A Centre responsibilities
A1 You are responsible for the administration and conduct of our assessments. For
online schools see section 2.1.2.
A2 The Responsible Person must tell us the name of the Head of Centre and any
restrictions to the Head of Centre’s powers to carry out their centre�...
,Cambridge Handbook 2024
Regulations and guidance for administering Cambridge exams
Includes:
• Cambridge IGCSE™
• Cambridge O Level
• Cambridge International AS & A Level
• Cambridge Primary Checkpoint and
Lower Secondary Checkpoint.
Valid for exams in 2024
This is an
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2
, Section 1: Preparation
Contents ........................................................................................................... 25
1.1 Support from Cambridge
.................................................................................................... 25
1.2 Preparing your exams timetable
Introduction ............................................................................ 28 1.3 Access arrangements
.............................................................................................................................. 4
............................................................................................................ 32
The Cambridge Exams Cycle
Section 2: Entries
.............................................................................................. 6 Centre and Cambridge
..................................................................................................................... 47
Associate responsibilities ................................................... 7 Key Times and Full 2.1 Candidates
Centre Supervision .......................................................................... 21 .................................................................................................................................. 47
2.2 Estimated entries
What are Key Times?
...................................................................................................................... 49
.......................................................................................................................... 21
2.3 Final entries
Why are Key Times important?
................................................................................................................................ 50
..................................................................................................... 21
What are my Key Times? 2.4 Entry fees, late entries, entry charges and retake entries ....................... 55
................................................................................................................... 21 2.5 Group awards, staged assessment and carrying forward marks
Who is responsible for implementing Key Times? for internally assessed components ..............................................................................
............................................................... 21 58
How do I use Key Times? 2.6 Alternative venues
.................................................................................................................. 61 Section 3:
.................................................................................................................... 21 What is
Coursework and moderation ..................................................................... 63
Full Centre Supervision? .................................................................................................
3.1 The samples database and Submit for Assessment .......................................... 64
22
3.4 Non-coursework tests 5.1 At the beginning of the exam
......................................................................................................... 70 .................................................................................. 102
3.5 Submitting marks for internally assessed coursework and 5.2 During the exam
non-coursework tests ...................................................................................................................... 110
.......................................................................................................... 75 5.3 At the end of the exam
3.6 Submitting internally assessed coursework and non-coursework tests ... 76 ........................................................................................................ 112
3.7 Submitting Cambridge Global PerspectivesTM work .......................................... 81 5.4 Packing and sending scripts
Section 4: Before the exams ..................................................................................... 113
............................................................................................. 82
5.5 Special consideration
4.1 Forecast grades .......................................................................................................... 117
............................................................................................................. 82 Contents continued
4.2 Pre-exam and question paper despatches .............................................................
83
4.3 Receiving question paper despatches .......................................................................
91
4.4 Storing confidential materials
5.6 Malpractice
........................................................................................ 94
............................................................................................................................... 121
4.5 Preparing the exam room
.................................................................................................. 97 5.7 Special instructions for particular exams .................................................................
125
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