Cambridge A Level Exam Dates 2026: The November Series and Results Days

The May/June 2026 series is finished. What matters now are the dates that come after it: when June results arrive, and the deadlines for the November 2026 series — the window that decides whether a disappointing August grade gets a second attempt this year.

This page is the dates. If you are weighing whether a retake is the right call, that decision — carry-forward, the retake-box rule, November versus June 2027 — lives in our guide to retaking a Cambridge A Level. The two pages are designed to be read together.

June 2026: The Results Dates

• 11 August 2026 — results released for Cambridge International AS & A Level.
• 18 August 2026 — results released for Cambridge IGCSE and O Level.

Results go to your school, which issues them to you. If a grade looks wrong when it arrives, the process for querying it is covered in our guide to Cambridge enquiries about results — and note that an enquiry runs on its own clock, separate from every retake deadline below.

The November 2026 Series: Entry Deadlines

These are the dates for the international November 2026 series, as a single list:

• 16 August 2026 — final entries deadline for first-time entries. Five days after A Level results day.
• 10 September 2026 — deadline to request access arrangements for candidates retaking from the June 2026 series.
• 21 September 2026 — the retake window: candidates who sat the same syllabus in June 2026 can be entered as retakes with no late fee up to this date, provided the entry is made as a retake with the June entry details attached. It is also the late-entries deadline for everyone else.
• After 21 September 2026 — a very late entry fee applies, and Cambridge may not be able to release those results at the same time as everyone else's.
• Late September 2026 — the timetabled exam period begins, within days of the entries deadline above. The entry window closes just as the exams open.
• 31 October 2026 — deadline for forecast grades.
• Mid-November 2026 — the timetabled exam period ends.
• 7 January 2027 — November 2026 results released for Cambridge International AS & A Level.
• 14 January 2027 — November 2026 results released for Cambridge IGCSE and O Level.
• 26 February 2027 — deadline for enquiries about results on the November 2026 series.
• 12 March 2027 — last date to download scripts through Access to Scripts for the November series.

The shape of this calendar is deliberate: the general deadline lands days after results, but June 2026 retakers get five extra weeks at the standard fee. The conditions attached to that retake window — and why one of them cannot be fixed after submission — are exactly what the retake guide covers.

All entries go through your school or exam centre, not through Cambridge directly, so every date above has an earlier, unwritten twin: the day your exams officer needs your decision. Ask them what their internal cut-off is.

Where to Find the Dates of Each Paper

The exact date and time of every November 2026 paper is in Cambridge's official timetable for your administrative zone, published in the exam timetables section of cambridgeinternational.org. Two things to know before you plan around it:

• Paper dates differ by zone. Cambridge divides the world into administrative zones and publishes a separate November 2026 timetable for each. A date a friend quotes from another country may not be your date.
• Syllabus availability is decided per zone, per syllabus. There is no blanket rule about what runs in November — check that your syllabus appears in the November 2026 timetable for your zone before building any plan on it. Your exams officer can confirm in minutes.

Always work from the official timetable or your exams officer's confirmation rather than a third-party list. Cambridge amends timetables when it needs to, and only the official version reflects changes.

If You Sit at a UK Centre

Everything dated on this page is the international series calendar. UK centres run on a separate Cambridge calendar, and this page deliberately makes no claims about it — confirm every deadline with your exams officer if you are at a UK centre.

What to Do With These Dates

• If June went well: nothing here needs you. Your next Cambridge date is certificate delivery via your school later in the year.
• If you are considering a November retake: the decision has to exist by 21 September, and your school's internal deadline comes first. Read the retake guide for the decision framework, carry-forward rules, and what to say to your exams officer.
• If you think a June mark is wrong: the enquiries about results guide explains who submits, what it costs, and what can and cannot happen to your grade — and how an enquiry interacts with a retake entry, because the two can and often should run in parallel.
• If you are waiting on November results: 7 January 2027 for AS & A Level, 14 January 2027 for IGCSE and O Level, through your school.

One page, four dates that matter most: 11 August, 16 August, 21 September, 7 January. Put the ones that apply to you somewhere you will actually see them.