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1 Key Dates – updates in red

1 Introduction 2
1.1 Entry deadlines for 2023–2024 2
1.2 Late entry fees explained 4
1.3 Late cash-in fees 4
1.4 Refunds 4
1.5 Coursework, controlled assessment and non-examination assessment (NEA) mark/endorsement
grade submission and deadlines 4
1.6 Results dates 5
1.7 Past papers published on our website 5
1.8 Certification receipt dates 5
1.9 Early certification requests 5
1.10 Certificate retention 6
2 All Dates 6
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1 Introduction
In this section you will find all the key dates for the academic year.

1.1 Entry deadlines for 2023–2024

Our entry deadlines and late fee dates are listed below with an explanation of the late fees that are
applied. For each examination series you will see the entry deadline, the late fee date, the amendment
fee date and the high late fee date.
We have also included the date on which basedata will be available on our website here.
From this date you will also be able to use Edexcel Online or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
to submit entries for that examination series.
If you are having difficulties meeting the entry deadline, for example your MIS has crashed, please
contact us on eprocessing@pearson.com and we will support your entry submission process.
If you require information on EDI, please go to here.
Please refer to the qualification sections of this manual for subject and regional availability in
each examination series.
AS/A level, AEA, Mathematics in Context (Level 3 Core Maths)

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline charged from charged from charged from

Jun–24 UK Centres 23/11/23 21/02/24 22/02/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

Jun–24 Int Centres 23/11/23 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

Edexcel Award

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline charged from charged from charged from

Jan–24 n/a* 17/10/23 18/10/23 18/11/23 18/11/23

Jun–24 UK Centres n/a* 21/02/24 22/02/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

Jun–24 Int Centres n/a* 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

* There is no basedata available for Edexcel Award.

Entry Level Certificate

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline charged from charged from charged from

Jun–24 UK Centres 23/11/23 21/02/24 22/02/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

Jun–24 Int Centres 23/11/23 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

GCSE

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline charged from charged from charged from

Nov-23 01/09/23 04/10/23 05/10/23 02/11/23 02/11/23

Jun–24 UK Centres 23/11/23 21/02/24 22/02/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

Jun–24 Int Centres 23/11/23 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

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International GCSE

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees charged Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline from charged from charged from

Nov–23 14/08/23 15/09/23 16/09/23 14/10/23 14/10/23

Jun–24 UK Centres 23/11/23 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

Jun–24 Int Centres 23/11/23 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

International A level (IAL) (International centres only)

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees charged Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline from charged from charged from

Oct–23 21/07/23 28/08/23 29/08/23 23/09/23 23/09/23

Jan–24 04/09/23 17/10/23 18/10/23 18/11/23 18/11/23

Jun–24 23/11/23 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

iPrimary and iLowerSecondary (International centres only)

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees charged Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline from charged from charged from

Oct–23 n/a* 28/08/23 29/08/23 23/09/23 23/09/23

Jun–24 n/a* 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

* There is no basedata available for iPrimary and iLowerSecondary.

Level 1 and 2 Projects and Level 3 Extended Project (EPQ)

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees charged Amendment fees High late fees
series issued deadline from charged from charged from

Jan–24 04/09/23 17/10/23 18/10/23 18/11/23 18/11/23

Jun–24 UK Centres 23/11/23 21/02/24 22/02/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

Jun–24 Int Centres 23/11/23 21/03/24 22/03/24 22/04/24 22/04/24

BTEC Tech Awards (from 2022) (UK centres only)

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees High late fees

series issued deadline charged from charged from

Jan–24 04/09/23 17/10/23 18/10/23 18/11/23

Jun–24 23/11/23 21/02/24 22/02/24 22/04/24

BTEC Firsts, Level 2 Technicals, Tech Awards (from 2017) and Nationals (UK centres only)

Exam Basedata Entry Late fees High late fees

series issued deadline charged from charged from

Jan–24 04/09/23 17/10/23 18/10/23 18/11/23

Feb–24 04/09/23 17/10/23 18/10/23 18/11/23

Mar–24 04/09/23 16/01/24 17/01/24 15/02/24

Jun–24 23/11/23 22/03/24* 23/03/24 22/04/24

*Learners who sat BTEC assessments in the January 2024 series can be re-entered for June exams
after January results have been issued, and no late fees will be charged. The entry deadline for these
learners is 29 March
*Learners who sat BTEC assessments in the February 2024 series can be re-entered for June exams
after February results have been issued, and no late fees will be charged. The entry deadline for these
learners is 12 April
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*Learners who sat BTEC assessments in the March 2024 series can be re-entered for June exams after
March results have been issued, and no late fees will be charged. The entry deadline for these learners
is 3 May
Please submit entries using Edexcel Online or EDI. Edexcel Online is available for use from the time
that the basedata is released for a particular examination series.
Registrations for vocational qualifications that follow the academic year should be made by
1 November 2023. Registrations made after this date will be subject to late fees.
Learners must be registered for BTEC qualifications before external assessment entries can be
submitted.
Registered learners are not automatically entered for external assessments, so you will need to make
unit entries for the appropriate examination series.
T Levels
For all Pearson T Levels, series dates, assessment opportunity windows and associated deadlines can
be found in the published Key Dates Schedules on our website here.
Information regarding fees, late fees, entries and results can also be found at the above link.
The explanation of Key Dates Schedule can also be found here.

