Public Exams

Summer 2025 exams start 8th May.

Contingency afternoon: 11th June. (All candidates must be available then in case of a national or local disruption to the examination series)

Contingency day 25th June. (All candidates must be available until this date in case of a national or local disruption to the examination series.)

Exam timetables are published on the exam board websites if this information is required in advance of being published here.

Pre-public exams

See below for 2024-2025 dates for Y10, Y11, Y12 and Y13 practice exams. Timetables will be published here when available:

Y11 (maths, English literature) & Y13 Autumn PPEs: 5th Nov – 15th Nov

Y12 Autumn PPEs: 17th Dec – 19th Dec

Y11 & Y10 (PoR) January PPEs: 7th Jan – 17th Jan

Y11 (maths, English, science) & Y13 Spring PPEs: 25th Feb – 11th Mar

Y11 English Literature PPE: 2nd Apr – 3rd Apr

Y10 & Y12 Summer PPEs: 22nd Apr – 7th May

Summer 2025:

GCE Results – 14th August

GCSE Results – 21st August

All students will be emailed results.

Forms for post results services can be downloaded from Wisepay/ Exam payments.

2025 KS4 subject and qualification codes

 2025 KS5 subject and qualification codes

 Detailed information about these qualifications can be found on the relevant exam board website:

 AQA                       Pearson (Edexcel)                  OCR

 WJEC

This handbook will brief candidates on the exam and assessment process at The Holt School and the JCQ regulations:

Candidate examination handbook

All candidates taking public examinations and assessments must read the following JCQ documents:

Information for candidates: coursework

Information for candidates: non-examination assessments

Information for candidates – written exams

Preparing to sit your exams

Information for candidates – social media

Information for candidates – privacy notice

 Unauthorised items poster

Warning to candidates poster

Certificates must be collected in person and signed for at Reception. An email will be sent when these are available.

It is very important to collect your certificates and look after them carefully, as you will need them in the future and replacements are very expensive and difficult to obtain. The Holt School is not obliged to retain certificates after a year and unclaimed certificates may be destroyed or returned to the exam board.