Information regarding examination dates, internal assessment deadlines and other assessment windows for the current academic year are published in our document Examination Timetables and Internal Assessment Deadlines. Any available published final timetables for future examination series will also appear on this page.
Final Timetables
November 2020 Examination Timetable – GCSE
November 2020 Examination Timetable – GCE, Level 3 Applied Certificates/Diplomas and Extended Diploma
January 2021 Examination Timetable
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November 2020 Series Entry Deadlines
GCE, Extended Project and Applied Level 3 – 4th September
GCSE (except English Language, Mathematics and Welsh Language) – 18th September
GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Welsh Language – 4th October
Please note that if no centre has made entries for a paper by the entry deadline, the paper will be withdrawn and the exam will be cancelled.
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Provisional Timetables
January 2021 Examination Timetable - Provisional
Entry Level, Level 1/2, Level 3 March/May/June 2021 Examination Timetable - Provisional
GCSE June 2021 Examination Timetable - Provisional
GCE A/AS June 2021 Examination Timetable - Provisional
Provisional Timetables are published in advance of the final versions to allow centres the opportunity to comment on any issues that they identify. Further information is available under the 'Timetable Construction' tab. Any available provisional timetables will appear on this page.
The JCQ Common Timetable Working Group, which consists of representatives from AQA, CCEA, OCR, Pearson, WJEC and JCQ, is responsible for producing common provisional and final examination timetables for the November and June examination series.
More information regarding the construction of the common timetable is available on the JCQ website here.
Provisional timetables for the following year’s November GCSE examination series are published by 31 October. Comments, observations or suggested amendments to the timetable must be emailed to centresupport@jcq.org.uk no later than 30 November, for consideration by the JCQ Common Timetable Working Group.
Provisional timetables for the following year’s June examination series are published by 28 February. Comments, observations or suggested amendments to the timetable must be emailed to centresupport@jcq.org.uk no later than 30 April, for consideration by the JCQ Common Timetable Working Group.
Deadlines for the submission of internal assessment, including Non-Examination Assessments (NEA) and Controlled Assessments are published here:
November (Autumn) series non-examination assessment deadlines
Our key dates posters containing entry deadlines, results days, and other key dates are available for download here.
The JCQ key dates documents are available to download from their website here.