1.2 Late entry fees explained

After the entry deadline, late fees will be incurred. From the late fee date, the entry (subject or unit) fee
is doubled. The entry fee is trebled from the high late fee date.
Amendment fees will be charged if you change a subject/unit option or tier from the high late fee date.
You will not incur a fee for changing candidate details (such as name amendments) unless a certificate
has been issued. Amendment fees are usually double the cost of a unit or subject entry fee (in addition
to the original entry fee).

1.3 Late cash-in fees

A fee is charged for any cash-in request made after the entry deadline.

1.4 Refunds
Any subject or unit fee will be refunded automatically up to the high late fee date. If you withdraw an
entry after this deadline, no refund will be issued without supporting medical evidence.
If a late entry is withdrawn by the high late fee deadline, only the entry fee is refunded.

1.5 Coursework, controlled assessment and non-examination assessment (NEA) mark/

endorsement grade submission and deadlines
You can submit your marks via Edexcel Online or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
The deadlines to submit marks and moderation samples are listed below.

Qualification and exam series Deadline

GCSE – Nov–23 05/11/23

International GCSE – Nov–23 07/11/23

EPQ – Jan–24 10/01/24

AS/A Level and IAL – Jun–24 15/05/24

GCSE and International GCSE – Jun–24 15/05/24

EPQ and Level 1 and 2 Projects – Jun–24 15/05/24

*For GCSE and A Level Art and Design, centres must submit their centre marks a minimum of 48 hours
before their moderation visit.
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1.6 Results dates

The results dates for 2023–24 are listed below.
We will post the grade boundaries and examiner reports on our websites on these dates. You will find
further information here.

Restricted release of results You may release these to

Exam series Qualifications
via EDI or Edexcel Online candidates on the dates below

Oct–23 17/01/2024 18/01/2024 IAL, iPrimary, iLowerSecondary

GCSE English Language and

Nov–23 10/01/2024 11/01/2024
Mathematics

Nov–23 24/01/2024 25/01/2024 International GCSE

International A level, Project

Jan–24 06/03/2024 07/03/2024 (EPQ and Levels 1 and 2) and
Edexcel Award

BTEC Nationals, Firsts and Tech

Jan–24 20/03/2024 21/03/2024
Awards (from 2022)

BTEC Firsts and Tech Awards

Feb–24 03/04/2024 04/04/2024
(from 2017)

Mar–24 24/04/2024 25/04/2024 BTEC Level 2 Technicals

AS/A level, AEA, Edexcel Award

Jun–24 14/08/2024 15/08/2024 Level 3, EPQ and Mathematics in
Context, International A Level

Jun–24 07/08/2024 15/08/2024 BTEC Nationals

GCSE, International GCSE,

Project Level 1 and 2, Edexcel
Jun–24 21/08/2024 22/08/2024
Award Level 1 and 2, and ELC(A),
iPrimary, iLowerSecondary

BTEC Firsts, Level 2 Technicals

Jun–24 16/08/2024 22/08/2024
and Tech Awards (from 2017)

Jun–24 21/08/2024 22/08/2024 Tech Awards (from 2022)

1.7 Past papers published on our website

We publish question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports on our website following the
completion of the exam session. Examiner reports are published following results day.
All materials are initially uploaded with a silver padlock, which means they can be accessed only by
teachers and administrators with an Edexcel Online login

1.8 Certification receipt dates

June 2023 certificates will be issued by 6 November 2023. We will issue all November 2023 certificates
by 22 April 2024, except for International A level, iPrimary and iLowerSecondary, which will be issued
by 22 March 2024. January 2024 certificates will be issued by 15 April 2024. February 2024 Tech Award
certificates will be issued in line with June 2024 certificates. March 2024 BTEC certificates will be issued
by June 2024.

1.9 Early certification requests

If you require your June 2024 certificates to arrive earlier, please email your request to
eprocessing@pearson.com by 31 August 2024, providing us with your centre number and
a list of all qualifications you require early certificates for. We aim to respond to your request
within 48 hours. Early certificates will arrive in centres in mid September.
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1.10 Certificate retention

You do not need to return uncollected certificates to us. They may be destroyed (in a confidential
manner) after retention for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of issue. Centres that do
not have a means of destroying certificates confidentially may return them to our Manchester office.
A record of certificates that have been destroyed should be retained for four years from their date
of destruction.
Centres must comply with any request from us to return a certificate. Certificates remain the property
of the awarding bodies at all times.

2 All Dates
You can find all the Key Dates by downloading the Key Dates spreadsheet for your region, or by using
the Key Dates finder tool on our website. You can find both here.