- Home
- Curriculum
- Examinations
Examinations
Exam Board's Timetable
Data is taken from awarding bodies base data and subject to change in the event of external issues e.g. Covid etc. Students will be issued with individual timetables for confirmation of their entries before the start of the exam series.
Contingency Days
Contingency days are added to the exam calendar to cover unexpected timetable changes.
The following date has been marked as the contingency day for Summer 2026 series:
Friday 1 July 2026
Students are expected to remain available for these dates even if their timetable is complete. Please do not book any holidays until after the contingency days have passed.
Speaking Assessments and NEA assessments (practicals and coursework) will follow a separate timetable and will be managed by Heads of Department for that subject. Please contact your subject teacher if you have any questions relating to these.
For all other queries, please contact the Exams Officer at exams@bolderacademy.co.uk.
Below is a provisional timetable for indicative purposes only and will be updated once boards and exam codes have been confirmed.
Provisional Summer 2025-26 External Exams Timetable
Please click on the expandable sections below for more useful information and documents related to Exams.
Year 11 Parental Support GCSE Revision Booklet Summer 2025
Exams - Malpractice in Exams NEA's and Btecs Nov 2023
JCQ Statutory Information:
The links below are important documents that you need to have read and understood.
They will help set you up for the exams so that you know what is expected of you and what would be the consequences of any malpractice. Please take time to read them carefully.
Information for candidates - Written examinations 2024-25
Information for candidates – Social Media 2024-25
Information for candidates - Coursework assessments JCQ 2024-25
Information for candidates - Non-examination assessments 2024-25
Information for candidates - Privacy Notice
JCQ Preparing to Sit Your Exams 2024-25
Brain Foods
The human brain is an active tissue containing billions of cells, called neurons, which need a constant supply of nutrients to function and grow properly. Certain foods and nutrients may help aid the brain’s development, improve brain function, memory, and concentration.
GCSE Certificate Collection for Summer 2025 exams
Certificates are normally available for collection at the end of November. Details will be shared with parental contacts and school email addresses when details are available.
Please make sure that you have access to your school email address.
If the candidate is unable to collect certificates in this way, please complete the consent form attached below.
This consent must be returned with the correct signature as a pdf or hard copy, or alternatively, through digital consent if it is through the student’s Bolder email account. This is to verify the authenticity of the email as being directly from the student.
