The Cambridge Exams Officers’ Guide is a step-by-step guide to delivering Cambridge exams in your centre. Different activities need to take place to successfully deliver an exam. We structure information about these activities around the Cambridge Exams Cycle (pictured below).
Click on a phase to learn more about the activities you may need to carry out.Results day,enquiries, access to scripts and appealsResultsandcertificates6What to do before, during and immediately after each exam5Examday4BeforetheexamsPreparing for the exam day: rooms, invigilators and storing confidential materialsInternal assessment, submitting samples and marks3Coursework&moderationEntering candidates for Cambridge examinations2EntriesGetting ready for the series ahead1Preparation
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Key documents for exams officers 2024
Getting Started Guide
An introduction to administering Cambridge exams. The best place for new exams officers to start.
Cambridge Handbook 2024
The Cambridge Handbook is only available digitally, we are no longer sending out printed copies. This interactive version also has our new name and look.
Changes for the 2024 Cambridge Handbook
A list of the main changes from the 2023 Handbook and where you can find more information in the Cambridge 2024 Handbook.
Updates to the Cambridge Handbook 2024
Rolling list of updates to the Cambridge Handbook made since its initial publication.
Cambridge Handbook (UK Supplement) 2024
The UK Supplement outlines where regulations and guidance for administering our exams are different for our UK centres.
Cambridge Handbook 2024: section 4 and 5 (abridged)
This document is an abridged (shortened) version of sections 4 and 5 of the Cambridge Handbook 2024. It contains the key regulations that must be followed when conducting exams and is for reference purposes only. You must print and place a copy of this document in your main exam room, and any other exam rooms.
Cambridge Handbook 2024: Key Times and Full Centre Supervision
This document is the Key Times and Full Centre Supervision section of the Cambridge Handbook 2024. It contains key regulations that must be followed when conducting exams. You must print and place a copy of this document in your main exam room, and any other exam rooms.
Carry-forward regulations supplement
The regulations and information in this supplement will help you understand the entry you should make if you have candidates who wish to carry forward marks.
Administrative Guide: Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications (PDQ)
Guidance for exams officers administering Cambridge PDQ exams and assessments.Administrative Guide: Cambridge Global Perspectives™ (Checkpoint) May 2024
Guidance on submitting work and internally assessed marks and accessing results documents for Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Checkpoint Global Perspectives.
Key documents for exams officers 2023
Our key documents for 2023 relate to our usual regulations and guidance for administering Cambridge exams. They do not include any changes we have made because of the pandemic. For up-to-date information make sure you are receiving the monthly Cambridge Exams Officer eNewsletter, checking our Covid-19 web pages and reading any supplementary guidance we may produce.
Getting Started Guide
An introduction to administering Cambridge exams. The best place for new exams officers to start.
Cambridge Handbook (UK Supplement) 2023
The UK Supplement outlines where regulations and guidance for administering our exams are different for our UK centres.
Changes for the 2023 Cambridge Handbook
A list of the main changes and where you can find more information in the Cambridge Handbook 2023.
Administrative Guide: Cambridge ICT Starters 2023/24
Guidance for exams officers administering Cambridge ICT Starters exams and assessments.
Administrative Guide: Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications (PDQ)
Guidance for exams officers administering Cambridge PDQ exams and assessments.
Administrative guide for subjects using Submit for Assessment
Administrative guide: Preparing and submitting work using Submit for Assessment
Guidance on preparing and submitting work using Submit for Assessment.
Preparing and submitting work for Cambridge Global Perspectives using Submit for Assessment
This factsheet contains submission guidance for Cambridge Global Perspectives syllabuses. You must use it in conjunction with the Submit for Assessment Administrative Guide.
Key documents for exams officers 2022
Cambridge Handbook (UK Supplement) 2022
The UK Supplement outlines where regulations and guidance for administering our exams are different for our UK centres.
Preparing and submitting work for Cambridge Global Perspectives
A factsheet explaining how to prepare and submit printed work for Cambridge International AS & A Level Global Perspectives & Research (9239/04).