# GCSE Exams 2027 — How Many Days Left

- Date: May 10, 2027, 12:00 AM (UTC) — 2027-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Category: Exam
- Page: https://www.watchisup.com/exam/gcse-exams

Live countdown to the GCSE exams 2027: how many days until the first paper of the summer series on the UK common timetable? Plan your revision against the real date.

This countdown runs to the **first paper of the summer exam series** on the common timetable that the JCQ awarding bodies — AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel, WJEC/Eduqas and CCEA — share across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. **A levels start on the same day.**

**The series lasts about six weeks**, from mid-May into late June. GCSE papers finish a few days before the A-level ones, and a **contingency day** follows the last paper: it is only used if national disruption stops a paper going ahead, but candidates are expected to stay available until then.

**Your own first paper may come later.** The countdown targets the first date on the common timetable; your subjects and your exam board decide when you actually sit. The personal timetable your school gives you is the one to trust — especially for tiered subjects, where Foundation and Higher papers can sit in different sessions.

**Start times are set nationally**: morning sessions begin at 9:00 and afternoon sessions at 13:30.

**Grades come in August.** Results are released a week after A-level results day, at 08:00 — there is a separate countdown for GCSE results day.

Keep this countdown full screen on your revision desk, or send it to the rest of your year group. **Photo & camera mode** lays it over a picture of your own and returns the file in story, square or landscape. For a mock exam or a single paper, create your own timer.