Welcome to the June edition of the UK Cambridge Exams Officer eNews.
In this issue, there are reminders about our upcoming deadlines and key tasks for this month. We also have information about the November 2025 final timetables and the June 2026 provisional timetables.
Please get in touch if you need help or advice.
Best wishes Customer Services Team
Contact details
Make sure we have the correct contact details for your centre on Direct. See our website (under Phase 1 – Preparation) for details of how to update your contact details and change of address or name, or to request a change to the syllabuses your centre is eligible to enter. If no one at your centre has access to Direct, please contact us.
Our new 12-week, online modular course (approximately 1-2 hours of study a week), for exams officers who have less than one year’s experience in their role is now available for bookings. Courses will run from July-October 2025.
This new course replaced the 'Getting to know the Cambridge Exams Cycle' course and the 'Welcome to being a Cambridge exams officer' webinar.
All our webinars are on our Professional development calendar. You can book on to our next webinar below. Please convert the timings to your local time zone.
How to prepare for the November exam and October test series Wednesday 11 June 2025
This webinar is for exams officers who are running exams in the November 2025 exam series and/or the October 2025 Checkpoint test series. It includes information about key deadlines, timetabling, access arrangements and entries for the October test series and November 2025 exam series. You can also ask us questions. This free-to-access, one-hour webinar is open to all exams officers.
Exams officer focus webinar Wednesday 18 June 2025
This webinar is for exams officers to receive the latest information on our current and upcoming exam series. In this webinar we will focus on entries and carry forward marks. You can also ask us questions. This free-to-access, one-hour webinar is open to all exams officers.
How to prepare for results release for June 2025 series
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Join our free webinar for detailed information about preparing for results release, giving your candidates their results and certificates, and applying for enquiries about results. You can also ask our Results and Despatches teams questions. This free-to-access, one-hour webinar is open to all exams officers.
We are making important changes to our Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Checkpoint test series from 2026. To find out what is changing for each tests series, key days for 2026 and FAQs about the changes, see our new webpage: www.cambridgeinternational.org/checkpoint-changes-2026
There are currently no plans to change Cambridge Global Perspectives™ Checkpoint.
Phase 1: Preparation
March 2026 test series
The provisional timetable for the March 2026 Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Checkpoint series is available on Direct. The window for feedback has closed.
May 2026 test series
The provisional timetable for the May 2026 Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Checkpoint Series is available on Direct. Send your feedback to info@cambridgeinternational.orgby 28 June 2025 and include ‘May 2026 Checkpoint timetable feedback’ in the subject line.
Phase 2: Entries
Making entries
October 2025 test series
The final entry deadline for the October 2025 series is 16 August 2025.
If you are currently making entries, it is important to include candidates’ dates of birth and indicate if English is their first language if you want this information on the diagnostic results reports. We cannot add this information later. If you have already submitted your entries, you can still make changes until the entry deadline.
Withdrawals
October 2025 test series
You can withdraw candidates until 16 August 2025 and receive a credit for the syllabus fee. You can make the withdrawal yourself, using Direct.
Phase 3: Coursework and moderation
Preparing and submitting marks and work for Cambridge Checkpoint Global Perspectives using Submit for Assessment
October 2025 test series
You must submit internally assessed marks and candidate work and samples for Cambridge Checkpoint Global Perspectives through Submit for Assessment.
Visit the samples database to find out how to submit marks and/or work for every syllabus/component you have made entries for.
As the exams officer, you have access to Submit for Assessment, accessed via My Cambridge, but your teaching colleagues may not. There is more information on our website about creating and managing My Cambridge accounts for colleagues in your centre.
Make sure you share this information again with any teachers in your centre who have previously used the Online Learning Area to submit marks and work.
Phase 5: Exam day
October 2025 test series
Test dates
The test dates for the October series are 6–17 October 2025.
Running exams
See our resources and administrative forms for running tests on our website.
The Exam day checklist, under ‘Extra guidance’ helps you check that you are ready for each test.
