10 Aug 2023
Hundreds of thousands of students from around the world are receiving their Cambridge International AS & A Level results today. These results mark the end of this important stage of their lives and ready them for their next step in the world, whether in work or higher education.
More than 237,000 students in 135 countries took Cambridge International AS & A Levels in June 2023, which was Cambridge’s largest exam series yet. We received 559,000 entries for Cambridge International AS & A Level, marking a 14 per cent increase on June 2022.
Rod Smith, Group Managing Director for International Education at Cambridge, said: 'I congratulate Cambridge students for their hard work in achieving these results. They have shown great resilience over the past few years and have kept on moving forward with their education. With these qualifications our students can feel confident that they have developed the skills they need for the future, so they can embrace whatever opportunities lie ahead.
'I also want to thank Cambridge schools and teachers, who once again have displayed tremendous commitment and passion for education that has been core to their students’ success.'
Like other exam boards, we have been moving the standard of Cambridge qualifications back to the pre-pandemic standard of 2019 in gradual steps. This year’s standard has returned to the standard of 2019, and we have taken into account the impact of the pandemic when setting the grade boundaries. This means a student who would have achieved a grade A before the pandemic will be just as likely to get an A in 2023.
The June 2023 series has been our largest exam series to date, with more than 1.7 million entries for Cambridge International exams. This is an increase of 11 per cent since June 2022. Across the entire Cambridge International exam series, we will issue grades to 576,000 students across 5,600 schools and in 147 countries. We are immensely proud of the accomplishments of our students and schools.
Cambridge IGCSE and O Level results will be released on 16 August.