Christmas holiday · Free GCSE mock

A free GCSE mock exam you can sit over the Christmas holidays

Sit real-length GCSE Maths and Combined Science Physics papers under exam timing over Christmas and see how you compare with other GCSE students.

When you can sit it Mon 28 Dec 2026 to Sun 3 Jan 2027 UK time · 00:00 to 23:59
When results come out Tue 5 Jan 2027 · 09:00 UK Marks emailed the day after each paper
Papers open in

  • Maths Papers 1, 2 and 3
  • Combined Science Biology, Chemistry, Physics
  • Foundation or Higher
  • One timed attempt per paper

Papers

The papers you can sit, with marks and timings

Pick Maths, Combined Science, or both. Choose Foundation or Higher. You can change your pick until the window opens. Combined Science Physics, timed to the real paper length. Maths and Combined Science Biology and Chemistry are timed the same way.

Maths

Papers 1, 2 and 3 · AQA-style or Edexcel-style

  • Foundation 80 marks 90 minutes Paper 1 non-calculator · Papers 2 and 3 calculator
  • Higher 80 marks 90 minutes Paper 1 non-calculator · Papers 2 and 3 calculator

Combined Science Physics

Timed to the real paper length

  • Foundation · AQA-style 70 marks 75 minutes
  • Higher · AQA-style 70 marks 75 minutes
  • Foundation · Edexcel-style 60 marks 70 minutes
  • Higher · Edexcel-style 60 marks 70 minutes

Combined Science Biology and Chemistry

Open too · newer papers

Paper 1 and Paper 2 for Biology and Chemistry, Foundation or Higher, timed the same way. Tell us if a question looks wrong.

Every paper on offer, with paper numbers and calculator rules

Maths Paper 1 is non-calculator and Papers 2 and 3 are calculator, 80 marks and 90 minutes each. Combined Science has Paper 1 and Paper 2 for Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

How it works

How the mock works, from signing up to getting your grade

  1. Sign up and choose your papers

    Create a free account and choose your papers. You can change them until the window opens.

  2. Sit each paper once, under exam timing

    Each paper opens only in the window. You sit it once. It hands in when the time runs out.

  3. Get your marks, then your grade and rank

    Each paper is marked the next day and we email you your marks. Grades and ranks come out on Tuesday 5 January at 09:00 UK time.

Read the grade boundaries for this mock.

Over Christmas and New Year

Key dates for the mock

Now Sign-up is open

Pick your papers. Change them any time before the window.

28 Dec to 3 Jan Papers are open

Sit each paper once under exam timing. Your paper hands in automatically when time runs out.

Next day We email your marks

Each paper is marked the day after you sit it.

5 Jan 09:00 UK Grades and ranks are released

See how you compare with other GCSE students.

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