International GCSE
French
Listed for November 2026 and June 2027; regional options June 2027 only
The 2026/2027 International GCSE entry manual p.18 lists 4FR1 ordinary and T entries in both November 2026 and June 2027, with R and RT in June 2027 only. The speaking component is compulsory.
StudyForA coverage: Planned
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Examination-year entries: 2026–2027
Pearson Qualifications Information Manual 2026/2027 - International GCSE · pages 18 ↗
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Award codes and required units
- 4FR1 · French · International GCSE
4FR1/01 Listening, 4FR1/02 Reading and Writing, and compulsory 4FR1/03 Speaking; select the ordinary, transferred-speaking, regional or regional-transferred option as applicable.
Listed award series: November 2026; June 2027.
Teaching: Planned.
Paper and unit entry options
- 4FR1 · French (Papers 1 & 2); Paper 3 Speaking
Listed series: November 2026; June 2027.
- 4FR1 · T · French (Papers 1 & 2); Paper 3 Speaking transferred from previous series
Listed series: November 2026; June 2027.
- 4FR1 · R · French (Papers 1R & 2R); Paper 3 Speaking
Listed series: June 2027.
- 4FR1 · RT · French (Papers 1R & 2R); Paper 3 Speaking transferred from previous series
Listed series: June 2027.
- These rows are checked against the November 2026/June 2027 manual window. Each option lists its own series; no later availability is inferred.
- Entry availability does not establish individual eligibility or a centre's willingness/capacity to enter the candidate. Private-candidate eligibility and approved-centre arrangements remain unverified.
- Teaching and books remain incomplete; specialist approval and formal assessment validation remain incomplete.
- Regional-paper selection follows centre location: the manual p.3 includes Vietnam among the countries required to use the alternative regional options where applicable. Residence alone is not used to determine an entry.
- A transferred option carries forward the component specified in the entry-table title from a previous series; the manual p.2 requires retaking all written units for a linear retake. This review does not establish an individual candidate's carry-forward eligibility.
- Compulsory speaking requires a valid centre and examiner/recording arrangement; site availability does not establish that provision.
- The specification, including Issue 3 January 2026, describes June assessment. Current November 2026 entry availability is taken from the 2026/2027 manual; its oral date is not inferred from the June specification wording.
Specification edition checked
Official specification · Issue 3 ↗
Issue 3, January 2026. Award identities, components and assessment constraints checked on physical pages 11, 12, 13, 28, 89. Full syllabus-topic teaching, practice and book mapping remain incomplete.
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