Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint support material

Cambridge Lower Secondary  Checkpoint tests cover all major areas of learning in the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum frameworks for English, English as a second language, mathematics and science. We offer full support to schools that are registered to offer Cambridge Lower Secondary.

Specimen question papers

• English - Specimen paper 1 (PDF, 166KB)
• English - Specimen paper 1 - Insert (PDF, 138KB)
• English - Specimen paper 2 (PDF, 171KB)
• English - Specimen paper 2 - Insert (PDF, 138KB)
• Maths - Specimen paper 1 (PDF, 845KB)
• Maths - Specimen paper 2 (PDF, 439KB)
• Science - Specimen paper 1 (PDF, 551KB)
• Science - Specimen paper 2 (PDF, 435KB)
• English as a second language - Specimen paper 1 (reading and usage) - 2015 (PDF, 1MB)
• English as a second language - Specimen paper 2 (writing) (PDF, 259KB)
• English as a second language - Specimen paper 3 (listening) (PDF, 1MB)

English as a second language - Specimen listening test part 1
(MP3, 5MB)

English as a second language - Specimen listening test part 2
(MP3, 4MB)

English as a second language - Specimen listening test part 3
(MP3, 7MB)

English as a second language - Specimen listening test part 4
(MP3, 4MB)

English as a second language - Specimen listening test part 5
(MP3, 3MB)

English as a second language - Specimen listening test part 6 (MP3, 5MB)

Specimen mark schemes

• English - Specimen paper 1 - Mark scheme (PDF, 185KB)
• English - Specimen paper 2 - Mark scheme (PDF, 177KB)
• Maths - Specimen paper 1 - Mark scheme (PDF, 231KB)
• Maths - Specimen paper 2 - Mark scheme - 2014-2017 (PDF, 212KB)
• Science - Specimen paper 1 - Mark scheme (PDF, 181KB)
• Science - Specimen paper 2 - Mark scheme (PDF, 197KB)
• English as a second language - Specimen paper 1 (reading and usage) - Mark scheme (PDF, 105KB)
• English as a second language - Specimen paper 2 (writing) - Mark scheme (PDF, 221KB)
• English as a second language - Specimen paper 3 (listening) (PDF, 94KB)

Curriculum frameworks

For Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint tests, teachers should use the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum frameworks for stages 7, 8 and 9.

• Cambridge Lower Secondary - English - Curriculum outline (PDF, 1MB)
• Cambridge Lower Secondary - English as a second language - Curriculum outline (PDF, 338KB)
• Cambridge Lower Secondary - Maths - Curriculum outline (PDF, 998KB)
• Cambridge Lower Secondary - Science - Curriculum outline (PDF, 987KB)