Summer 2025 Contingency Days

The awarding bodies have collectively agreed a contingency day for several years now which is always scheduled at the end of the GCSE and A-Level exam timetables. The contingency day is in the event of national or significant local disruption to exams in the United Kingdom.

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 2025 exams, the awarding bodies have therefore introduced an additional afternoon contingency session. This is on Wednesday 11 June 2025. The standard contingency day remains at the end of the timetable being scheduled on Wednesday 25 June 2025.

Students and parents should consider the contingency day of Wednesday 25 June 2025 when making their plans for the summer. Candidates must remain available until Wednesday 25 June 2025 should examinations need to be rescheduled.

A wealth of information is available on the awarding bodies' websites:
AQA
OCR
Pearson
WJEC

Further information can be found in the attachments below. If you have any queries please contact our Exams Officer.