Exams
2025/2026 Cycle Assessments Dates
Cycle 2 Assessments - 9th February 2026 - 20th February 2026
Cycle 3 Assessments - 8th June 2026-19th June 2026
Timetables for our End of Cycle assessments will be published below closer to the assessment period.
January 2026 Series
| Date | Time | Length | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 8th January | 9:00 | 1:30 | BTEC Sport |
| Friday 9th January | 13:00 | 1:15 | Engineering Manufacture |
| Tuesday 13th January | 09:00 | 1:20 | Health & Social Care |
Summer 2026 Series
| Date | Time | Length | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 6th May | 09:00 | 02:00 | Enterprise |
| Thursday 7th May | 09:00 | 01:30 | Sport |
| Friday 8th May | 09:00 | 01:30 | Film Studies Paper 1 |
| Monday 11th May | 09:00 | 01:45 | English Literature Paper 1 |
| Monday 11th May | 13:00 | 01:20 | Health & Social Care |
| Tuesday 12th May | 9:00 | 02:00 | Religious Studies |
| Tuesday 12th May | 13:00 | 01:15/1:45 | Biology Paper 1 |
| Wednesday 13th May | 09:00 | 01:30 | Geography |
| Thursday 14th May | 09:00 | 01:30 | Mathematics Paper 1 |
| Friday 15th May | 9:00 | 01:20 | History Paper 1 |
| Monday 18th May | 09:00 | 1:15/1:45 | Chemistry Paper 1 |
| Tuesday 19th May | 09:00 | 02:15 | English Literature Paper 2 |
| Wednesday 20th May | 09:00 | 01:25/01:45 | French Listening & Reading |
| Wednesday 20th May | 13:00 | 01:00 | RE Paper 1 |
| Thursday 21st May | 09:00 | 01:45/01:55 | English Language Paper 1 |
| Thursday 21st May | 13:00 | 01:30 | Film Studies Paper 2 |
| Monday 1st June | 09:00 | 01:15 | Engineering Manufacture |
| Monday 1st June | 13:00 | 01:00 | RE Paper 2 |
| Tuesday 2nd June | 09:00 | 01:15/01:45 | Physics Paper 1 |
| Wednesday 3rd June | 09:00 | 01:30 | Mathematics Paper 2 |
| Wednesday 3rd June | 13:00 | 01:30 | Geography Paper 2 |
| Thursday 4th June | 09:00 | 01:50 | History Paper 2 |
| Thursday 4th June | 13:00 | 01:10/1:15 | French Writing |
| Friday 5th June | 09:00 | 01:45 | English Language Paper 2 |
| Friday 5th June | 13:00 | 01:00 | Music |
| Monday 8th June | 09:00 | 01:15/01:45 | Biology Paper 2 |
| Monday 8th June | 13:00 | 01:45 1:30 |
Further Mathematics Paper 1 Creative iMedia |
| Tuesday 9th June | 13:00 | 1:30 | History Paper 3 |
| Wednesday 10th June | 09:00 | 1:30 | Mathematics Paper 3 |
| Thursday 11th June | 09:00 | 1:30 | Geography Paper 3 |
| Friday 12th June | 09:00 | 1:15/1:45 | Chemistry Paper 2 |
| Friday 12th June | 13:00 | 1:20 | Hospitality & Catering |
| Monday 15th June | 09:00 | 01:20 | Physics Paper 2 |
| Monday 15th June | 13:00 | 01:45 | Further Mathematics Paper 2 |
Year 7 Cycle 2
| Week A (9th - 13th February) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | 7PCA | 7HED | 7RAL | 7BLO | 7NCH | 7NGE | |
| Monday | ||||||||
| 1 | Geography | Geography | French | |||||
| 2 | Technology | Technology | Computing | Art | ||||
| 3 | History | |||||||
| 4 | Computing | History | ||||||
| 5 | Geography | PE | PE | |||||
| 6 | Geography | History | French | Music | ||||
| Tuesday | ||||||||
| 1 | Science | Art | Geography | |||||
| 2 | English | Computing | Art | |||||
| 3 | Music | History | Computing | Technology | Technology | |||
| 4 | History | Art | ||||||
| 5 | Music | RE | Computing | |||||
| 6 | Computing | |||||||
| Wednesday | ||||||||
| 1 | Art | History | Geography | Geography | ||||
| 2 | History | French | ||||||
| 3 | English | French | Technology | Technology | Computing | |||
| 4 | English | Geography | PSHE | |||||
| 5 | English | English | PE | PE | ||||
| 6 | RE | English | ||||||
| Thursday | ||||||||
| 1 | PSHE | PSHE | French | |||||
| 2 | Art | History | Music | |||||
| 3 | Science | English | English | English | Science | French | ||
| 4 | History | Computing | ||||||
| 5 | Science | |||||||
| 6 | English | English | ||||||
| Friday | ||||||||
