Pearson Edexcel October 2026 series

Edexcel International A Level Exam Dates October 2026

Every row of the Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level October 2026 final timetable, reproduced here: 36 rows across 17 exam days, from Thursday 8 October 2026 to Friday 30 October 2026, covering Accounting, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics and Physics. Each row is a date, an examination code, a subject, a title, a Time and a duration, as transcribed from the published timetable.

Check with your school. These rows are transcribed from Pearson's published PDF for this series, linked below. Your school's exams officer is the person to confirm your own papers and start times with, and confirms which of these papers are yours.

This timetable at a glance

Counted from the 36 rows reproduced on this page.

36
Rows
17
Exam days
7
Subject names
8 October 2026
First row
30 October 2026
Last row
Rows by Time column
Morning 19, Afternoon 17
Examination codes
36 different codes, one row each
Most rows on one day
Tuesday 20 October 2026 and Tuesday 27 October 2026 (3 rows each)
Durations listed
5 different values, from 1h 20m to 3h 00m

What time does each paper start?

The Time column on this timetable reads Morning or Afternoon, not a clock time. The notes page of the published timetable states that each examination must be taken on the day and at the time shown on the timetable, and that international centres must refer to the relevant document setting out examination starting times for their timezone.

Pearson publishes that document here: international start times for Edexcel exams.

Your school's exams officer is the person to confirm the start times for your own centre with.

Find your subject

Every name in the Subject column of this timetable, A to Z — 7 of them — with the examination code prefixes it carries, how many rows it has here, and the first and last day those rows fall on. A count is of rows on this timetable. Your school confirms which of them are yours. Select a subject to filter the schedule below to it.

Subject Codes Rows Dates
Accounting WAC11, WAC12 2 20 Oct - 27 Oct
Biology WBI11, WBI12, WBI13, WBI14, WBI15, WBI16 6 12 Oct - 29 Oct
Business WBS11, WBS12, WBS13, WBS14 4 8 Oct - 27 Oct
Chemistry WCH11, WCH12, WCH13, WCH14, WCH15, WCH16 6 9 Oct - 29 Oct
Economics WEC11, WEC12, WEC13, WEC14 4 12 Oct - 30 Oct
Mathematics WMA11, WMA12, WMA13, WMA14, WME01, WME02, WST01, WST02 8 9 Oct - 28 Oct
Physics WPH11, WPH12, WPH13, WPH14, WPH15, WPH16 6 8 Oct - 30 Oct

Exam schedule, day by day

All 36 rows, in date order, from Thursday 8 October 2026 to Friday 30 October 2026.

Thursday 8 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WBS11 01 Business Unit 1: Marketing and People Morning · 2h 00m
  • WPH11 01 Physics Unit 1: Mechanics and Materials Afternoon · 1h 30m

Friday 9 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WMA11 01 Mathematics Pure Mathematics 1 Morning · 1h 30m
  • WCH11 01 Chemistry Unit 1: Structure, Bonding and Introduction to Organic Chemistry Afternoon · 1h 30m

Monday 12 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WEC11 01 Economics Unit 1: Markets In Action Morning · 1h 45m
  • WBI11 01 Biology Unit 1: Molecules, Diet, Transport and Health Afternoon · 1h 30m

Tuesday 13 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WCH12 01 Chemistry Unit 2: Energetics, Group Chemistry, Halogenoalkanes and Alcohol Morning · 1h 30m
  • WME01 01 Mathematics Mechanics M1 Afternoon · 1h 30m

Wednesday 14 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WBS12 01 Business Unit 2: Managing Business Activities Morning · 2h 00m
  • WBI12 01 Biology Unit 2: Cells, Development, Biodiversity and Conservation Afternoon · 1h 30m

Thursday 15 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WMA12 01 Mathematics Pure Mathematics 2 Morning · 1h 30m
  • WPH12 01 Physics Unit 2: Waves and Electricity Afternoon · 1h 30m

Friday 16 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WEC12 01 Economics Unit 2: Macroeconomic Performance and Policy Morning · 1h 45m
  • WBI13 01 Biology Unit 3: Practical Skills in Biology I Afternoon · 1h 20m

Monday 19 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WST01 01 Mathematics Statistics S1 Morning · 1h 30m
  • WPH13 01 Physics Unit 3: Practical Skills in Physics I Afternoon · 1h 20m

Tuesday 20 October 2026 · 3 rows

  • WBS13 01 Business Unit 3: Business Decisions and Strategy Morning · 2h 00m
  • WCH13 01 Chemistry Unit 3: Practical Skills in Chemistry I Morning · 1h 20m
  • WAC11 01 Accounting Unit 1: The Accounting System and Costing Afternoon · 3h 00m

