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Alessandra Varriale
Manager, Italy, France &
Southeastern Europe
21/03/2017
How to Become a Cambridge
International School
The Cambridge Assessment Group
Cambridge International Examinations – our offering
Progressive and flexible
Cambridge Secondary 1
Cambridge Secondary 1
Checkpoint
Cambridge ICT Starters
Cambridge IGCSE
Cambridge O Level
Cambridge ICE
Cambridge International
AS and A Level
Cambridge Pre-U
Cambridge AICE
Cambridge Secondary 1
11 to 14 years old*
Cambridge Secondary 2
14 to 16 years old*
Cambridge Advanced
16 to 19 years old*
Cambridge Primary
Cambridge
Primary Checkpoint
Cambridge ICT Starters
Cambridge Primary
5 to 11 years old*
*Age ranges are for guidance only
Cambridge IGCSE®
International General Certificate of Secondary
Education (IGCSE)
International version of the GCSE
Linear assessment (but with core/extended
structure)
Suitable for students from 14 to 16 years old
Internationally recognised as a passport for
progression
Where to start from?…..
Why do you want to introduce the Cambridge IGCSEs in your school?
Make it relevant for teachers
Involve the Language department
Involve the CLIL department
Involve all teachers who have shown interest in the project
Make it relevant for students
Chose the Cambridge IGCSE subjects
Enrich your offer - “Offerta Formativa”
Plan the implementation with the correspondent Italian subject
Make it relevant for the school
Improve your school’s facilities
Become Exam Centre for the Cambridge IGCSE qualification
Enter to a worldwide Global Community of Cambridge Schools
Where to start from?…..Your best friend is the syllabus!
Available online at www.cie.org.uk
Over 75 subjects, including 30 languages
Syllabus overview/Past papers, examiner
reports and specimen papers/Syllabus
updates/Support material
Each Syllabus has a code
Syllabus structure:
Introduction
Teacher support
Assessment at a glance
Syllabus aims and assessment objectives
Syllabus content
Description of components
When to apply?...
After Collegio Docenti and Consiglio d’Istituto
have approved the Introduction of the Cambridge
programmes
After all teachers involved with the Cambridge
programmes have planned the implementation
with the National Curriculum
After the offer (Offerta Formativa) has been
carefully planned for your students
After you have read and understood the standards
requested by Cambridge to become a Cambridge
International school
Before:
the Open Day “Orientamento” in your school
the deadline for Entries in your school
Italian website and new video “Perche’ Cambridge”
Becoming a Cambridge school
There are four steps to becoming a Cambridge school
Post Registration Support
The Teacher Support Coordinator will be
provided with Username and Password to
access to the Teacher Support Website
The Exam Officer will be given access to the
online training for Exam Officers
The Exam Officer and the Teacher Support
Coordinator will be provided with the Username
and Password to access to the Marketing
Resources
Trainings are available online and face-to-face
Upcoming Cambridge IGCSE® training in Rome
05-06 April 2017
Introductory Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (0510)
Introductory Cambridge IGCSE International Mathematics (0607)
Introductory Cambridge IGCSE Art and Design (0400)
Extension Cambridge IGCSE Geography (0460)
07-08 April 2017
Extension Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (0510)
Extension Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580)
Extension Cambridge IGCSE Biology (0610)
Extension Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625)
To book visit cie.org.uk/events
Cambridge International Examinations in Italy
There are 168 registered Cambridge Schools in Italy at the moment (200 by the
end of the September) over 100 are State Schools
The Cambridge International Schools are spread throughout the Country, the
large number of CISs is in Lazio with 50 schools, 20 in Lombardy, 15 in
Campania and 16 in Puglia.
80% of these run Cambridge IGCSE Programmes and qualifications
Entries have increased of 49% compare to last year
76 Schools have made Entries for all Cambridge programmes
More than 4500 students have sit a Cambridge Exam this year
Entries for IGCSE have increased of 55% compare to last year (average of 5
Subjects per school)
The most popular subjects for Cambridge IGCSE are Mathematics, Geography
English as Second Language(0511), Biology, Physics, History and Art and
Design
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