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 2000 schools in over 120 countries. There are over 96,000 entries for Cambridge Primary Checkpoint each year.
Cambridge Lower Secondary is taught in more than 3500 schools in nearly 140 countries. Every year we receive over 120,000 entries for Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint, our tests for 11 to 14 year olds.
Cambridge IGCSE is the world’s most popular international qualification for 14 to 16 year olds. It is taken in over 140 countries and in more than 4500 schools around the world.
2018 marked the 30th anniversary of the first Cambridge IGCSE exam.
There are over 700,000 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 over 50 countries.
Cambridge International AS and A Levels are taken in over 130 countries with more than 530,000 subject entries each year.
Cambridge qualifications are accepted by over 1900 institutions across 81 countries.

We run just under 1000 online and face to face 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 200 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 2019 grew by four per cent internationally on June 2018.
Cambridge examinations are marked by around 10,000 highly skilled examiners.
We produce around 8 million question papers each year.