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May 2025
Preliminary Material for GCSE
English
(8702/A)
June 2025 series
GCSE English Literature: Telling Tales: short story anthology 8702/A. Dispatched as paper copy only from order form, requests from mid-September
Preliminary Material for GCSE
English
(8702/B/1)
June 2025 series
GCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology: Love & Relationships 8702/B/1. Dispatched as paper copy only from order form, requests from mid-September
Preliminary Material for GCSE
English
(8702/B/2)
June 2025 series
GCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology: Power & Conflict 8702/B/2. Dispatched as paper copy only from order form, requests from mid-September
Preliminary Material for GCSE
English
(8702/B/3)
June 2025 series
GCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology: Worlds & Lives 8702/B/3. Dispatched as paper copy only from order form, requests from mid-September
Non-exam assessment submission deadline for GCSE
English Language
(8700/C)
June 2025 series
Schools and colleges may set their own internal deadlines.
Exam for GCSE English Literature Paper 1
(8702/1)
June 2025 series
Start time: am
Duration: 1h 45m
Exam for GCSE English Literature Paper 2
(8702/2)
June 2025 series
Start time: am
Duration: 2h 15m
Exam for GCSE English Language Paper 1
(8700/1)
June 2025 series
Start time: am
Duration: 1h 45m