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Summer Results 2025 Key Dates and Information
2025 Summer Examination Results – Results days
- 14th August 2025: A level and vocational level 3 results 08:00
- 21st August 2025: GCSE and vocational level 2 results 08:00
Student results information will be available via CEDAR student portal from 08:00.
Awarding Body information to help students and parents understand results
- OCR - Getting your results
- AQA - What to expect on results day
- Pearson - Results for students and parents
- WJEC - Results day
2025 Post Results Information
Level 2 and Level 3 summary post results services information for Summer 2025 examination results
Post Results services will be available for a time limited period from results day onwards. The examinations team process the post results applications on the day of receipt, subject to the submission of a fully completed and signed application form and payment being made.
Information on how to access the Post Results Services will be shared with students nearer to the time of results release.
2025/2026 Examination Key Dates and Information
GCSE November examinations 2025
The GCSE November 2025 examination timetable is as follows:
GCSE English Paper 1: Tue 4 Nov am
GCSE English Paper 2: Thu 6 Nov am
GCSE Mathematics Paper 1: Wed 5 Nov am
GCSE Mathematics Paper 2: Fri 7 Nov am
GCSE Mathematics Paper 3: Mon 10 Nov am
The college has an assessment process in place which considers many factors in determining the cohort who will be entered for exams in the November GCSE exam season. Students will be advised individually by the relevant curriculum department if they are re-sitting GCSEs in November.
Special Consideration application submission deadline – 17 Nov 2025
GCSE November examination results will be released on Thursday 8 January 2026
GCSE November examination Post Results information – will be published in December 2025
Autumn Mock season 2025
The college Autumn mock season is scheduled to take place during November for vocational subjects sitting January 2026 exams.
All students are expected to attend their mock exams and individual timetables and additional information will be issued nearer the time.
Vocational external assessments and examinations January 2026
Many vocational courses at both Level 2 and Level 3 require students to sit an external examination or assessment as part of the course and the examinations will take place in January 2026. Like the summer examination schedule these dates are set externally by awarding bodies and the Joint Council for Qualifications so it is important for students to attend exams according to the timetable information they receive.
The January 2026 vocational external assessment and examination timetable will be made available in November 2025 and students will receive their individual exam timetables in early December 2025.
January 2026 Vocational examination results will be released in March 2026
Spring Mock season 2026
The college Spring mock season is scheduled to take place in early March 2026.
All students are expected to attend their mock exams and individual timetables and additional information will be issued nearer the time.
Summer Examination Season 2026 Key Dates
2026 Summer Examination Season
May 2026 – 26 June 2026 – for A levels, level 3 applied quals, GCSEs and level 3 and level 2 vocational qualifications
No examinations take place during the May Half term week Monday 25 May – Friday 29 May 2026.
Timetable information will be available once finalised.
2026 Summer Examination Results – Results days
- 13 August 2026: A level and vocational level 3 results 08:00
- 20 August 2026: GCSE and vocational level 2 results 08:00
Examination team contact details
If you have any queries then please contact the Examinations Team by emailing exams@blackpoolsixth.ac.uk. Alternatively, write to the Examinations Department, The Blackpool Sixth Form College, Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, FY3 7LR.
Examination office opening hours (term and holiday time) – We are available Monday to Friday 09:00 – 15:45. The office is closed during the Christmas break and bank holidays. Please contact the Examinations team via email in the first instance. To see all the academic dates, please click here.
The examinations office is the department to contact for any queries to do with examinations held at Blackpool Sixth.
- Advice on examination issues
- Examination entries
- Special consideration
- Examination timetables
- Access to scripts
- Re-marking of Scripts
- Certificates
- Liaison with examination boards
- Subject/candidate transfers
Certificates
Certificates are not immediately available after the summer results have been published. Awarding bodies send them to the college by early November and then they are checked for accuracy before being made available for collection. Students will receive an email to advise when the collection window opens.
Lost Certificates
If you have lost your certificates the college is unable to help you with getting replacements. You will need to contact the awarding body yourself to request a ‘statement of results’.
Here is a useful link to a webpage with guidance on what to do. https://www.gov.uk/replacement-exam-certificate