Question papers and stationery
Find out about what we'll send you and when, what you need to provide and how to order extra exam stationery.
Some of our question papers now have extra lined pages at the end for students to use if they run out of space. See the components that have additional pages.
What we'll send you
We'll send you exam materials throughout the year. There are three types of exam materials we'll send to you:
- Exam stationery and forms, which we'll send based on your entries.
- Early question papers that we send or make available to you before exam day (sometimes called preliminary or pre-release).
- Exam day question papers and answer booklets.
When we'll send it
The tables below show everything we'll send you and when we will send it. For early exam materials, you can also use our early question paper dates.
January 2024 series
Level | Item | Exam / pre-release issue date | When we'll send it to you | Initially sent using estimated entries? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AG & FSK | Question paper pack 2 - January exam papers | 8-17 January 2024 | Early December | No |
AG & FSK | Stationery: includes additional answer books (SLAB4), graph paper, S1 script sacks, S3 coursework sacks | Early December | No | |
AG & FSK | Attendance records (All timetabled components) | Early December | No | |
AG & FSK | NLL yellow exam dispatch labels (blank stationery) | Early December | No |
March 2024 series
Level | Item | Exam / pre-release issue date | When we'll send it to you | Initially sent using estimated entries? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FSK | Question paper pack 3 - March exam papers | 27-28 February | Early February (before half term) | No |
FSK | Stationery: includes additional answer books (SLAB4), graph paper, S1 script sacks, S3 coursework sacks | Early February (before half term) | No | |
FSK | Attendance records (All timetabled components) | Early February (before half term) | No | |
FSK | NLL yellow exam dispatch labels (blank stationery) | Early February (before half term) | No |
Summer 2024 series
Level | Item | Exam / pre-release issue date | When we'll send it to you | Initially sent using estimated entries? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GCE and GCSE | Question paper pack 2 - Jan / Feb issue Art & Design pre-lim | 2 January - 1 February 2024 | Early December | Yes |
GCSE | Question paper pack 4 - GCSE Geography prelim material | 22 March 2024 | Early March | Yes |
GCE and GCSE | Question paper pack 5 - MFL speaking tests | 2-8 April 2024 | Mid-March | No |
| GCE | Attendance records (non-timetabled components) | Late March | No | |
| GCSE | Attendance records (non-timetabled components) | Late March | No | |
| GCE | Exam use English anthologies | Late March / Late April (avoiding Easter) | No | |
| GCE and GCSE | Stationery: includes additional answer books (SLAB4), graph paper, S1 script sacks, S3 coursework sacks | Late March to Late April (avoiding Easter) | No | |
| GCSE | Attendance records (May components) | Late March to Late April (avoiding Easter) | No | |
| GCE and GCSE | NLL yellow exam dispatch labels (blank stationery) | Mid-April | No | |
GCE and GCSE | Question paper pack 6 - Summer exam papers | 9-16 May 2024 | Mid / Late April (after Easter) | No |
| GCE | Attendance records (all timetabled components) | Late April / Early May | No | |
GCE and GCSE | Question paper pack 7 - Summer exam papers | 17-23 May 2024 | Late April | No |
| GCSE | Attendance records (June components) | Late April / Early May | No | |
GCE and GCSE | Question paper pack 8 - Summer exam papers | 24 May - 6 June 2024 | Late April / Early May | No |
GCE and GCSE | Question paper pack 9 - Summer exam papers | 7-12 June 2024 | Mid / Late May | No |
GCE and GCSE | Question paper pack 10 - Summer exam papers | 13-21 June 2024 | Early June (after half term) | No |
What to do if exam materials have been damaged or opened during transit
You must let us know immediately if:
- A parcel or one of the packets has been opened during transit and therefore there may have been a breach of security.
- Material has been significantly damaged in transit or upon opening.
You can get in touch with us by sending an email to irregularities-n@aqa.org.uk
How to store exam materials
You must have a secure storage area where you can store confidential exam materials such as question papers, answer booklets and supplementary booklets and sheets. See the requirements in JCQ's instructions for conducting examinations
What you need to provide
You'll need to provide certain stationery to students on exam day. This is in addition to what we'll send you.
It's also important that you check the instructions in your question paper pack to make sure that you're providing everything students need. You can find out more about this in the stationery summary lists on Centre Services
How to create an attendance register
We'll send attendance registers to you before the exams. However, if you're missing one for any reason then you can create your own on Centre Services.
To create an attendance register, you’ll need to:
- Log into Centre Services
- Go to the Pre-entries tab in the menu.
- Then Entries > Current entry reports.
- Select an academic year and series.
- Select Search.
- Select Subject reports.
- Select a specification and component – make sure entry code is 'all'.
- Select Run report.
You'll then be able to download your attendance register.