| 1 | French | History | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Science | Music | Geography | RE | Science | |||
| 4 | PE | PE | RE | English | ||||
| 5 | Music | |||||||
| 6 | French | Science | French | Geography | ||||
| Week B (16th - 20th February) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | 7PCA | 7HED | 7RAL | 7BLO | 7NCH | 7NGE | |
| Monday | ||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Science | Geography | Science | |||||
| 3 | Geography | History | ||||||
| 4 | French | |||||||
| 5 | Science | |||||||
| 6 | RE | |||||||
| Tuesday | ||||||||
| 1 | Art | Art | Science | |||||
| 2 | French | |||||||
| 3 | PSHE | |||||||
| 4 | PSHE | Science | ||||||
| 5 | Art | History | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||||
| Wednesday | ||||||||
| 1 | Science | Art | RE | |||||
| 2 | French | Art | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Art | |||||||
| 5 | Science | Science | ||||||
| 6 | Maths | Computing | ||||||
| Thursday | ||||||||
| 1 | Maths | Maths | Maths | Maths | ||||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Maths | PSHE | ||||||
| 5 | Maths | |||||||
| 6 | Science | |||||||
| Friday | ||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Computing | |||||||
| 4 | Maths | Computing | Maths | Maths | ||||
| 5 | Maths | Maths | ||||||
| 6 | Maths | |||||||
Year 8 Cycle 2
| Week A (9th - 13th February) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | 8ACH | 8AIS | 8AJE | 8CBA | 8DHA | 8KHS |
| Monday | |||||||
| 1 | PSHE | PSHE | |||||
| 2 | Music | Science | |||||
| 3 | Music | French | Geography | History | |||
| 4 | PE | PE | Geography | ||||
| 5 | French | Science | Music | ||||
| 6 | Art | RE | |||||
| Tuesday | |||||||
| 1 | Computing | ||||||
| 2 | Technology | Art | Re | Technology | |||
| 3 | Geography | PE | Geography | PE | |||
| 4 | Geography | RE | PSHE | ||||
| 5 | History | Geography | RE | ||||
| 6 | Computing | ||||||
| Wednesday | |||||||
| 1 | Technology | Technology | Computing | ||||
| 2 | Geography | ||||||
| 3 | RE | History | |||||
| 4 | History | Technology | Technology | ||||
| 5 | History | French | |||||
| 6 | Computing | French | |||||
| Thursday | |||||||
| 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Science | ||||||
| 3 | Science | Art | |||||
| 4 | French | Geography | Computing | ||||
| 5 | PSHE | Science | Science | Science | |||
| 6 | History | ||||||
| Friday | |||||||
| 1 | Art | ||||||
| 2 | Computing | History | History | Music | |||
| 3 | Science | PE | Art | PE | |||
| 4 | Geography | History | Art | ||||
| 5 | Science | ||||||
| 6 | Computing | History | Science | ||||
| Week B (16th - 19th February) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | 8ACH | 8AIS | 8AJE | 8CBA | 8DHA | 8KHS | |
| Monday | ||||||||
| 1 | French | Art | Science | |||||
| 2 | Music | |||||||
| 3 | Computing | English | ||||||
| 4 | Art | English | ||||||
| 5 | Science | |||||||
| 6 | Science | French | English | |||||
| Tuesday | ||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | RE | English | ||||||
| 4 | English | English | Maths | English | ||||
| 5 | French | Geography | ||||||
| 6 | History | Geography | English | |||||
| Wednesday | ||||||||
| 1 | Art | English | ||||||
| 2 | Maths | English | ||||||
| 3 | Science | PSHE | ||||||
| 4 | English | English | Computing | English | ||||
| 5 | ||||||||
| 6 | Maths | French | ||||||
| Thursday | ||||||||
| 1 | French | History | French | PSHE | ||||
| 2 | Geography | |||||||
| 3 | Maths | Computing | Music | |||||
| 4 | Computing | |||||||
| 5 | ||||||||
| 6 | Computing | Maths | Maths | |||||
| Friday | ||||||||
| 1 | Science | |||||||
| 2 | Maths | Art | ||||||
| 3 | Science | Maths | French | Maths | Maths | |||
| 4 | Art | |||||||
| 5 | Science | Art | Science | |||||
| 6 | Maths | Maths | ||||||
Year 9 Cycle 2
| Week A (9th - 13th February) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | 9JST | 9MFL | 9NHU | 9RMC | 9RPE | 9RST |
