Provisional results

6.1 Provisional results

Read this section to prepare for the release of results. It sets out everything you need to know to make sure that your candidates get their results and that you can answer their questions.

We release results online through CIE Direct and follow them up with a provisional results despatch. You can issue results to candidates as soon as they become available online or when you receive the statements

of results. The results published online and in hard copy are provisional and we can amend them if necessary. We confirm

the final results at a later date by issuing certificates. Cambridge Associates are responsible for passing results, statements of results and other associated material

on to their Associate Centres. Online results are available in the following formats:

Important dates

• a provisional statement of results for every We will notify you of the exact dates and times for

candidate (PDF)

results release on CIE Direct and in the Cambridge • provisional results for your centre in broadsheet Exams Officer eNewsletter.

format (PDF)

June series (all qualifications) • provisional results for your centre in broadsheet Results available online: mid August 2018

format (Excel).

Provisional results despatch: late August 2018 November series (Cambridge International AS & A

6.1.2 Candidate Results Service

Level) Results available online: no later than 10 January 2019 (the exact date will be confirmed in the Cambridge Exams Officer eNewsletter) Provisional results despatch: mid January 2019

November series (all other qualifications) Results available online: mid January 2019 Provisional results despatch: late January 2019

This service gives your candidates access to their

6.1.1 Online results

results directly via a secure website. You can control which of your candidates have access to the site and

You can access your results from the CIE Direct what they can view through the ‘Administer Exams’ homepage and from the ‘Administer Exams’ dashboard. page on CIE Direct. Guidance on how to give your

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Regulations (continued)

6.1.3 Provisional results despatch

(e) When the statements of results arrive, you must check centre and candidate details on them,

We send this despatch by courier unless instructed including the spelling of names and dates of otherwise. We do not email or fax results to you or

birth. As statements of results are a record of anybody else.

Associate Centres will receive their the exam, you must let us know immediately results according to their local arrangements.

about any errors on them so we can make the When you receive your despatch check that you have all

amendments before we issue your certificates. the documents listed below, in particular statements of

Notify us using Results and Certificates – results for all candidates, including private candidates.

Associate Centres must notify their Cambridge Associate of any errors on

Form 12.

Statements of results: for candidates

statements of results.

You will receive a statement of results for every (f) Contact us or your Cambridge Associate candidate. It lists all the syllabuses entered by an

immediately if:

individual candidate and the syllabus grades awarded. For group award candidates, the statement of results

(i) any of your statements of results have been will also show the result they achieved in the group

altered or damaged

award. (ii) you are missing any statements of results. Statements of results are printed on full-colour

(g) We do not usually provide candidates with watermarked stationery. Explanatory notes on each

their results directly. However, we may statement explain the qualification and syllabus grades

inform candidates of their results in extreme shown.

circumstances, subject to identity checks. The name of the centre is not shown on statements of

results for private candidates.

Administrative forms

Regulations

Form available from www.cambridgeinternational.org/forms

(a) You are responsible for giving all your candidates, including private candidates, their

• Replacement Statement of Results/Certificate statements of results as soon as the statements

Application: Results and Certificates – Form 12 arrive.

(b) Statements of results are not certificates and may not be accepted by a university or other

Important dates

public body. After the following dates, we charge for any (c) We have the right to correct the information

requests to amend centre or candidate details on given on any statement of results issued before

statements of results:

we despatch certificates. • June series: 20 September 2018 (d) The statement of results is and remains

• November series: 26 February 2019 our property and is issued on the following

conditions: The fees are in our fees list, which is available from the ‘My Messages’ section of CIE Direct.

(i) Any alteration to or defacement of a statement of results makes it invalid.

