🎓 Year 11 Roadmap: The Road to Success (2026)

A Guide for Pupils and Parents: NEAs, Practical Assessments, and Final Examinations

📍 PHASE 1: The NEA & Oral Sprint (February – March)

Focus: Banking marks and completing non-exam assessments.

Feb 23 – 24: 🎙️ English Language Oracy Mop-ups. Final chance for Individual and Group Discussion recordings.
W/C March 2: 🛠️ Engineering Unit 1. External Examination window begins.
March 10 – 19: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh GCSE Speaking Exams. Unit 1 (10th–12th) and Unit 2 (17th–19th) Oral assessments.
March 12: 🏃 PE Unit 2. External Practical Moderation.
March 14: 🎭 Drama. External moderator assessment of live performances.
March 27: 🏁 MAJOR NEA DEADLINE. Final coursework must be submitted for:
- Construction (Units 2 & 3)
- History
- Religious Studies

📍 PHASE 2: Portfolio Completion (April – Early May)

Focus: Finalizing creative projects and practical coursework.

April 18: ✍️ Product Design (Option C). NEA coursework deadline.
April 24: 🛠️ Product Design. Final NEA and practical work deadline.
May 7 – 8: 🎨 Art NEA Project. Final 10-hour practical exam (Room A11). Strict exam conditions apply; work cannot leave the school.

📍 PHASE 3: The Summer Exam Series (May – June)

Focus: Written examinations. Standard start times are 08:30 AM (Morning) and 12:10 PM (Afternoon).

Week 0: May 4 - 8

May 8: Sociology Component 1: Understanding Social Processes (AM)

Week 1: May 11 – 15

Tue 12 May: Geography P1 (AM) | Biology Unit 2 (PM)
Wed 13 May: Welsh Unit 3 Reading/Writing (AM)
Thu 14 May: Maths Paper 1 – Non-Calculator (AM)
Fri 15 May: History Unit 1 (AM) | Sociology Component 2: Understanding Social Processes (PM)

Week 2: May 18 – 22

Mon 18 May: Chemistry Unit 2 (AM)
Tue 19 May: English Lit Unit 2a (AM)
Wed 20 May: Public Services Unit 1 (AM) | Religious Studies Unit 1 (AM)
Thu 21 May: English Language Unit 2 (9:00 AM) | ICT Vocational (PM)
Fri 22 May: Physics Unit 2 (AM) | Health & Social/Childcare (AM)
Fri 22 May: 🏁 Deadline: Final submission for all Engineering assignments.

--- HALF TERM REVISION BREAK (May 25 – 29) ---

Week 3: June 1 – 5

Mon 1 June: PE Unit 1 (AM) | Religious Studies Unit 2 (PM)
Tue 2 June: Welsh Unit 4 Reading/Writing (AM)
Wed 3 June: Geography Paper 2 (PM)
Thu 4 June: History Unit 2 (AM)
Fri 5 June: English Language Unit 3 (9:00 AM)

Week 4: June 8 – 10

Mon 8 June: Applied Science Unit 1 (AM)
Tue 9 June: History Unit 3 (AM) | Sport Coaching Unit 1 (AM) | Construction (PM)
Wed 10 June: Maths Paper 2 – Calculator (AM) | Product Design Unit 1 (AM)

When Planning holidays, please be aware that the exam boards could re-schedule exams up unto Wednesday 24 June 2026, you should be available for examination up to and including this date.

📍 PHASE 4: Celebration & Results

July 3: 💃 Year 11 Prom.
August 20: 📑 GCSE Results Day (TBC).