You must make sure that your scripts have the correct candidate numbers, candidate names and centre numbers. If your candidates need additional answer booklets, you must use our Supplementary Answer Booklet -ExamDay - Form 13, not your centre’s own additional answer booklet. You must complete attendance registers before you send them back to us with your scripts.
Packing and despatching scripts
Send your scripts to us as soon as each test has finished. Follow the instructions in section 5.4 of the Cambridge Handbook.
Phase 6: Results and certificates
May 2025 test series
Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Checkpoint results and moderator reports will be available from the ‘My Messages’ section of Direct on 19 June 2025.
October 2025 test series
Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Checkpoint Global Perspectives results available to download from Direct: 18 December 2025.
Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Checkpoint diagnostic feedback available to download from Direct: 18 December 2025.
End of series reports available to download from the Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary support sites: late December 2025.
November 2024
Phase 6: Results and certificates
Certificates
You should have received certificates for the November 2024 series. Contact us if you have not yet received them. If your centre has any open enquiries about results, we will send certificates for the candidates involved once the enquiry is closed.
You can ask for a replacement certificate using Results and Certificates - Form 12but you will be charged. The fee for this service is in our fees list. We can only replace November 2024 certificates until 30 September 2026.
June 2025
Phase 2: Entries
Withdrawals
If you need to request a withdrawal for medical reasons, following bereavement or other exceptional circumstances, please contact us: info@cambridgeinternational.org
You can view withdrawal information on our website..
Carry forward of results: Cambridge International AS & A Level Design & Technology (9705) for examination in 2025
Cambridge International AS & A Level Design & Technology (9705) has been revised for first assessment in 2025.
Due to the revision of the qualification, there are some changes to carry-forward options available for assessment in 2025 only. See the 'Carry forward of results' document on the syllabus page for more information.
Phase 4: Before the exams
Pre-release materials
Check our websiteto find out how you will receive pre-release materials. It is important you share this information with teachers.
Pre-release materials for Cambridge IGCSE Drama
For Cambridge IGCSE Drama (0411 and (9-1) 0994), we will not send you printed pre-release materials based on estimated entries. You should download the pre-release materials from the School Support Hub and print them.
We send printed clean copies with the question papers for candidates to use in the exam.
Confidential materials
When you receive your confidential despatch, check the contents using our instructions in section 4.3 of theCambridge Handbook or in ourvideo.
Do not open any question paper packets until the correct time and date of the exam.
If you identify any issues, let us know immediately using the relevant forms. Store confidential materials according to the instructions in section 4.4 of the Cambridge Handbook. See more information on our 'Handling confidential materials' poster on our Administrative forms and guidance documents page, under ‘Before the exams’.
Where confidential material is pre-recorded on audio files or other media, you must test the material before the exam. Follow the instructions in sections 5.7.2 and 5.7.5 of the Cambridge Handbook and, if relevant, the GlobalListening Administrative Guide. Do not listen to the test materials in full or remove them from your centre – you are only listening to a small section to check for sound quality.
A reminder of our support and guidance
Our video shows you how to store the unopened question paper packets securely until the exam date shown on the timetable.
Contact us if you have questions about your secure storage arrangements
Download our ‘Handling confidential materials’ poster from our website.
Test any pre-recorded confidential material before the exam – follow the instructions in sections 5.7.2 and 5.7.5 of the Cambridge Handbook. Do not listen to the test materials in full or remove them from your centre – you are only listening to a small section to check for sound quality.
Remember our 24-hour security rule – see section 5.3.2 of the Cambridge Handbook.
Remind candidates that we may consider it malpractice if they:
remove any question papers or question paper content from the exam room
discuss the content of a question paper or other confidential material, such as speaking test topics, with any other candidate until either the Key Time or end of the assessment window has passed.
Receiving question paper despatches
It is extremely important that you telephone us if you do not receive question paper packets you are expecting within two days of the timetabled exam. Do not email us as this could delay our response.
Additional exams material list
The additional exams material list is available on our website.