Results by syllabus, option and component: for (ii) The statement of results must be returned to

teachers

us if we ask for it. This document shows all your results and component

grades by syllabus, option and component. We give component grades to teaching staff in confidence so they can compare a candidate’s standard across different parts of an exam. They will not always correspond exactly to the grade in the syllabus as a whole. It may be helpful to share this information with candidates to help inform decisions about enquiries

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6.1.5 Syllabus grades on provisional results

decide to do this please make the candidates aware that

documents

you are sharing this information in confidence and that it should not be made public. If a university requires

We report syllabus grades on provisional results component grades you can provide them in confidence.

documents as detailed in the tables on the following pages. The final syllabus grade is calculated from an

Results broadsheet: for teachers aggregation of the candidate’s marks and not directly The results broadsheet is a summary of all the results

from the component grades. So candidates with the for your candidates. The broadsheet shows the results in

same component grades will not necessarily receive the

a grid, with the names of all candidates listed down the

same syllabus grade.

left-hand side and syllabus titles listed across the top. ‘NO RESULT’ or ‘X’ means one of the following: Moderation adjustment summary reports: for

• We were notified that the candidate was absent or teachers

withdrawn from one or more components of the We provide a summary of moderation adjustments for

syllabus. The candidate is therefore not eligible for every internally assessed component. The summary

the award of a grade.

shows any adjustments we made to the internally • We were not notified that the candidate was absent assessed marks awarded by your subject teachers.

or withdrawn and there is no record of their mark The adjustments are made to marks submitted by the

in one or more components of the syllabus. The centre and not to weighted marks. ‘NO ADJUSTMENT’

candidate is therefore not eligible for the award of a indicates that we accepted the centre’s marks. The

grade.

information is in syllabus component code order. • We disqualified the candidate. Where this is the Adjustments made to ranges of marks are shown in

case we will have contacted the centre separately ascending sequence. Our moderation procedures do not

explaining the reasons for the disqualification. allow marks to be reduced below zero or raised above

‘PENDING’ or ‘Q’ means that a result cannot be issued the maximum mark for the component.

at present but will follow in due course.

Moderation report: for teachers

6.1.6 Grade changes after results release

A report on the moderation for each internally assessed component. It also shows instances where our

If a candidate’s grade changes after results are released moderators re-marked coursework because adjustment

and the change is not because of an enquiry about was not possible.

results, we will not automatically update the following documents:

• your provisional statement of results for the affected If you need an extra set of results please send us a

6.1.4 Extra sets of results

candidates (PDF)

request in writing, on headed paper and signed by the • your provisional results broadsheet (PDF and Excel) Head of Centre.

If you work in an Associate Centre • your provisional Component Marks Report. please send requests through your Cambridge Associate.

If you need updated versions, email your request to We charge for duplicate sets of results. The fees for this

info@cambridgeinternational.org confirming which service are in our fees list available in the ‘My Messages’

documents you need and for which syllabus and series. section of CIE Direct. The following options are

available: • results for the whole centre

• broadsheet only • syllabus component report.

Important dates

We need to receive requests for extra sets of results by:

• June series: 25 July 2018 • November series: 20 December 2018

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Qualification

Grade reporting

Cambridge IGCSE • A*(a*), A(a), B(b), C(c), D(d), E(e), F(f) or G(g). A*(a*) is the highest grade and G(g) the lowest. • ‘UNGRADED’ shows that the candidate failed to reach the standard required for grade G(g). • For some Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses, we report ‘TO BE ISSUED’ or ‘Y’ to show that the result will be awarded in a subsequent series.

Cambridge IGCSE language • For some language syllabuses we report separate oral endorsement grades syllabuses

on a scale of 1 (ONE) to 5 (FIVE), 1 (ONE) being the highest and 5 (FIVE) the lowest. • Candidates who fail to reach the standard required for grade 5 (FIVE) will have nothing reported on the statements of results.

Cambridge ICE group award • Cambridge ICE statements of results are issued to candidates who have entered for Cambridge ICE. • Distinction, Merit and Pass are awarded to candidates who meet the requirements of Cambridge ICE. • The statement of results shows the Cambridge ICE outcome and the individual syllabus results for Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge O Level syllabuses. • Only individual syllabus results for the final series are reported on statements of results. Therefore if a candidate is taking Cambridge ICE over more than one series, not all of the counting syllabuses used to determine the Cambridge ICE award are reported on the statement of results. • You will find details of the award rules for the Cambridge ICE group award in the Cambridge Guide to Making Entries.

