Summer 2024 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, GCE AS and A-level exam timetables.

The contingency day is in the event of national or significant local disruption to exams in the United Kingdom, being part of the awarding bodies’ standard contingency planning for exams.

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 2024 exams, the awarding bodies have therefore announced the following contingency sessions:

06/06/24 – Contingency afternoon session in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom.

13/06/2024 – Contingency afternoon session in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom.

26/06/2024 – Contingency day in the event of national or significant local disruption to examinations in the United Kingdom.

Schools and colleges should ensure candidates and parents are aware of the contingency arrangements on these three days. They should consider the contingency day of Wednesday 26 June 2024 when making their plans for the summer. Candidates must remain available until Wednesday 26 June 2024 should examinations need to be rescheduled.