Understanding retake entries

Understanding what a retake entry is means you can work towards the correct entry deadline and will not be charged late entry fees unnecessarily. Centres and candidates sometimes think a ‘retake’ is when the candidate sits a subject again. However, we have a specific definition of what a ‘retake’ actually is.

What is a retake entry?

Entries are retakes when all of the following are true:

• The candidate took the same syllabus, regardless of the option code, in the exam series immediately before the current one.
• The exam series the entry is being made for has a separate retake entry deadline.
• 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.

Examples

Example 1:

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

This is a retake entry.

Example 2:

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 June exam series.

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

Example 3:

A candidate took the AS components of Cambridge International A Level Mathematics (9709) in the June 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 a retake entry.