,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
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, Section 1: Preparation
Contents ........................................................................................................... 25
1.1 Support from Cambridge
.................................................................................................... 25
1.2 Preparing your exams timetable
Introduction ............................................................................ 28 1.3 Access arrangements
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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
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2.3 Final entries
Why are Key Times important?
................................................................................................................................ 50
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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
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, 3.2 Internally assessed coursework 4.6 Invigilator requirements
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3.3 Examined coursework Section 5: Exam day
.......................................................................................................... 68 ............................................................................................................. 102
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
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4.5 Preparing the exam room
.................................................................................................. 97 5.7 Special instructions for particular exams .................................................................
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