Wednesday 21 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WPH14 01 Physics Unit 4: Further Mechanics, Fields and Particles Morning · 1h 45m
  • WMA13 01 Mathematics Pure Mathematics 3 Afternoon · 1h 30m

Thursday 22 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WME02 01 Mathematics Mechanics M2 Morning · 1h 30m
  • WCH14 01 Chemistry Unit 4: Rates, Equilibria and Further Organic Chemistry Afternoon · 1h 45m

Friday 23 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WBI14 01 Biology Unit 4: Energy, Environment, Microbiology and Immunity Morning · 1h 45m
  • WEC13 01 Economics Unit 3: Business Behaviour Afternoon · 2h 00m

Monday 26 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WST02 01 Mathematics Statistics S2 Morning · 1h 30m
  • WCH15 01 Chemistry Unit 5: Transition Metals and Organic Nitrogen Chemistry Afternoon · 1h 45m

Tuesday 27 October 2026 · 3 rows

  • WBI15 01 Biology Unit 5: Respiration, Internal Environment, Coordination and Gene Technology Morning · 1h 45m
  • WBS14 01 Business Unit 4: Global Business Morning · 2h 00m
  • WAC12 01 Accounting Unit 2: Corporate and Management Accounting Afternoon · 3h 00m

Wednesday 28 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WPH15 01 Physics Unit 5: Thermodynamics, Radiation, Oscillations and Cosmology Morning · 1h 45m
  • WMA14 01 Mathematics Pure Mathematics 4 Afternoon · 1h 30m

Thursday 29 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WBI16 01 Biology Unit 6: Practical Skills in Biology II Morning · 1h 20m
  • WCH16 01 Chemistry Unit 6: Practical Skills in Chemistry II Afternoon · 1h 20m

Friday 30 October 2026 · 2 rows

  • WEC14 01 Economics Unit 4: Developments In The Global Economy Morning · 2h 00m
  • WPH16 01 Physics Unit 6: Practical Skills in Physics II Afternoon · 1h 20m

Official source document

This page reproduces the dated rows of that timetable and counts them. It does not reproduce the notes page in full; open the PDF for that.

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Frequently asked questions

When are the Edexcel International A Level October 2026 exams?
This timetable runs from Thursday 8 October 2026 to Friday 30 October 2026. It lists 36 rows spread over 17 exam days, and every row carries its own date, so there is no separate day-by-day key to read alongside it. Which of these rows are yours is something your school's exams officer confirms.
What time do these exams start?
The timetable gives a Time column rather than a clock time: Morning 19, Afternoon 17. Its notes state that each examination must be taken on the day and at the time shown on the timetable, and that international centres must refer to the relevant document setting out examination starting times for their timezone, which Pearson publishes on its international start times page. That page is linked in the start times section above. This page does not print a clock time for any row, because this timetable does not carry one. Your exams officer is the person to confirm the timings for your own centre.
Which subjects are on this timetable?
7: Accounting, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics and Physics. Between them they account for all 36 rows and 36 different examination codes. The subject index above lists each one with the number of rows it has here and the first and last day those rows fall on, and selecting a subject filters the schedule to it.
Which is the busiest day on this timetable?
Tuesday 20 October 2026 and Tuesday 27 October 2026, with 3 rows each. Across the whole timetable the shortest row is 1h 20m and the longest is 3h 00m, with 5 different durations in use. Filtering the schedule to your own subjects is the quickest way to see how your own days fall.
Can I download this timetable or add it to my calendar?
Yes. Filter the schedule to the subjects you want, then use CSV for a spreadsheet of exactly those rows, or Calendar for an ICS file you can import into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. The calendar entries are all-day entries carrying the date, the Time column and the duration, because this timetable gives no clock time to put them at. Add your own centre's start times once your exams officer has given them to you.
Is this the official Edexcel timetable?
The rows on this page were transcribed from "International A Level - October 2026 Final Timetable", the 12-page PDF Pearson publishes for this series, and that PDF is linked in full below. Where this page and that PDF differ, the PDF is right. Your school's exams officer is the person to confirm your own papers and start times with.
What if two of my papers are on the same day?
The schedule above groups every row for a day together, so filtering it to your own subjects makes that easy to see. No day on this timetable carries more than 3 rows in total, and only 2 of its 34 date and Time slots hold more than one row, the fullest holding 2. Tell your exams officer as soon as you spot two of your own papers on one day.