Facts and figures

About Cambridge International

Cambridge Assessment International Education is the world’s largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19 year olds.
Over 10,000 schools in more than 160 countries offer Cambridge programmes and qualifications.
Every year, nearly a million Cambridge learners prepare for their future with an education from Cambridge International.
We are a division of Cambridge Assessment, a not-for-profit organisation and part of the world-renowned University of Cambridge.
Cambridge Assessment was formed as the ‘Local Examinations Syndicate’ by the University of Cambridge in 1858. The first Cambridge international exams were taken in Trinidad in 1864 by six candidates.

Cambridge Primary is taught in more than 1300 schools in over 110 countries. There are over 96,000 entries for Cambridge Primary Checkpoint each year.
Every year we receive over 115,000 entries for Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint, our tests for 11 to 14 year olds, from schools worldwide.
Cambridge IGCSE is the world’s most popular international qualification for 14 to 16 year olds. It is taken in over 150 countries and in more than 4700 schools around the world.
2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the first Cambridge IGCSE exam.
There are over 800,000 subject entries for Cambridge IGCSE exams each year.
We are the world’s biggest provider of O Level qualifications. Cambridge O Level is taught in 1900 schools in over 50 countries.
Cambridge International AS and A Levels are taken in 134 countries with more than 545,000 subject entries each year.
We developed Cambridge Pre-U as an alternative to A Level for UK schools. It prepares students for university and was first examined in June 2010.
Cambridge qualifications are accepted by over 1500 institutions across 78 countries.

We run more than 1000 training events a year providing thousands of teachers from across the globe with the skills and knowledge they need to help their students succeed.
Over 165 institutions around the world run Cambridge Professional Development Qualification programmes where teachers and leaders benefit from professional learning based on international research and best practice.

Entries for Cambridge exams in June 2018 grew by eight per cent internationally on June 2017.
Cambridge examinations are marked by around 10,000 highly skilled examiners.
We produce around 8 million question papers each year.