The list includes:
additional materials candidates need in each exam
exam materials we provide
information about whether candidates should answer directly on the question paper, on multiple-choice answer sheets, or on an answer booklet that we provide inserted into the question paper.
Candidates should do rough work on the question paper, or the answer booklet if provided, and cross through it neatly so our examiners can see it. You can provide additional rough paper if there is limited space on the question paper. Candidates should cross this through neatly and you must collect this when you collect their script. You must fasten together all sheets of paper handed in by candidates, see section 5.3.1 (d) of the Cambridge Handbook.
Phase 5: Exam day
Running exams
See our resources and administrative forms for running exams on our website.
Packing and despatching scripts
Pack your scripts by following the instructions in section 5.4 of the Cambridge Handbook. Complete our Script Return Form each time you send a consignment of scripts so we can track them. Find more information on our website.
Send us your scripts as soon as possible after each exam. If we do not receive returned scripts from you quickly, it can cause delays in marking and grading, and therefore results being released on time.
Use a reputable major courier with a tracking facility, and confirm their service is available before sending. Cambridge University Press & Assessment has a relationship with DHL, which is helpful when dealing with queries. Use an express service to return scripts to us. This can help to avoid delays.
Unused exam materials
When you return your candidate scripts to us, please do not include any unused question papers, answer scripts or continuation booklets. Sending us unnecessary blank items creates extra work and may delay us scanning and marking your candidates' scripts. Only send us question papers if your candidates have written their responses on them.
Candidates entered into the June 2025 series must:
have covered the whole course and
have completed a minimum of 15 per cent of the total assessment by component weighting in the relevant exam series. Carry-forward marks do not count.
Usually, the minimum requirements for calculating an assessed mark are that the candidate must:
have covered the whole course and
have completed 50 per cent of the total assessment by component weighting in the relevant exam series. Carry-forward marks do not count.
We cannot produce an A Level result where the candidate has not taken any A2 components. We cannot produce a result where the only component the candidate has taken is a separately endorsed component.
Malpractice
See section 5.6 of the Cambridge Handbook for more information about reporting suspected malpractice.
You can find suspected centre staff malpractice report forms 9a and 9b and suspected candidate malpractice report forms 9c and 9d on the ‘Exam Day’ section of our website.
Phase 6: Results and certificates
Results release
Cambridge International AS & A Level, Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) and Cambridge International Project Qualification (CIPQ): Tuesday 12 August 2025 at 06:00 BST/UTC+1*
Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge O Level and Cambridge International Certificate of Education (ICE): Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 06:00 BST/UTC+1*
*BST is British Summer Time and UTC is Universal Coordinated Time. Please convert these to your local time zones.
Important: we published an incorrect time for results release in the May 2025 edition of the eNewsletter. We apologise for any confusion caused.
November 2025
Phase 1: Preparation
Access Arrangements
You must submit your access arrangements applications by the following deadlines:
Modified question papers: 1 July 2025
Access arrangements for new entries: 21 July 2025
Access arrangements for retake entries: 10 September 2025
Final timetables
The final timetables for the November 2025 series are available in the 'Timetables' section of the ‘Support Materials’ area of Direct and on our website.
Cambridge Guide to Making Entries
The Cambridge Guide to Making Entries for the November 2025 series is available from the ‘Support Materials’ section of Direct.
UK Basedata
The November 2025 series UK Basedata is available from the 'Support Materials' area within the 'Estimated and Final Entry Forms' section on Direct.
See our website for information about withdrawal rules and deadlines.
Phase 3: Coursework and moderation
Cambridge International AS & A Level Global Perspectives & Research (9239) submission window
The window for submitting work for Cambridge International AS & A Level Global Perspectives & Research (9239/02, 03 & 04) in the November 2025 series is 1–31 October 2025.
June 2026
Phase 1: Preparation
Provisional timetables
The June 2026 provisional timetables are now available on Direct. The deadline for providing feedback is 27 June 2025.
Our fees list is available from the ‘My Messages’ section of Direct.
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