Redevelopment of Cambridge Nationals suite

On 24 February, we announced the redevelopment of our suite of Cambridge Nationals qualifications. These qualifications will be available to teach from September 2022.

We are therefore withdrawing the qualifications listed below. We will, of course, continue to support and assess these qualifications up to the conclusion of the final assessment series in June 2023.

The final assessment opportunity for all units will be the June 2023 series and a resit only series will be available for the examined units in January 2024.

As the Cambridge National qualification is designed for delivery over a two-year period, the last opportunity for Year 10 students to start a two-year programme is September 2021. 

We will update the specifications in line with these changes by the end of April 2021.

We are withdrawing the following qualifications:

Centres in Wales and Northern Ireland 

We have made the difficult decision not to offer the redeveloped suite of Cambridge Nationals qualifications in Northern Ireland and Wales. This difficult decision was based on the relatively low uptake of these qualifications in this region.

We regret that we will not be able to offer a suite of qualifications that are deliverable in Northern Ireland and Wales, alongside those we are developing for England.

For details of other awarding organisations offering alternatives to these qualifications, please view the Ofqual register, and for further information about qualifications offered in Wales, please visit the Qualifications in Wales website.

Our FAQs

Please visit our latest FAQs, for further information about the withdrawal of these Cambridge National qualifications.

If you have any queries about this update please call our Customer Support Centre on 01223 553998 or email support@ocr.org.uk.

Qualifications

• Child Development Level 1/2 Certificate - J818
• Creative iMedia Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J807, J817
• Engineering Design Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J831, J841
• Engineering Manufacture Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J832, J842
• Enterprise and Marketing Level 1/2 Certificate - J819
• Health and Social Care Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J801, J811
• Information Technologies Level 1/2 Certificate - J808
• Principles in Engineering and Engineering Business Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J830, J840
• Sport Science Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J802, J812
• Sport Studies Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J803, J813
• Systems Control in Engineering Level 1/2 Award/Certificate - J833, J843