Edexcel Online: Tracking Question Papers / UK and International Exam Paper Dispatch Dates

You can expect to start receiving standard and modified question papers from the following dates:

UK Centres

• For GCSE Maths or English exams, you can expect to start receiving standard and modified question papers from 14 October 2025.

You can track your standard question paper despatch for general qualifications or view who signed for the package via Edexcel Online. Please see the next section for an interactive guide on tracking papers.

If you require electronic copies of these question papers, please check your EOL accounts are up-to-date, ensuring you have access to our Secure Download Service (SDS). 

You may receive more than one delivery across the session due to the number of exams and individual centres' storage facilities; therefore, please check the tracking information before contacting us.

Please click on the image below to access an interactive guide on how to track question papers for the following qualifications via Edexcel Online:

• BTEC Tech Awards (from Sept 2022)
• GCE/A Level
• GCSE & International GCSE
• Pearson English International Certificate (PEIC)
• Edexcel Awards
• International PLSC
• International A Level (IAL)
• Mathematics in Context 

We currently do not operate an online system for tracking the delivery of question papers for qualifications managed through our BTEC & Functional Skills menu option on Edexcel Online. Please create a case, and a Customer Services Specialist will provide you with a delivery update within two working days.

If you require electronic copies of these question papers, please check your Edexcel Online accounts are up to date, ensuring you have access to our Secure Download Service (SDS).

Modified formats

• Not all papers will be dispatched at the same time; they will be sent as soon as they are ready.
• If it is a late order, they may not arrive until the day of the exam, or they will be sent electronically on that day.

We will commence the despatch of the November 2025 modified question papers on the following dates:

UK Centres

• For GCSE Maths or English exams, you can expect to start receiving standard and modified question papers from 14 October 2025.

Any modified paper orders you have made for Large Print or Braille will be dispatched separately to your standard exam materials and will be in green tamper-proof packaging to help you differentiate these from the standard papers. We strive to deliver papers to centres a minimum of 5 days before an examination date. Where physical papers cannot be delivered due to late orders, we will send a PDF copy via Secure File Transfer.

Missing question papers
Question papers will only be delivered, providing entries have been made for a subject. Therefore, first, please check your entries.
Please contact a Customer Services Specialist by creating a case record if you have any concerns; you will receive an update to the case within two working days.  

Question papers 'Pending' on the tracking list
Please only contact us if it is within 7 days of the exam taking place. 

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