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When are the GCSE exams 2024?

GCSE exams in 2024 start from the week commencing Monday, 6 May and finish on Friday, 21 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.

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When are the GCSE maths exams 2024?

The following GCSE maths exams will take place on Thursday, 16 May (morning)

  • AQA maths paper 1 - foundation and higher

  • CCEA Mathematics units 1 and 2 - foundation

  • CCEA Mathematics units 3 and 4 - higher

  • Edexcel maths paper 1 - foundation and higher

  • Eduqas maths paper 1 - foundation and higher

  • OCR maths paper 1 - foundation

  • OCR maths paper 4 - higher

  • WJEC maths paper 1 - foundation, intermediate and higher

The following GCSE maths exams will take place on Monday, 3 June (morning)

  • AQA maths paper 2 - foundation and higher

  • CCEA maths unit 5 - foundation

  • CCEA maths unit 6 - foundation

  • CCEA maths unit 7 - higher

  • CCEA maths unit 8 - higher

  • Edexcel maths paper 2 - foundation and higher

  • Eduqas maths paper 2 - foundation and higher

  • OCR maths paper 2 - foundation and higher

The following GCSE maths exams will take place on Monday, 10 June (morning)

  • AQA maths paper 3 - foundation and higher

  • Edexcel maths paper 3 - foundation and higher

  • OCR maths paper 3 - foundation and higher

Other dates

WJEC maths unit 2 for all tier students will take place in the morning of Wednesday, 12 June 2024.

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When are the GCSE English language exams 2024?

GCSE English language exam dates 2024

  • AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC English language paper 1 exams will take place on morning of Thursday, 23 May.

  • CCEA English language unit 1 will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 8 May.

  • AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas OCR and WJEC English language paper 2 exams will take place on morning of Thursday, 6 June.

  • CCEA English language unit 4 will take place on the morning of Monday, 20 May.

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When are the GCSE English literature exams 2024?

GCSE English literature exam dates 2024

  • AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC English literature paper 1 exams will take place on morning of Monday, 13 May.

  • AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and WJEC English literature paper 2 exams will take place on morning of Monday, 20 May.

  • CCEA English literature paper 2 will take place on the morning of Thursday, 30 May.

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When are the GCSE science exams 2024?

Biology single science and combined science exam dates 2024

  • AQA, Edexcel, OCR biology paper 1 and WJEC biology paper 1 for both combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Friday, 10 May.

  • CCEA biology paper 1 for both combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Friday, 17 May.

  • AQA, Edexcel, OCR biology paper 2 for both combined and single science students will take place on the afternoon of Friday, 7 June.

  • WJEC biology paper 1 will take place on the morning of Monday, 10 June.

  • CCEA biology paper 2 for both combined double award and single science students will take place on the morning of Tuesday, 11 June.

  • CCEA biology paper practical theory for combined students will take place on the morning of Tuesday, 11 June.

  • CCEA biology paper 3 (practical theory) for single science students will take place on the morning of Thursday, 20 June.

Chemistry single science and combined science exam dates 2024

  • AQA, Edexcel, OCR chemistry paper 1 and WJEC chemistry paper 2 for combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Friday, 17 May.

  • CCEA chemistry paper 1 for both combined double award and single science students, and CCEA chemistry paper 2 for combined single award students will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 22 May.

  • AQA, Edexcel and OCR chemistry paper 2 for both combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Tuesday, 11 June.

  • WJEC chemistry paper 1 will take place on the morning of Thursday, 13 June.

  • CCEA chemistry paper 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, 14 June.

  • CCEA chemistry paper 3 (Practical Theory) will take place on the afternoon of Friday, 21 June.

Physics single science and combined science exam dates 2024

  • AQA, Edexcel, WJEC and OCR physics paper 1 for both combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 22 May.

  • WJEC physics paper 1 will take place on the morning of Monday, 17 June.

  • AQA, Edexcel and OCR physics paper 2 for both combined and single science students will take place on the afternoon of Friday, 14 June.

  • WJEC physics paper 2 will take place on the morning of Friday, 24 May.

  • CCEA physics paper 1 for both combined double award and single science students will take place on the afternoon of Friday, 7 June.

  • CCEA physics paper 3 for combined single award science students will take place on the afternoon of Friday, 7 June.

  • CCEA physics paper 2 for both combined double award and single science students will take place on the morning of Tuesday, 18 June.

  • CCEA physics practical theory for combined double award students will take place on the morning of Tuesday, 18 June.

  • CCEA physics paper 3 (Practical Theory) for single science students will take place on the morning of Monday, 24 June.


The OCR 21st Century combined science paper will take place on the morning of Friday, 7 June.

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Create your own revision timetable

Head over to our Revision: Timetables and planning page to download your own revision timetable template and personalise it based on your exam dates.

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Exam board timetables

When are the AQA GCSE exams 2024?

Check out the AQA GCSE exam timetable 2024 to find out the dates of all of your AQA exams.

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When are the CCEA GCSE exams 2024?

Check out the CCEA GCSE exam timetable 2024 to find out the dates of all of your CCEA exams.

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When are the Edexcel GCSE exams 2024?

Take a look at the Edexcel GCSE exam timetable 2024 to find out the dates of all of your Edexcel exams.

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When are the Eduqas GCSE exams 2024?

Take a look at the Eduqas GCSE exam timetable 2024 to find out the dates of all of your Eduqas exams.

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When are the OCR GCSE exams 2024?

Hop over to the OCR GCSE exam timetable 2024 to see the dates of all GCSE exams 2023.

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When are the WJEC GCSE exams 2024?

Have a look at the WJEC GCSE exam timetable 2024 to see the dates of all GCSE WJEC exams.

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How to prepare for your GCSE exams

Bitesize has an enormous collection of online GCSE study guides, complete with videos, audio, infographics and quizzes to ensure that your revision is engaging and suits how you learn.

According to psychotherapist Josh Fletcher, mock exams are the best way to practise for your GCSEs. That's why we've created our exam-style and quick-fire GCSE exam quizzes. These fun, interactive questions are based on GCSE past papers and written by teachers and experts so you can test your knowledge and give your revision a boost.

Take the GCSE quizzes for all GCSE exam boards in maths (foundation and higher), computer science, geography, combined science (foundation and higher), biology (foundation and higher), chemistry (foundation and higher) and physics (foundation and higher).

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