Entry Deadlines for Summer 2027
The standard entry deadline for the Summer 2027 A-Level series is 21 February 2027. Results are published on Thursday 12 August 2027. Everything else on this page is about what happens either side of those two dates.
At a glance
- Standard deadline 21 February 2027
- Papers May and June 2027
- Results Thursday 12 August 2027
- Late entry passed on at cost
There is one deadline everyone knows and three or four that actually decide whether your year works. The February date governs written entries. Practical endorsement, non-exam assessment, carry-forward requests and access arrangements all have to be settled long before it.
The Summer 2027 Calendar
Dates fixed nationally are given as dates. Where an awarding body sets its own date and we cannot confirm it here, the row says so rather than guessing.
| When | What happens | What you should do |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 2026 | Teaching begins for the Summer 2027 series. Practical endorsement programmes and Computer Science projects start now because they take a year, not a term. | Choose your centre. Confirm the awarding body and specification code for each subject. Start any endorsement or NEA. |
| Autumn 2026 | Access arrangement evidence is gathered and applications prepared. Assessment and approval both take time. | Send us any assessment reports and a history of need. See access arrangements. |
| Autumn 2026 | Awarding bodies publish provisional timetables for the summer series. | Check for clashes across boards if you are entering mixed boards. |
| Winter 2026 to 2027 | Carry-forward of a practical endorsement Pass or a coursework mark must be requested as part of the entry, using the same Unique Candidate Identifier. | Send us the previous board, series and result before the entry is submitted. |
| 21 February 2027 | Standard entry deadline for the summer series. Entries submitted on or before this date are charged at the standard fee. | Have every entry in. We ask for yours earlier so that errors surface with time to fix them. |
| After 21 February 2027 | Late entry period. Awarding bodies accept entries at an increased fee, which rises again as the exams approach. | Contact us immediately. Late entry is usually still possible for written papers; it is not a route to a practical endorsement. |
| Spring 2027 | Statements of entry issued. Amendment deadlines fall in this window, with fees attached to some changes. | Check every field and report errors the day you see them. |
| Spring 2027 | Final amendment and withdrawal deadlines set by each awarding body. | Confirm any subject you are dropping, so you are not charged for a paper you will not sit. |
| May and June 2027 | The written papers. | Arrive with photographic identification and your statement of entry. |
| Thursday 12 August 2027 | A-Level results published. | Collect results and, if needed, decide quickly about a review of results. |
| August and September 2027 | Deadlines for access to scripts, reviews of results and appeals, set by each awarding body and short. | See results, remarks and certificates. |
| Autumn 2027 | Certificates issued to centres and made available for collection. | Arrange collection or written authority for someone to collect on your behalf. |
There is no autumn A-Level series to fall back on. The 2020 and 2021 autumn series were a pandemic measure and the enabling guidance was withdrawn on 7 April 2022. If you miss Summer 2027 entirely, the next opportunity is Summer 2028.
How Late Entry Works
Missing 21 February does not automatically end your year. Awarding bodies operate a late entry period after the standard deadline, during which entries are still accepted but at an increased fee. The increase is tiered: there is a first band of lateness charged at one rate, and a later band, nearer the examinations, charged at a higher one. Beyond the final band entries close and no fee will open them.
We do not publish the exact tier dates or the exact percentages here, and you should be wary of any centre that does without saying which board it is quoting. Each awarding body sets and publishes its own late entry charges, and they differ between boards and are reviewed each year. We confirm the current figure for your board, in writing, at the point you ask.
What we can commit to is how we handle it: the awarding body’s charge is passed on to you at cost. We add nothing for lateness, and we do not use a missed deadline as a reason to charge an administration premium.
Two things late entry cannot fix. It cannot create a practical endorsement, because the practicals have to have happened. It cannot create non-exam assessment, because the work has to have been supervised and authenticated. Late entry is a mechanism for written papers.
