TCE exam timetable 2026

TASC exam timetable 2026 for maths and science

Level 3 and 4 TASC courses have external assessment, which may be a written exam, a folio, project work or a practical. This table lists the written exams for the maths, science and computing courses we cover, in date order, read from TASC's 2026 Written Exam Timetable. Every one is 3 hours.

A student who takes Physics, Biology and Chemistry sits them on 13, 16 and 18 November: 3 days between the first two, and 2 between the last two. The two upper maths courses, Mathematics Specialised and Mathematics Methods, are 8 days apart, with Specialised the first day of the exams and Methods in week two. Physical Sciences and Physics share Friday 13 November at 9:00 am.

How the exam period works

• The written exam period is nine days, from Monday 9 to Thursday 19 November 2026. TASC builds the timetable from each year's enrolment combinations, to spread exams as evenly as possible.
• You get a Notice of External Assessment (NoE) with where and when you sit your exams.
• TASC emails the small number of students who are eligible for an optional change to their schedule, for example for an exam clash (exactly the same time) or three back-to-back exams. Students who are not contacted cannot apply for a change.
• Exams cannot be rescheduled because of illness or other circumstances. If you are sick or have an emergency you can apply for derived exam ratings.
• A family holiday or travel is not an accepted reason for missing an exam.
• Students receive the 2026 TASC Student Exam Guide through their school at the start of Term 4.

The folio, practical, presentation, oral and display components of external assessment have their own dates in a separate TASC document. Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science in the table are written exams. General Mathematics has its own guide too.

After the exams

TASC emails results progressively from the morning of 16 December 2026 to the email address you gave in your Student Declaration. Update it by 15 December, and TASC keeps its update form open until 5 pm on Friday 18 December for late changes. See TCE awards explained for what the awards mean. TASC has announced the 2027 written exam window as Monday 8 to Thursday 18 November 2027, but has not yet published which course sits on which day, so we do not list 2027 exam days.

Use the daily papers as a short practice test

Our papers are short timed papers of 8 questions worth 25 to 35 marks, not a 3-hour TASC exam. Sit Year 12 Maths ahead of Methods or Specialised, or Year 12 Physics, Year 12 Chemistry or Year 12 Biology ahead of yours. The results page shows a predicted grade from A to E with typical cut-offs, not a TASC award.

Common mistakes with the TCE timetable

• Planning a holiday. TASC says it is not an accepted reason to miss an exam.
• Assuming a clash will be fixed for you. Only students TASC contacts can apply for a change.
• Mixing up Methods and Methods Foundation. They are different courses on different days: 12 and 17 November.
• Forgetting the afternoon start. Chemistry is at 1:30 pm.

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