Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Music 0978

In June, this syllabus is available in Administrative zone 3 and for centres in Oman and UAE. Check the administrative zones for your school.

We are withdrawing Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Music (0978) from the November exam series. The last November exam series will be in 2023. From 2024, we will only offer this syllabus in the June exam series. We do offer a June and November series for Cambridge IGCSE Music (0410), so you may be interested in this syllabus as an alternative. Please note that this alternative syllabus awards an A*-G grading scale. We communicated this series withdrawal decision to schools in June 2021.

Please note that if you make an entry for the 9-1 grading scale, it is not then possible to switch to the A*-G grading scale once the entries deadline has passed. If you find that you have accidentally made an entry for the 9-1 syllabus, you must withdraw and re-enter before the entries deadline.

For some subjects, we publish grade descriptions to help understand the level of performance candidates’ grades represent.

We paused the publication of grade descriptions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the temporary changes to the awarding standard in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

As the awarding standard has now returned to the pre-pandemic standard, we are working to produce up-to-date grade descriptions for most of our general qualifications. These will be based on the awarding standards in place from June 2023 onwards.