Cambridge O Level (referred • A*(a*), A(a), B(b), C(c), D(d) or E(e). A*(a*) is the highest grade and E(e) the to as GCE O Level on

lowest.

statements of results) • ‘UNGRADED’ shows that the candidate failed to reach the standard required for grade E(e).

Cambridge O Level • Performance in speaking tests (compulsory or optional) is reported on the syllabuses in languages

statements of results below the syllabus grade as: ‘with Pass in Oral’. other than English

• If a candidate does not achieve a ‘Pass’ in the speaking test or does not take the speaking test there will be no report of the speaking test on their statement of results or certificate.

Cambridge International AS • a(a), b(b), c(c), d(d) or e(e). a(a) is the highest and e(e) the lowest. Level (referred to as GCE

• ‘UNGRADED’ shows that the candidate failed to reach the standard required AS Level on statements of

for grade e(e).

results) Cambridge International

• A*(a*), A(a), B(b), C(c), D(d) or E(e). A*(a*) is the highest grade and E(e) the

A Level (referred to as GCE

lowest.

A Level on statements of • ‘UNGRADED’ shows that the candidate failed to reach the standard required results)

for grade E(e). • In some Advanced Level syllabuses, a candidate whose overall performance in the syllabus falls short of the standard required for grade E(e) will be awarded

an AS (Advanced Subsidiary) Level grade a(a), b(b), c(c), d(d) or e(e), if their performance is good enough in the components that constitute an Advanced Subsidiary Level.

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Cambridge International • The performance of candidates in the speaking test (compulsory or optional) AS & A Level syllabuses in

is reported on the statements of results under the syllabus grade as either: languages other than English

‘With Distinction in Speaking’ or ‘With Merit in Speaking’ or ‘With Pass in Speaking’. Candidates who do not achieve a ‘Pass’ in speaking or who do not take the speaking test will have no report of the speaking test on their statement of results or certificate.

Cambridge AICE Diploma • Cambridge AICE Diploma statements of results are issued to candidates who group award

have entered for the Cambridge AICE Diploma. • Distinction, Merit or Pass will be awarded to candidates who meet the requirements of the Cambridge AICE Diploma. An aggregate of the total

points scored will also be shown. • Distinction is awarded if a candidate achieves a point score of 320–360 points. • Merit is awarded if a candidate achieves a point score of 220–319 points. • Pass is awarded if a candidate achieves a point score of 120–219 points. • To determine the award, each potential counting syllabus is allocated points according to the grade achieved. • Where a candidate has more than the required number of counting syllabuses, the syllabuses which have been used to determine the Cambridge AICE

Diploma award are shown with an asterisk (*). • Only individual syllabus results for the final series are reported on statements of results. Therefore if a candidate is taking the Cambridge AICE Diploma over

more than one series, not all of the counting syllabuses used to determine the Cambridge AICE Diploma are shown on the statement of results. • ‘No Award’ shows that the candidate failed to reach the standard required for the Cambridge AICE Diploma. An aggregate of the total points scored is not shown. • The candidate will also receive a certificate showing the grades achieved in Cambridge International AS & A Level syllabuses. • You will find details of the award rules for the Cambridge AICE Diploma in the Cambridge Guide to Making Entries.

Cambridge Pre-U Level 3 • Distinction ONE (D1), Distinction TWO (D2), Distinction THREE (D3), Merit Global Perspectives &

ONE (M1), Merit TWO (M2), Merit THREE (M3), Pass ONE (P1), Pass TWO Research (GPR)

(P2) or Pass THREE (P3). Distinction ONE (D1) is the highest grade and Pass THREE (P3) the lowest. • Grade W(w) is shown for candidates entered for Cambridge Pre-U GPR entry option B and indicates that components 1, 2 and 3 have been completed, but that certification is not possible until component 4 is taken in a future series. • ‘UNGRADED’ shows that the candidate failed to reach the standard required for Pass THREE (P3).

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