1. Administering Cambridge exams

2. Cambridge International Examinations  An international exam board, providing programmes and qualifications to over 10,000 schools in 160 countries  We are not a member of the JCQ  Some of our processes, timetabling and deadlines are different to other JCQ UK awarding bodies.  Always looking for opportunities to both align our processes where we can and to help schools manage the differences

3. Working with The Exams Office  Partnership will enhance support and training opportunities for Cambridge exams officers in the UK  Cambridge workshop sessions at the Exam Office Professional Development Conferences:  11 January 2016: London  15 January 2016: Manchester  22 January 2016: Birmingham  Sessions will cover our entries process and our differences with JCQ awarding bodies  Booking details at www.theexamsoffice.org www.theexamsoffice.org

4. Support for November 2015 exams  The ‘running exams’ area of our website:  running exams video  exam day checklist  www.cie.org.uk/examday www.cie.org.uk/examday  FAQs about exam regulations:  outline and explain differences with JCQ exam boards  available from the October newsletterOctober newsletter  Guide to administering Cambridge IGCSE First Language English (0500/0522) Guide

5.  Cambridge Administrative Guide: details all the administrative tasks exams officers need to carry out. Updated yearly.  Cambridge Handbook: sets out the rules and regulations for running our exams. Details the Centres’ responsibilities and forms part of Centres’ contract with us. Updated yearly.  Sent at the end of October and available online www.cie.org.uk/examsofficersguidewww.cie.org.uk/examsofficersguide Key documents for 2016

6. Cambridge Exams Officer eNews  An essential resource, emailed on the first working day of each month, which includes:  reminders about key dates and activities for that month  guidance on key processes  updates and new services.  If you don’t receive the newsletter, email info@cie.org.uk. info@cie.org.uk

7. New Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) syllabuses Our redeveloped Cambridge IGCSEs have been adapted to offer the same breadth and depth as the reformed GCSEs in England:  they have a (9–1) grading scale instead of A*-G  they retain popular features of legacy Cambridge IGCSEs  they are accredited and funded for use in schools from September 2015  they will not be included in government performance tables. There will be different syllabus and entry codes for accredited syllabuses:  First Language English (0627 replacing 0522)  English Literature (0477 replacing 0476)  Mathematics (0626 replacing 0580) Further details and the new syllabuses are on the Cambridge IGCSE 9-1 page of our website.Cambridge IGCSE 9-1 page of our website.

8. Learn more! Getting in touch with Cambridge is easy Email us at info@cie.org.uk or telephone +44 (0) 1223 553554 www.cie.org.uk