Examinations – Oriel High School

Examinations

If parents have any questions or concerns about the examination then our exams officer Mrs de Valmency can be contacted via e-mail jdevalmency@oriel.w-sussex.sch.uk

Please note that we are unable to accommodate private candidates at Oriel.

Exam Dates 2026

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have now published the common exam timetable for this summer’s GCSE and VTQ examination series. This has now allowed us to finalise some key dates for our exam students.

Date of first GCSE examination on the common timetable: 7th May 2026

Date of last GCSE examination on the common timetable: 17th June 2026

Exam contingency day in the event of national or local disruption 24th June 2026

Exam Contingency Days 2026

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, further resilience was needed within the exam timetables. A single contingency day was not felt to be sufficient if a national event or incident had a significant effect on the exam timetable. For example, summer exams could be affected by extremely high temperatures.

For the June 2026 exam series this date will be Wednesday 24th June 2026

Candidates must remain available until Wednesday 24th June 2026 should examinations need to be rescheduled.

Mock Exam Timetable

Year 11 Mock Timetable November 2025 Download

Exam Results Days

A Levels

A Level results will be available at 8.30am on Thursday 13^th August for Year 13 and Year 12 students who sat external Level 3 exams.

GCSEs

GCSE results will be available on Thursday 20^th August 2026 for Year 11 and Year 10 or 9 students that sat external exams. Times for collection will follow nearer the date.