We can confirm that Cambridge International AS Level Mathematics Paper 12 (9709) taken in our Africa, Europe, Middle East, Pakistan and South Asia regions, was shared prematurely against our regulations. We investigate such incidents promptly and thoroughly and we are now working to understand the extent of the leak and determine next steps.
Our priority is to ensure that students are not disadvantaged by this incident and we continue to take all possible measures to protect the integrity of our exams. It is important that candidates continue to prepare for, and take, upcoming exams.
Our decisions about the next steps are taken by senior and experienced professionals who are in possession of all the facts and our principles are:
- ensuring the reliability of the grades that we award, so that universities and other users of the grades can continue to trust them.
- minimising the distress and disruption caused to students by the theft of the paper.
We take the impact of incidents such as this on students extremely seriously. We value the trust placed in us to deliver over two million exams each year in 160 countries and provide fair results. It remains rare for the integrity of an exam to be compromised, and we take appropriate sanctions against centres and students where we have evidence of malpractice.
We thank all our students and schools for their patience and ask them to await further updates.