We are changing the way you apply for access arrangements. This new service is called Apply for Access Arrangements and is available via My Cambridge.
Apply for Access Arrangements is available for all centres to use from September 2024 onwards.
You can use Apply for Access Arrangements to:
- request access arrangements for re-take entries only, for the November 2024 series. If you have already requested these using Preparation – Form 1, you do not need to resubmit them using Apply for Access Arrangements.
- request access arrangements for the Cambridge Checkpoint May 2025 test series and / or June 2025 exam series.
You must complete Preparation – Form 1 to request access arrangements that are not for re-take entries in the November 2024 exam series.
How do I log in to Apply for Access Arrangements?
Apply for Access Arrangements is hosted on My Cambridge, our single sign-on service. We will email your exams officer / primary contact at your centre to tell them how to log in.
The exams officer or primary contact can create additional My Cambridge accounts for colleagues in your centre. Instructions about how to do this can be found here. You must make sure that you limit access to My Cambridge to appropriate colleagues in your centre. Only colleagues that need to use Apply for Access Arrangements can be given access.
When is the deadline for requesting access arrangements?
- November 2024 series: re-take entries only: 21 September 2024.
- March 2025 series: 27 November 2024.
- Cambridge Checkpoint May 2025 test series and / or June 2025 series: 21 February 2025.
- Cambridge Checkpoint October 2025 test series and / or November 2025 series: 21 July 2025.
Administrative guide
We have produced this Apply for Access Arrangements administrative guide (PDF, 694KB) to support you as you use Apply for Access Arrangements. It contains information about how to create and submit requests to us.
My Cambridge
My Cambridge is a ‘single sign-on’ service, which allows you to access a number of services provided by Cambridge University Press & Assessment using one set of login details. You log in to Apply for Access Arrangements via My Cambridge. There is more information about managing user accounts on our My Cambridge page.
FAQs
Why are you changing the way we apply for access arrangements?
We want to make the application process as easy as possible for all our centres. Moving to Apply for Access Arrangements means you no longer need to download, complete, and save a PDF form each time – you simply log in to My Cambridge, go to Apply for Access Arrangements, and complete the application process online.
I have already applied for access arrangements using Preparation – Form 1. Do I need to resubmit my request using Apply for Access Arrangements?
You do not need to resubmit your application. You can use Apply for Access Arrangements to request access arrangements for re-take entries only for the November 2024 series. If you have already requested these using Preparation – Form 1, you do not need to resubmit them online.
However, you must complete Preparation – Form 1 (PDF, 1MB). to request access arrangements that are not for re-take entries in the November 2024 exam series.
How many of my colleagues can log in to Apply for Access Arrangements?
We will email your exams officer / primary contact at your centre to tell them how to log in. The exams officer or primary contact can create additional My Cambridge accounts for colleagues in your centre. Please view the instructions on how to do this. You must make sure that you limit access to My Cambridge to appropriate colleagues in your centre. Only colleagues that need to use Apply for Access Arrangements can be given access.
I am a Cambridge Associate; can my Associate Centres use Apply for Access Arrangements?
As a Cambridge Associate, you can create accounts for your Associate Centres so they are able to use Apply for Access Arrangements. You will need to review all applications submitted by your Associate Centre(s). There are detailed instructions on our My Cambridge page.  Â
If you are a Cambridge Associate and you have more than 20 Associate Centres that need to use Apply for Access Arrangements we can set up My Cambridge accounts for them. Email us a list of your Associate Centre numbers and email addresses. We must receive this at least two weeks before your Associate Centre wants to submit access arrangements.