Schedule
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| Subject | Date |
| Mathematics | 1st September 1986 |
| Physics | 1st September 1986 |
| Technology | 1st September 1986 |
| Physics and technology | 1st September 1986 |
| Craft, design and technology | 1st September 1986 |
| Chemistry | 1st September 1989 |
| Welsh | 1st September 1990 |
| Arabic | 1st September 1990 |
| Bengali | 1st September 1990 |
| Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin) | 1st September 1990 |
| Danish | 1st September 1990 |
| Dutch | 1st September 1990 |
| French | 1st September 1990 |
| German | 1st September 1990 |
| Greek (Modern) | 1st September 1990 |
| Gujarati | 1st September 1990 |
| Hebrew (Modern) | 1st September 1990 |
| Hindi | 1st September 1990 |
| Italian | 1st September 1990 |
| Japanese | 1st September 1990 |
| Panjabi | 1st September 1990 |
| Portuguese | 1st September 1990 |
| Russian | 1st September 1990 |
| Spanish | 1st September 1990 |
| Turkish | 1st September 1990 |
| Urdu | 1st September 1990 |
| Biology | 1st September 1991 |
| Any combination of physics, chemistry or biology | 1st September 1991 |