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Exam/Revision Info

Please find below details of exams and revision sessions:

Exam and Assessment Timetables

Exams and Assessment Timetable 2025 -2026

29 September 2025 to 11 October 2025

Year 11 Pre-Public Examinations

26 January 2026 to 14 February 2026

Year 11 Pre-Public Examinations

23 February 2026 to 6 March 2026

Year 9 Examinations

16 March 2026 to 27 March 2026

Year 10 Examinations

13 April 2026 to 22 May 2026

Year 7 Examinations

13 April 2026 to 22 May 2026

Year 8 Examinations

7 May 2026 to 24 June 2026

GCSE Written Examinations*

*Please note that GCSE practical and spoken examinations in French, German, Drama, PE, Music and Art will be scheduled outside of these dates.

Revision Timetables and Information 

 

Revision Guides and Information

Below is a list of useful revision materials that will support the learning of students. These are available to buy through the school shop or available from Amazon UK.

Subject

Exam Board

Revision Guide

Available from

English Literature

Edexcel

Five guides: An Inspector Calls, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, Conflict Anthology Poetry and Unseen Poetry 

School Shop

Mathematics Higher (Sets 1 and 2)

AQA

GCSE Maths AQA Revision Guide: Higher - for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition)

School Shop

Mathematics Foundation (Sets 3 to 5)

AQA

GCSE Maths AQA Revision Guide: Foundation - for the Grade 9-1 Course (with Online Edition)

School Shop

Triple Science

AQA

Revision guide bundle following the course (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) Speak to Mrs Pike


 

School Shop

Combined Science

AQA

Combined Trilogy revision guide - Higher and  Foundation in one bok

History 

Edexel

Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Anglo-Saxon and Norman England Revision Guide and Workbook

Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Weimar and Nazi Germany Revision Guide and Workbook

Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History The American West Revision Guide and Workbook

Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Crime and Punishment in Britain Revision Guide and Workbook

School Shop

Geography Edexcel Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Revision Guide and Workbook. Year 11 students have these

German

Edexcel

Edexcel GCSE 9-1 German Revision Workbook; Edexcel GCSE 9-1 German Study Guide;

Edexcel GCSE 9-1German Studio Grammar and Translation Workbook

School Shop
Amazon

French

Edexel

Edexcel GCSE 9-1 French Revision Workbook; Edexcel GCSE 9-1 French Study Guide;

Edexcel GCSE 9-1 French Studio Grammar and Translation Workbook

School Shop 

Amazon

Business OCR My revision notes OCR GCSE 9-1 Business School Shop

Religious Education

AQA

AQA GCSE Religious Studies A (9-1) Christianity and Islam Oxford University Press

Amazon

Physical Education

 Edexcel

Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) physical education revision guide

Amazon 

Design & Technology AQA CGP GCSE (9-1 ) AQA Design & Technology School Shop
Health and Social Care OCR My Revision Notes: Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge National in Health & Social Care: Second Edition Amazon
Hospitality & Catering WJEC WJEC Vocational Award Hospitality & Catering Level 1/2: Study & Revision Guide School Shop
Music Eduqas GCSE Music revision guide School Shop