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Carry forward entry rules

Info icon new - imageDue to the Covid-19 outbreak, there is specific guidance for running the November 2020 series on our Information for schools about Coronavirus (Covid-19) pages.

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’:

Qualification level Exam series syllabus first taken Carry forward internally assessed marks? Number of times internally assessed marks can be carried forward
Cambridge IGCSE, O Level and Pre-U June 20XX Yes - to November 20XX or June 20XX +1 Once
November 20XX Yes - to June 20XX or November 20XX +1 Once
Cambridge International AS Level June 20XX Yes - to November 20XX and/or June 20XX +1 Twice
November 20XX Yes - to June 20XX+1 and/or November 20XX +1 Twice
  • Can candidates be entered for carry forward options even if they do not have marks for all the papers which make up the carry forward component?
    • Candidates must have marks for all papers which make up the carry forward component.

      If a candidate is missing a mark for one or more of the papers which make up the component, they will not receive a grade.

      Example

      A carry forward component includes papers 11, 21 and 31. The candidate has marks for components 11 and 21, but not 31. If you enter the candidate for this carry forward component, they will not receive a grade for the syllabus.

  • If a candidate achieved a mark for an internally assessed component but was later withdrawn from the syllabus, can they still carry forward their internally assessed component mark?
    • It is not possible to carry forward this mark because the candidate was withdrawn from the syllabus.

  • Can candidates carry forward marks from the March series (India only) to the June or November exam series?
    • If a candidate sits their original exam in the March exam series, they cannot carry forward their mark to the June exam series of the same year. This is because the results for the March series are not released until after the June series timetabled exams have started.

      They can carry forward their mark to the November series in the same year, or the March series of the following year.

  • Which carry forward options do I select when candidates carry forward Cambridge International AS Level results?
    • There are lots of options for carrying forward Cambridge International AS Level results, depending if your candidate wants to:

      • complete their A Level grade
      • complete their A Level and try to improve their AS Level grade.

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

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