| Monday | |||||||
| 1 | French | History | |||||
| 2 | PE | RE | RE | Geography | PE | Geography | |
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | French | Science | RE | ||||
| 5 | French | ||||||
| 6 | |||||||
| Tuesday | |||||||
| 1 | Science | Music | Technology | Technology | |||
| 2 | PSHE | ||||||
| 3 | Art | Computing | Science | ||||
| 4 | Geography | Art | Music | ||||
| 5 | Technology | Art | Technology | ||||
| 6 | Art | PE | PE | French | Music | ||
| Wednesday | |||||||
| 1 | History | Music | French | ||||
| 2 | Computing | Computing | History | French | |||
| 3 | Computing | Science | Science | Art | |||
| 4 | |||||||
| 5 | Computing | ||||||
| 6 | RE | Art | Computing | ||||
| Thursday | |||||||
| 1 | Geography | History | |||||
| 2 | PSHE | RE | |||||
| 3 | Music | Science | Science | ||||
| 4 | Technology | Technology | |||||
| 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Geography | French | PE | PE | |||
| Friday | |||||||
| 1 | French | Geography | Science | ||||
| 2 | Geography | Art | |||||
| 3 | Geography | RE | |||||
| 4 | Computing | Geography | |||||
| 5 | French | Art | |||||
| 6 | History | ||||||
| Week B (16th - 20th February) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | 9JST | 9MFL | 9NHU | 9RMC | 9RPE | 9RST |
| Monday | |||||||
| 1 | Science | PSHE | Art | ||||
| 2 | Art | History | |||||
| 3 | English | English | |||||
| 4 | Science | English | |||||
| 5 | History | English | Geography | ||||
| 6 | English | English | |||||
| Tuesday | |||||||
| 1 | French | English | Geography | ||||
| 2 | English | History | |||||
| 3 | PSHE | Computing | History | ||||
| 4 | Music | Science | |||||
| 5 | Science | English | |||||
| 6 | Science | ||||||
| Wednesday | |||||||
| 1 | |||||||
| 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Art | ||||||
| 4 | English | Science | |||||
| 5 | History | English | Computing | ||||
| 6 | English | Computing | |||||
| Thursday | |||||||
| 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Maths | Maths | PSHE | Maths | |||
| 3 | Science | Maths | Maths | Maths | |||
| 4 | Science | ||||||
| 5 | History | Science | |||||
| 6 | |||||||
| Friday | |||||||
| 1 | Maths | Maths | Maths | Maths | |||
| 2 | French | Science | Maths | Maths | PSHE | ||
| 3 | French | ||||||
| 4 | History | ||||||
| 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Art | Computing | Computing | ||||
Year 10 Cycle 2
| Week A (9th - 13th February) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | Exam | |
| Monday | |||
| 1 | |||
| 2 | 10B/Bs1, 10B/Hs1, 10B/Fi1 | ||
| 3 | 10SCL/Sc, 10CQU/En, 10LRI/En, 10SDO/En | ||
| 4 | 10C/It1, 10C/Eg1, 10C/Mu1, 10C/Fi1 | ||
| 5 | 10D/Fd1, 10D/Eg1, 10D/Bs1, 10D/Hs1, 10D/Fi1, 10D/It1 | ||
| 6 | |||
| Tuesday | |||
| 1 | 10LRI/Sc | ||
| 2 | 10CJO/Sc | ||
| 3 | 10CQU/En, 10LRI/En, 10SDO/En, 10CJO/En, 10JAL/En, 10SCL/En | ||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | 10B/Fr2, 10B/Fi1 | ||
| 6 | |||
| Wednesday | |||
| 1 | 10CQU/En, 10LRI/En, 10SDO/En | ||
| 2 | 10CJO/RE, 10JAL/RE, 10CQU/En, 10LRI/En, 10SDO/En, 10SCL/PSHE | ||
| 3 | 10SDO/En | ||
| 4 | 10C/Mu1, 10C/Fi1 | ||
| 5 | 10CJO/En, 10JAL/En, 10SCL/En | ||
| 6 | |||
| Thursday | |||
| 1 | 10C/Fi1 | ||
| 2 | 10CQU/En, 10LRI/En, 10SDO/En, 10CJO/En, 10JAL/En, 10SCL/En | ||
| 3 | 10CQU/Ma, 10LRI/Ma, 10SDO/Ma, 10CJO/Ma, 10JAL/Ma, 10SCL/Ma | ||
| 4 | 10CQU/RE, 10LRI/RE, 10JAL/Sc, 10SDO/PSHE | ||
| 5 | 10D/Fi1 | ||
| 6 | 10D/Fi1 | ||
| Friday | |||
| 1 | 10CJO/PSHE, 10JAL/PSHE, 10SDO/Sc, 10SCL/RE | ||
| 2 | 10CQU/Sc, 10LRI/Sc, 10CJO/En, 10JAL/En, 10SCL/En | ||
| 3 | 10CQU/En, 10LRI/En, 10SDO/En, 10CJO/En, 10JAL/En, 10SCL/En | ||
| 4 | 10B/Fi1 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | 10CQU/Ma, 10LRI/Ma, 10SDO/Ma, 10CJO/Ma, 10JAL/Ma, 10SCL/Ma | ||
| Week B (16th - 20th February) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | Exam | |||
