GCSE English Countdown
Build your personal countdown to your GCSE English Language and English Literature papers, using exam dates checked against each board's own published timetable.
Boards publish morning sessions at 09:00 and afternoon sessions at 13:30, but your school may adjust the start time. Always check your official personal timetable before relying on this countdown.
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GCSE English exam dates by board
English Language and English Literature only. Each row is a written paper whose date has been checked against the exam board's published timetable.
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Exam session times
Awarding bodies publish morning sessions at 09:00 and afternoon sessions at 13:30, Europe/London. These are the boards' published session times, not a guaranteed personal start time. Centres may adjust within the rules, and candidates with access arrangements may sit at a different time. Where the table above says “Not published” instead of a session, we do not hold a confirmed session for that paper yet.
How to use your countdown
- Add each subject with the exam board your school entered you for. Schools often use different boards for different subjects.
- Pick Foundation or Higher where the subject is tiered, so you only see your own papers.
- Check the next-exam card each morning and work backwards from it.
- Build a revision timetable around the dates once you know them.
- Confirm everything against your personal timetable from the exams office before you rely on it.
Frequently asked questions
Which subjects and boards does this cover?
GCSE English Language and English Literature, for the exam boards we have confirmed dates for. Those are the two subjects Marked can genuinely mark, so they are the two we hold verified timetable data for. If your board is not listed yet, its dates have not been confirmed here.
Where do the dates come from?
Each one is transcribed from the exam board's own published timetable and then checked by a named person before it appears. Nothing is inferred from a previous year or copied from another board. The 'Where these dates come from' section names the source for each board and the date it was last checked.
Why are some boards or papers missing?
Because they have not been confirmed yet. A missing date means nobody has verified it against the official source, not that the exam does not exist. We would rather show you nothing than a plausible date that turns out to be wrong.
Why don't you show results day or the full national exam timetable?
We only publish what we have checked. Results day, the Ofqual exam window and the contingency day are real and important, but we hold no verified record of them, so stating them here would be guessing. Your exams officer and your board's own website are the right source for those.
What time do GCSE exams start?
Awarding bodies publish morning sessions at 09:00 and afternoon sessions at 13:30 (Europe/London). Centres can vary the actual start within the boards' rules, so your school's own timetable is the final word. Where we hold a published session for a paper, the table shows it; where we do not, it says “Not published” rather than guessing.
What if my school timetable says something different?
Your school or college timetable always wins. This tool shows the awarding bodies' published dates; centres may adjust start times within the rules and can move candidates for access arrangements or timetable clashes.
Is this countdown free?
Yes. Building your countdown needs no account, and your selections are stored in your own browser rather than sent anywhere.