June 2021 exam series

Our Chief Executive, Christine Özden, has a video message for our schools and learners. Christine would like to share her appreciation for all your incredible efforts to continue teaching amidst the disruption of recent months and for all the hard work that has gone into delivering the June series.

Running exams

We plan for exams to go ahead in June 2021 where it is permitted and safe. This is the fairest and most accurate way of assessing candidates’ performance.

We have developed a package of measures to support schools as they prepare for examinations in 2021. See more information on our running exams pages.

School-assessed grades

In countries, and regions of countries, where government directives mean that exams cannot take place, we are switching from exams to school-assessed grades using student work, so that students can progress despite the impact of the pandemic. You can find more information on our school-assessed grades pages.

Aligning standards between exams and school-assessed grades

We are aligning standards between exams and school-assessed grades so that students will not be systemically advantaged or disadvantaged by the route to their grades. You can find out how we are doing this in this video.