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📝 GCSE Exam Round-Up: May 15th–29th, 2025
Dates, times and how to prepare
Claire Wilsher
May 15, 2025
To Parents,
With GCSE season in full swing, we know how important it is for you to have a clear view of what’s coming up. That’s why we’ve put together this two-week snapshot of the upcoming exams — so you can help your child stay organised, confident, and prepared.
Below, you’ll find a full timetable of the GCSE exams scheduled between Thursday 15 May and Thursday 29 May 2025. Whether your child is tackling English Literature, separate Science, or their final Maths paper, this guide makes it easy to keep track of dates and start times.
Please note that even we can make mistakes and cannot cover every single exam in one newsletter. Please use this as a guide only and double check your child exam entry sheet issued by the school as sometime exam details can change from those originally published on exam board websites.
English, Maths and Science
Date | Time | Subject | Paper/Component | Exam Board |
May 15, 2025 | Morning | Mathematics | Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) (8300/1F & 1H) | AQA |
May 15, 2025 | Morning | Mathematics | Paper 1 (Foundation - Calculator & Higher - Calculator) (J560/01 & 04) | OCR |
May 15, 2025 | Morning | Mathematics | Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) (1MA1/1F & 1H) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 19, 2025 | Morning | Combined Science: Trilogy | Chemistry Paper 1 (8464/C/1F & 1H) | AQA |
May 19, 2025 | Morning | Chemistry | Chemistry Paper 1 (8462/1F & 1H) | AQA |
May 19, 2025 | Morning | Chemistry A | Paper 1 (Foundation & Higher) (J248/01 & 03) | OCR |
May 19, 2025 | Morning | Chemistry B | Breadth in chemistry (Foundation & Higher) (J258/01 & 03) | OCR |
May 19, 2025 | Morning | Chemistry | Paper 1 (Foundation & Higher Tier) (1CH0/1F & 1H) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 19, 2025 | Morning | Combined Science | Paper 2 (Chemistry 1) (1SC0/2BF & 2BH) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 20, 2025 | Morning | English Literature | Paper 2 (8702/2) | AQA |
May 20, 2025 | Morning | English Literature | Paper 2 (19th Century Novel & Poetry since 1789) (1ET0/2) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 22, 2025 | Morning | Combined Science: Trilogy | Physics Paper 1 (8464/P/1F & 1H) | AQA |
May 22, 2025 | Morning | Physics | Physics Paper 1 (8463/1F & 1H) | AQA |
May 22, 2025 | Morning | Physics A | Paper 1 (Foundation & Higher) (J249/01 & 03) | OCR |
May 22, 2025 | Morning | Physics B | Breadth in physics (Foundation & Higher) (J259/01 & 03) | OCR |
May 22, 2025 | Morning | Physics | Paper 1 (Foundation & Higher Tier) (1PH0/1F & 1H) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 22, 2025 | Morning | Combined Science | Paper 3 (Physics 1) (1SC0/3BF & 3BH) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 23, 2025 | Morning | English Language | Paper 1 (8700/1) | AQA |
May 23, 2025 | Morning | English Language | Paper 1 (J351/01) | OCR |
May 23, 2025 | Morning | English Language | Paper 1 (Fiction and Imaginative Writing) (1EN0/01) | Pearson Edexcel |
Languages - French and German
Date | Time | Subject | Paper/Component | Exam Board |
May 15, 2025 | Afternoon | German | Paper 4 (Writing) (8668/WF & 8668/WH) | AQA |
May 21, 2025 | Morning | French | Paper 1 (Listening) (8658/LF & 8658/LH) | AQA |
May 21, 2025 | Morning | French | Paper 3 (Reading) (8658/RF & 8658/RH) | AQA |
May 21, 2025 | Morning | French | Paper 1 (Listening) (1FR0/1F & 1H) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 21, 2025 | Morning | French | Paper 3 (Reading) (1FR0/3F & 1H) | Pearson Edexcel |
Need extra revision support?
If your child could use a little extra guidance in the run-up to exams, National Tutors offers a range of targeted revision courses designed to boost confidence and exam technique across all core subjects. From intensive Maths sessions to English Literature crash courses, it’s a practical way to make the most of the final stretch. You can find out more at www.nationaltutors.co.uk.
Other Subjects
Date | Time | Subject | Paper/Component | Exam Board |
May 16, 2025 | Morning | History | Paper 1 (Specific topics vary) | AQA |
May 16, 2025 | Afternoon | Business | Paper 2 (8132/2) | AQA |
May 19, 2025 | Afternoon | Physical Education | Paper 1 (8582/1) | AQA |
May 21, 2025 | Afternoon | Religious Studies A | Paper 2 (8062/2A & 2B) | AQA |
May 16, 2025 | Morning | History B | History Around Us (J411/21) | OCR |
May 20, 2025 | Afternoon | Computer Science | Computational thinking, algorithms and programming (J277/02) | OCR |
May 16, 2025 | Morning | History | Paper 1 (Thematic study and historic environment) (1HI0/10-13) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 16, 2025 | Afternoon | Business | Paper 2 (Building a Business) (1BS0/02) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 19, 2025 | Afternoon | Physical Education | Component 1 (Fitness and Body Systems) (1PE0/01) | Pearson Edexcel |
May 20, 2025 | Afternoon | Computer Science | Paper 2 (Application of Computational Thinking) (1CP2/02) | Pearson Edexcel |
We’re here to help make exam season just a little smoother.
Good luck to all students (and parents!) over the next fortnight — you’re nearly there.
Claire