subject entry fee (Full exam fees information will be available in December)
 - A one-off non-refundable admin fee
 - Invigilation – no charge if the centre is already running an exam for internal students, otherwise an invigilation charge per paper will be set at the centre's discretion. All fees must be paid in full before entries are made. The deadline is the 14th of January for June exams.
 - No refunds can be made if the candidate subsequently wishes to withdraw after entry and before the exam takes place, or does not attend an exam, for whatever reason.

Summer Exams Timetable 2027

Click here to open the full spreadsheet.

Artificial intelligence, NEA guidance and Exams 2025

JCQ: AI and Assessments - A quick guide for student

SUMMER EXAM CERTIFICATES

Certificates will be available from November. You will be contacted with further information regarding these however if you are unable to collect your certificates in person you can arrange for a friend or relative to pick them up (they will need to bring with them a completed permission form from you – available below. Alternatively, we are able to post your certificates to you on receipt of £4 to cover the cost of Recorded Delivery.  If you would like to go ahead with this option, please email kwilson@cherwellschool.org to confirm the address you would like the certificate sent to and make payment through ParentPay Online Shop available here; 

INFORMATION FOR NATIVE SPEAKERS

The Cherwell School Exams Policies