Exam Information

Locating and booking exams for external candidates can be a real pain. Let us take away the hassle. Scroll down to find some Top-Tips, download our Private Candidate Exam Guide, or use our Exam Centre finder.

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Locating and booking exams for external candidates can be a real pain. Let us take away the hassle. Scroll down to find some Top-Tips, download our Private Candidate Exam Guide, or use our Exam Centre finder.

Read more View PDF Guide view course guide

Exam Availability

Not all exams centres in the UK will accept Private/External Candidates so it is worthwhile checking availability in your local area. We do have affiliated centres that you can use, should you find that you cannot locate a centre in your locate area. These centres are limited geographically so some travel should be anticipated.

Exam Fees

Exams fees are addition in cost and are paid directly to the exam centre. You should expect to pay upwards of £200 for an IGCSE exams. A-Level exams start at around £400 depending on the subject chosen.

Exam Dates

Depending on your subject and awarding body, the dates will vary. International GCSE exams are available twice per year - January and May/June (November and May/June for CIE). There is only a single series per year for A-Levels - May/June.

We recommend that you book exams at least 6 months in advance to ensure availability and to avoid paying late fees.

Exam Venues

You can use our Exam Centre Finder below to locate a local centre. However if you are having difficulty you can try one of our affiliated centres, these are listed in our Private Candidate Exam Guide. To ensure our Students get the very best, we have partnered with Tutors and Exams. Tutors and Exams accommodate the home educated, private, excluded and adult learners who want to sit their GCSE and A Level exams. They will support you throughout the whole process, keeping you informed every step of the way. They offer very competitive rate and CloudLearn students benefit from preferential rates (You will need your Student Number to qualify).

A-Level

Practicals

See some CloudLearn students taking A-Level Practicals at one of our affiliated exam centres.


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Please Note: Our Centre Finder pulls information from data published on Awarding Body websites. We are not responsible for the maintenance of this information, nor do we guarantee that you will find an exam centre in your local area. We will however do what we can to help you locate a centre for examination.

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Time's a tickin'

See below the countdown timers for the next exam series in your chosen qualification. Ensure you book your exams at least 6 months in advance to avoid late booking fees. Good luck in your exams!

Edexcel IGCSE

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Edexcel A-Level

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We Can Organise Your Exam

We Can Organise Your Exam!

We are currently one of the few Online providers who will arrange and book your exam, so you don't have to.

Locating and booking exams for external candidates can be a real pain. Here at CloudLearn, included in your course fee is our Exam Arrangement Service. Not all exam centres in the UK will accept Private/External Candidates so we will get in touch with our affiliated centres to find the one that's best suited to you.

Having agreements with lots of national centres means we can also get you the best price. Rather than having the extra stress of organising your exam, you can focus your time on what you need to be doing!

Exam fees are additional and can be bundled with your course fee at the point of enrolment.

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We're bringing new finance options to our online enrolment process over the coming weeks. In the meantime we can still organise finance options directly. In fact, we have even more options available when arranging over the phone.

How to organise finance

You simply need to contact us on 0330 111 4006 or email us and we'll be happy to assist!

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