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Administering Cambridge exams
Cambridge International Examinations
An international exam board, providing programmes and qualifications to over 10,000 schools in 160 countries
We are not a member of the JCQ
Some of our processes, timetabling and deadlines are different to other JCQ UK awarding bodies.
Always looking for opportunities to both align our processes where we can and to help schools manage the differences
Working with The Exams Office Partnership will enhance support and training opportunities for
Cambridge exams officers in the UK
Cambridge workshop sessions at the Exam Office Professional Development Conferences:
11 January 2016: London
15 January 2016: Manchester
22 January 2016: Birmingham
Sessions will cover our entries process and our differences with JCQ awarding bodies
Booking details at www.theexamsoffice.org
Support for November 2015 exams The ‘running exams’ area of our website:
running exams video
exam day checklist
www.cie.org.uk/examday
FAQs about exam regulations: outline and explain differences with JCQ
exam boards
available from the October newsletter
Guide to administering Cambridge IGCSE First Language English (0500/0522)
Cambridge Administrative Guide: details all the administrative tasks exams officers need to carry out. Updated yearly.
Cambridge Handbook: sets out the rules and regulations for running our exams. Details the Centres’ responsibilities and forms part of Centres’ contract with us. Updated yearly.
Sent at the end of October and available online www.cie.org.uk/examsofficersguide
Key documents for 2016
Cambridge Exams Officer eNews
An essential resource, emailed on the first working day of each month, which includes:
reminders about key dates and activities for that month
guidance on key processes
updates and new services.
If you don’t receive the newsletter, email [email protected].
New Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) syllabusesOur redeveloped Cambridge IGCSEs have been adapted to offer the same breadth and depth as the reformed GCSEs in England:
they have a (9–1) grading scale instead of A*-G
they retain popular features of legacy Cambridge IGCSEs
they are accredited and funded for use in schools from September 2015
they will not be included in government performance tables.
There will be different syllabus and entry codes for accredited syllabuses:
First Language English (0627 replacing 0522)
English Literature (0477 replacing 0476)
Mathematics (0626 replacing 0580)
Further details and the new syllabuses are on the Cambridge IGCSE 9-1 page of our website.
Learn more!Getting in touch with Cambridge is easy
Email us at
or telephone +44 (0) 1223 553554
www.cie.org.uk