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Understanding retake entries for March series

It’s important to understand what a retake entry is. If you do not work towards the correct entry deadline, you may be charged late entry fees unnecessarily. Centres and candidates sometimes think a 'retake' is any time when a candidate sits an exam again. However, we have a specific definition of a 'retake entry'.

What is a retake entry?

Entries are only retakes when all of the following are true:

  • The exam series the entry is being made for has a separate retake entry deadline.
  • The candidate is being entered for the same syllabus as they were in the exam series immediately before the current one.
  • You tell us the entry is a retake entry when you first submit it to us by ticking the ‘retake’ box next to the entry. This cannot be added at a later date.

The March exam series has a separate retake deadline because the first time entry deadline has already passed before November results are released. This means that you can make retake entries for the March series. However, the candidate must have been entered for the previous November series to count as a retake. 

You must also tick the retake indicator box, otherwise we will charge you late entry fees (for entries made after the first time entry deadline).

  • What happens if previous candidate and centre details are not included when submitting a retake entry?
    • You must always submit previous candidate and centre details when you submit a retake entry. Without these, we cannot verify that an entry is a retake. If you don’t provide these details you will be charged late entry fees (if it is after the first time entry deadline).

  • If a candidate is sitting the same syllabus as in the previous seires, but a diferenct combination of components, is this still a retake?
    • Yes. Any entry for the March exam series for a syllabus the candidate sat in the previous November exam series is a retake. They do not need to sit the same combination of components.

  • If a candidate is carrying forward marks from November to March is this a retake?
    • Yes. Candidates who are carrying forward marks from the November series to the March series are retake entries. This includes candidates who are completing an A Level syllabus as a staged assessment, where they sit the AS components in November and complete the A Level in March.

Examples

1. A candidate took Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) in the November exam series and wants to improve their result by sitting a different combination of 0625 components in the following March exam series.

This is a retake entry.

2. A candidate took Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) in the March exam series and wants to improve their result by sitting a different combination of 0625 components in the following November exam series.

This is not a retake - March is not the exam series immediately before the November exam series.

3. A candidate took Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) in the March series and wants to improve their result by sitting a different combination of 0625 components in the following June series.

This is not a retake - the June exam series does not have a separate retake entry deadline.

March exam series results are not released by the time June exam series entries have to be submitted, so centres cannot use the candidate’s performance in March to decide whether to make their June entry.

4. A candidate took the AS components of Cambridge International A Level Mathematics (9709) in the November exam series and wants to carry those marks forward and complete the A2 components of 9709 in the following March exam series for a full A Level result.

This is a retake entry.

5. A candidate took the AS components of Cambridge International A Level Mathematics (9709) in the March exam series and wants to carry those marks forward and complete the A2 components of 9709 in the following November exam series for a full A Level result.

This is not a retake - March is not the exam series immediately before the November exam series.

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