| Monday | |||||
| 1 | 10A/Hi1, 10A/Hi2, 10A/Fr1 | ||||
| 2 | 10CQU/En, 10LRI/En, 10SDO/En | ||||
| 3 | 10C/Ar1, 10C/RE1 | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | 10CQU/Sc, 10CJO/En, 10JAL/En, 10SCL/En | ||||
| 6 | 10D/Ar1 | ||||
| Tuesday | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | 10JAL/Sc | ||||
| 3 | 10CQU/Sc, 10LRI/Sc | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| Wednesday | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | 10A/Gg1, 10A/Gg2, 10A/Hi1, 10A/Hi2, 10A/Fr1, 10A/Gg3 | ||||
| 3 | 10A/Gg1, 10A/Gg2, 10A/Hi1, 10A/Hi2, 10A/Fr1, 10A/Gg3 | ||||
| 4 | 10B/Fr1, 10B/Hi1 | ||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | 10CQU/PSHE, 10JAL/Sc, 10SCL/Sc, 10LRI/PSHE, 10SDO/RE | ||||
| Thursday | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | 10B/Fr1, 10B/Fr2, 10B/Hi1 | ||||
| 3 | 10B/Fr1, 10B/Fr2, 10B/Hi1 | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 | 10C/Gg1, 10C/RE1 | ||||
| 6 | 10C/Gg1, 10C/RE1 | ||||
| Friday | |||||
| 1 | 10CJO/Sc, 10SCL/Sc | ||||
| 2 | 10CJO/Sc | ||||
| 3 | |||||
| 4 | 10SDO/Sc | ||||
| 5 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
Year 11 Cycle 2
Year 11 lunchtime during the exam period will be 12:35 - 13:05
| Week B (5th - 6th February) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | Exam | |||
| Thursday | |||||
| Morning | Separate science (Biology) | ||||
| Afternoon | Separate science (Chemistry) | ||||
| Friday | |||||
| Morning | Separate science (Physics) | ||||
| Afternoon |
Enterprise (2h) RE P1 (2h) |
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| Week A (9th - 13th Feb) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | Exam | |||
| Monday | |||||
| Morning | English Literature P1 (1h45) | ||||
| Afternoon | Film P1 (1h30) | ||||
| Tuesday | |||||
| Morning |
Combined science Biology (2x1h15) Separate science (Biology) (1x1h45) |
||||
| Afternoon | Geography P1 (1h30) | ||||
| Wednesday | |||||
| Morning | Maths (non-calc) (1h30) | ||||
| Afternoon | History P3 (1h50) | ||||
| Thursday | |||||
| Morning |
Combined science Chemistry (2x1h15) Separate science (Chemistry) (1x1h45) |
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| Afternoon | French Listening & Reading (1h20/1h45) | ||||
| Friday | |||||
| Morning | English Literature (2h15) | ||||
| Afternoon |
RE P2 (1h) Music (1h15) |
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| Week B (16th - 20th Feb) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Period | Exam | |||
| Monday | |||||
| Morning | English Language (1h45) | ||||
| Afternoon |
Film (1h30) iMedia (1h30) Further Maths (1h20) Health & Social Care (1h20) |
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| Tuesday | |||||
| Morning |
Combined science physics (2x1h15) Separate science (Physics) (1x1h45) |
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| Afternoon | Maths (1h30) | ||||
| Wednesday | |||||
| Morning | Geography P2 (1h30) | ||||
| Afternoon | History P3 (1h30) | ||||
| Thursday | |||||
| Morning | English Language P2 (1h45) | ||||
| Afternoon | French Writing | ||||
| Friday | |||||
| Morning | Maths P3 (1h30) | ||||
| Afternoon | Geography P3 (1h30) | ||||
Tanfield School, Tanfield Lea Road, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8AY
01207 232 881
enquiries@tanfieldschool.co.uk
Headteacher: Mr S Clough
Tanfield School are a proud member of
Eden Learning Trust, Merrington Road, Ferryhill, County Durham, DL17 8RW 01740 651 554
Company Registration Number: 10980753 registered to England and Wales
Department for Education Number: 840/4011
Eden Learning Trust, Merrington Road, Ferryhill, County Durham, DL17 8RW 01740 651 554
Company Registration Number: 10980753 registered to England and Wales
Department for Education Number: 840/4011
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