Exams Information

Information for Candidates

Summer 2026 Examination Timetable

The timetable below provides an overview of the Summer 2026 exam season for subjects studied at Perins School. Once entries have been confirmed, candidates will receive their timetables, showing each exam they are entered for, a start time, an end time, and a venue.

Download the summer 2026 examination timetable here

Perins GCSE exam boards & specifications list 2025-26

Preparation

Instructions for Candidates’ Video 2025- 2026

Before the GCSE exams begin, you must read all of the relevant documents below. They are published by the Joint Council on Qualifications (JCQ), which are the body in overall charge of exams in England.

These documents tell you about some things that you must and must not do when you are completing your work.

 If there is anything that you can’t read or do not understand, you must ask your teacher or tutor.

Information for candidates – written exams 2025-2026 – from JCQ for all students

Exams Briefing for Candidates and Parents

Year 11 GCSE Exams Assembly

 

Additional Information

JCQ AI Poster for Students

Non-examination assessments 2025-2026

The above applies to all GCSE courses where there is a non-examination element. Examples are Art, Dance, Drama, Music & Design Technology.

Coursework Assessments 2025-2026

The above applies to students taking Child Development and Sport Studies.

Data Protection Form

This refers to personal data consent from the examination candidate. Agreement for sharing data with JCQ regarding access arrangements.

Privacy Notice

This is what happens to your data.

JCQ have also produced some useful guides:

Preparing to Sit your Exams

Social Media Information for Candidates 

 

GCSE certificates

GCSE certificates do not arrive in school each year until around November, at which point we will post information on this webpage regarding collection.

Certificates will be retained by the centre for 24 months after receipt from the Awarding bodies, after which time they will destroyed, in line with JCQ regulations.

How to Get Hold of Replacement GCSE Certificates