Your guide to exams and assessments 2026-2027

Whether you're preparing for exams, completing coursework or waiting for results, our updated learner guide for 2026-2027 brings together the key information and support you'll need throughout the academic year.

Learners who are taking qualifications this year will sit exams and complete qualifications.  

We know that learners can have lots of questions about their qualifications. That's why we've updated our learner guide to exams and assessments 2026-2027, designed to help them understand how their qualifications are assessed and what to expect throughout the academic year. 

The guide includes: 

• key dates for this academic year 
• information about assessment and grading 
• guidance on what happens after results day 
• information about sharing feedback on exams via our annual Have Your Say survey 
• links to revision, wellbeing and other support available to learners. 

We hope you'll find the guide useful throughout the year. From all of us at Qualifications Wales, we wish you every success in your studies.