Group awards, staged assessment You must check that your candidates are eligible to

2.5 Group awards, staged assessment You must check that your candidates are eligible to

and carrying forward internally

receive the group award before submitting the group

assessed marks award entry because we do not do this. You will be

charged the entry fee for the group award even if your candidate is not eligible for the group award. We will

2.5.1 Entries for group awards

only refund the entry fee if you withdraw the entry Group awards require candidates to study subjects

before the entries deadline.

drawn from a speciied number of curriculum areas. More information about group awards is in the Enter candidates for group awards at the same time Cambridge Guide to Making Entries. as you make your other entries using the relevant

group award entry code. Enter your candidates in the

2.5.2 Entries for staged assessment

series in which you expect them to complete all the

(Cambridge International AS & A Level)

requirements for the award. Cambridge International A Level is typically a two-

We offer the following group awards: year course, and Cambridge International AS Level is

• Cambridge International Certiicate of Education

typically one year. Some subjects can be started as (Cambridge ICE) – for Cambridge IGCSE candidates

a Cambridge International AS Level and extended to who satisfy the Cambridge ICE group award rules.

a Cambridge International A Level. There are three Candidates can also use some Cambridge O Levels

possible assessment approaches for Cambridge towards Cambridge ICE. Cambridge IGCSE (9–1)

International AS & A Level:

syllabuses do not count towards Cambridge ICE. To • Candidates take the Cambridge International AS enter a candidate for the award, you must include

Level only. The syllabus content for Cambridge the entry code ‘ICE’ in addition to the syllabus and

International AS Level is half of a Cambridge option codes for the subjects the candidate is taking

International A Level programme. in the series. You can enter candidates for syllabuses • that count towards the Cambridge ICE group Candidates take the Cambridge International

AS Level in Year 1 and complete the Cambridge award in a single series or over two series within a International A Level in Year 2. 13-month period. • Candidates take all papers of the Cambridge

• Cambridge Advanced International Certiicate of

International A Level course in the same series, Education Diploma (Cambridge AICE Diploma) –

usually at the end of the second year of study. for Cambridge International AS & A Level candidates

who satisfy the Cambridge AICE Diploma group award rules.

Regulations

To make sure the Diploma develops breadth as (a) Subject to the requirements of the particular well as depth and provides students with a robust,

Cambridge International A Level syllabus, rigorous and challenging programme, we introduced

candidates can use their Cambridge some changes which have been in effect since 2017.

International AS Level results towards a For more information about these changes visit

Cambridge International A Level in the same www.cambridgeinternational.org/aice. To enter a

subject in a later exam series. AS Level results candidate for the award, you must include the entry

can be carried forward twice within 13 months code ‘ADIP’ in addition to the syllabus and option

of the series in which the candidate took the codes for the subjects the candidate is taking in the

Cambridge International AS Level. series. You can enter candidates for syllabuses that

Examples:

count towards the Cambridge AICE Diploma either in a single series or over a maximum of ive series

Candidates can use their Cambridge International within a 25-month period.

AS Level results achieved in the June 2018 series towards the award of a Cambridge International

• Cambridge Pre-U Diploma – for Cambridge

A Level in the November 2018 and/or June 2019 Pre-U candidates who satisfy the Cambridge Pre-U

series.

group award rules using Cambridge Pre-U Global Perspectives & Research and Cambridge Pre-U

Candidates can use their Cambridge International Principal Subjects only. To enter a candidate for the

AS Level results achieved in the November award, you must include the entry code ‘PREU’ in

2018 series towards the award of a Cambridge addition to the syllabus and option codes for the

International A Level in the June 2019 series and/ subjects the candidate is taking in the series.

or November 2019 series.

58 2 Entries Cambridge Handbook 2018 (UK)