Exams officer updates

Keep up to date with the latest OCR information for exams officers. If you’re an exams officer and not receiving our updates then get in touch with us.

On this page you'll find links to:

monthly exams officer updates – we send this round up of key information to all OCR exams officers automatically each month. If you’re not an exams officer and would like to receive your own copy of the our monthly exams officer update, then just complete our quick and easy signup form.
email updates to centres – these are targeted emails about important changes or announcements which we send directly to specific centres, eg changes to exam administration and exam processes.
subject updates – we publish these on our website to let you know about changes to our qualifications, eg extensions or withdrawals. We send a monthly round up of these updates to all OCR exams officers which you can view below.

You may also find it helpful to take a look at the support for exams officers on our Supporting you web page.

Date	Subject	Description
26 May	Exams Officer Update	We provide more tips on special consideration and returning scripts as well as reminding you to check your centre details for the JCQ NCN Register
23 May	Cambridge Nationals	We ask you to check the marks you submitted for Enterprise and Marketing (R066)
18 May	Reduction in assessment	We remind you to submit your Head of Declaration form by 20 May 2022
13 May	Cambridge Technicals	We let you know about outstanding hardcopy attendance lists
10 May	Subject Updates Roundup	All the qualification subject updates from the last month
9 May	June 2022	We’ve prepared guidance for managing the general qualifications and Cambridge Nationals exams in June 2022
9 May	June 2022	We’ve prepared guidance for managing the Cambridge Technicals exams in June 2022

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Date	Subject	Description
29 Apr	Exams Officer Update	We provide the latest news from the JCQ, which includes updated special consideration guidance. We provide you with more blogs for your 'OCR toolkit' and the arrangements on requesting a reduction in assessment.
29 Apr	Entry Level Art and Design	We remind you of the process for the moderation of work.
28 Apr	June 2022	We tell you how to upload students' work for Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Performing Arts – unit 2C
28 Apr	June 2022	We help you prepare for the Cambridge Technicals on-screen tests
28 Apr	Cambridge Nationals	We confirm the set assignments for our redeveloped Cambridge National qualifications will be available in Teach Cambridge from 1 June
28 Apr	Career Guidance qualifications	We clarify the transfer of centre approval and direct claims status (DCS) for our existing centres
27 Apr	A Level Sciences	We confirm that we sent you some address labels for one or more of the practical endorsement components below by mistake
27 Apr	Entry Level PE (R463)	We've updated the mark input form for Entry Level PE
26 Apr	Submit for assessment	We invite centres to submit their June 2022 candidate work samples for Cambridge Nationals using our new Submit for Assessment service
22 Apr	Reduction in assessment	Our new ‘reduction in assessment’ area of Interchange is available for you to tell us which Cambridge Nationals and/or Cambridge Technicals units you are using the reduction in assessment for
1 Apr	Surpass update	We confirm an update to our on-screen test system (version 12.29)
1 Apr	AS Level Classical Greek	We remind you of the set texts for examination in 2022 for AS Level Classical Greek H044/02
1 Apr	Subject Updates Roundup	All the qualification subject updates from the last month

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Date	Subject	Description
25 Mar	Advance information	We provide further updates to our advance information for A Level Sociology H580
23 Mar	Support and training	We update you with the events taking place during the summer 2022 term
22 Mar	Advance information	To support student revision, advance information is now available for the June 2022 exam series, which is different to the advance information we published for the January 2022 series.
18 Mar	Exams Officer Update	We provide the latest news from the JCQ, along with our blog on managing timetable clashes. We provide details on your 'OCR toolkit', including our updated blog on making entry amendments. We also update you on moderation visits for Cambridge Technicals.
15 Mar	January 2022 results	Ahead of the Cambridge Nationals and Extended Project results day this week, we remind you of all the support material and resources available to you
15 Mar	January 2022 results	Ahead of the Cambridge Technicals results day this week, we remind you of all the support material and resources available to you
15 Mar	January 2022	We ask you to complete your Head of Centre declaration if you've submitted applications for a special consideration absence
10 Mar	Subject Updates Roundup	All the qualification subject updates from the last month
09 Mar	Remote verification	We remind you to provide feedback on the remote quality assurance process we introduced during the pandemic
08 Mar	Summer 2022*	We provide guidance on submitting your marks or grades for the centre-assessed components and how to submit your samples. *We have updated the Sample Request Exceptions section – for summer 2022, we do not* require teachers to send us samples of work for the GCSE English Language Spoken Language endorsement. We apologise for this mistake.*
08 Mar	Teach Cambridge	Resources for GCSE, AS and A Level Maths and Computer Science qualifications are now available to access in Teach Cambridge
04 Mar	Advance information	We've updated our advance information for A Level Sociology H580 with minor amendments
04 Mar	Summer 2022	In preparation for the Summer 2022 exam series, our Customer Support Managers, invite new and inexperienced exams officers in their regional 'check-in' support sessions
03 Mar	Submit for Assessment	We invite centres with entries for Cambridge Nationals moderated units in the June 2022 series to submit samples using Submit for Assessment.
02 Mar	Cambridge Nationals and Cambridge Technicals	We provide an update on the arrangements for the reduction in assessments for Cambridge Nationals and Cambridge Technicals.
01 Mar	Cambridge Technicals (2016)	The entry window for making test unit entries for the June 2022 series is open from 1–21 March

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