Carry forward entry rules

What is a carry forward entry?

Some syllabuses allow candidates to carry forward marks from a previous exam series to a later series. Candidates can only carry forward marks for internally assessed work.

Candidates can carry forward marks to:

• improve their syllabus grades for Cambridge IGCSEs, O Levels or Pre-U syllabuses.
• count towards the next stage of their assessment by using Cambridge International AS Level results towards an A Level.

You must make carry forward entries when you make your entries.

Carry forward entry rules

• Marks for Cambridge IGCSE, O Level, and Pre-U syllabuses can be carried forward once. If a candidate carries forward marks to the next series and then later wishes to retake the syllabus, it is not possible to carry forward the same marks again.
• Marks for Cambridge International AS Level can be carried forward twice.
• For all syllabuses, marks must be carried forward within 13 months from the first time a candidate took the syllabus.
• Candidates can only carry forward marks for the same syllabus. For example, a candidate cannot carry forward marks from Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (0510) to Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (0511) because these are different syllabuses
• To see which marks can be carried forward look at the correct syllabus in your Cambridge Guide to Making Entries available on Cambridge International Direct (>Direct)
  

The table below shows how components can be carried forward between exam series’:

You can find more information in your Cambridge Guide to Making Entries on >Direct.