GCSE Exams Tomorrow
Published on: 11/05/2026
Tomorrow morning, thousands of GCSE students will walk into exam halls.
Revision

Tomorrow morning, thousands of GCSE students will walk into exam halls.
Assessment lies at the heart of the GCSE qualification. Yet, for many neurodivergent students, exam outcomes don’t reflect their knowledge or potential. New research funded by the Nuffield Foundation is helping us understand why that gap exists.

Across UK exam boards such as AQA, Edexcel and OCR, exams increasingly reward clear reasoning, structured answers, and application of knowledge. This means revision strategies built purely around memorisation are less likely to translate into marks.

Summary of the latest news in revision and exams.