The Structure of an Entry Fee, from Early to Impossible
The bands below describe how awarding bodies structure their charges. The exact dates and amounts are set by each board and confirmed with you individually.
| Band | Timing | What you pay |
|---|---|---|
| Standard entry | On or before 21 February 2027 | The standard entry fee. Ours is £375 a subject, or £395 for Mathematics and Further Mathematics. |
| First late band | A defined period after the standard deadline | The standard fee plus the awarding body’s late entry charge for that band, passed on at cost. |
| Second late band | Closer to the examinations | The standard fee plus the awarding body’s higher very-late charge, passed on at cost. |
| Amendments | Up to each board’s amendment deadline | Some amendments are free; others carry a charge, passed on at cost. |
| After entries close | After the final published date | No entry is possible in that series at any price. The next series is Summer 2028. |
Full pricing, including tuition and everything that is not an entry fee, is on the fees page.
Things People Assume Are Flexible and Are Not
- The date of a paper. Timetables are set nationally by the awarding bodies and no centre can move a paper for a candidate.
- The practical endorsement. It cannot be delivered retrospectively or compressed into the spring.
- A carry-forward request. It has to be made as part of the entry, by the deadline, using the same Unique Candidate Identifier.
- Access arrangement approval. Evidence must exist, and applications must be made and processed before the examinations.
- The results date. Results are released nationally on Thursday 12 August 2027 and not before, to anyone.
Questions
Deadline Questions
No, and this is the most expensive misunderstanding on this page. 21 February 2027 is the standard entry deadline: entries submitted on or before it are charged at the standard fee.
Practical endorsement delivery, non-exam assessment and access arrangement applications all have to be under way months earlier, and modified papers earlier still. February is the deadline for paperwork, not for preparation.
We ask for entries well ahead of 21 February so that identification, Unique Candidate Identifiers, specification codes and carry-forward requests can be checked and corrected while corrections are still cheap. If you come to us in the days before the deadline we will still try, but the margin for a missing document is gone.
Any entry submitted to the awarding body after the standard deadline. Lateness is measured against the board’s published dates, not against when you contacted the centre, so it is worth making contact early even if you are still deciding.
The standard fee plus the awarding body’s late entry charge for the band you fall into. Each board publishes its own charges, they differ between boards, and they rise for the later band. We pass the charge on at cost with no mark-up, and we will confirm the current figure for your board in writing before you commit.
Yes. Each awarding body publishes a final date after which entries for that series are closed. Beyond it, no fee will secure a place and the next opportunity is the following summer series.
They are made as part of the entry and must therefore be in place by the entry deadline. A carry-forward also requires the same Unique Candidate Identifier as the original award and the correct entry codes, which is why we ask for your previous board, series and result before submitting anything.
Yes, and it is earlier than you would expect. Evidence has to be gathered, an assessment may be required, and the application has to be made and processed before the examinations. Start in the autumn. The access arrangements page sets out what evidence is needed.
Fixed nationally: the standard entry deadline of 21 February 2027, the examination timetable in May and June, and results day on Thursday 12 August 2027.
Set by each awarding body and variable: late entry bands and their charges, amendment and withdrawal deadlines, deadlines for access to scripts, reviews and appeals, and the fees attached to each. That is why we confirm those in writing for your board rather than printing them here.
Scripts are marked, boundaries are set at awarding meetings, and results are processed and issued to centres. Nothing about the outcome is visible during that period, to you or to us, and no centre can obtain an early indication.
Use the time to plan for both outcomes. If a review of results might be needed, read the process before 12 August rather than on the day.
Several, and they are short. Access to scripts, reviews of results and appeals each have deadlines set by the awarding bodies within weeks of results day, with a priority route for candidates holding a university place. Read results, remarks and certificates before 12 August, not after.
Not for A-Levels. The autumn 2020 and 2021 series were a one-off pandemic arrangement and the guidance enabling them was withdrawn on 7 April 2022. There is a November series for GCSE English Language and Mathematics only, covered on GCSE resits.
Enter the subjects you are confident about and decide the rest before the board’s amendment deadline. Withdrawing a subject before that date is normally simpler and cheaper than adding one late. Talk to us before February rather than making the decision alone.
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