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Exam guides

IGCSE May/June 2027 Timetable: Exam Dates, Zones and Entry Deadlines

The final Cambridge IGCSE June 2027 timetable: written exams from 26 April to 11 June 2027, paper-by-paper dates for the...

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

Subject guides

IGCSE Physics 0625 Paper 4: How to Use Past Papers for an A*

Paper 4 is 80 marks in 75 minutes and half your 0625 grade. How Cambridge marks it (units, underlined words, the list ru...

Nov 10, 2026 · 8 min read

Subject guides

How to Practise IGCSE Maths 0580 Past Papers by Topic (Paper 2 and Paper 4)

The best way to practise 0580 Paper 4 by topic: real past-paper questions one topic at a time, marked against the offici...

Nov 10, 2026 · 10 min read

Exam guides

Cambridge Exam Zones Explained: Which Administrative Zone Am I In?

Cambridge publishes six zone timetables, not one, and your centre decides which applies to you. We compared all 184 comp...

Sep 22, 2026 · 11 min read

Choosing IGCSE

IGCSE Subjects List 2026–27: The Five Groups, Key Codes, and How Many to Take

Cambridge offers 70+ IGCSE subjects in five groups — and nobody takes them all. The full map: what lives in each group,...

Aug 18, 2026 · 8 min read

Comparisons

IGCSE vs O Level: The Real Differences, and Which to Take

IGCSE and O Level are the same Cambridge standard in two formats — what differs is the grading range (A*–G vs A*–E), the...

Aug 18, 2026 · 8 min read

Results & retakes

Did IGCSE Grade Boundaries Go Up in 2026? We Compared All 79 Routes

Cambridge published the June 2026 IGCSE thresholds on 18 August. We compared every A* entry route against its own June 2...

Aug 18, 2026 · 10 min read

Results & retakes

How to Enter IGCSE November 2026 as a Private Candidate (Fees, Centres & the Three Deadlines)

Results land on 18 August; the standard entry deadline was 16 August. If those dates look like they are in the wrong ord...

Aug 16, 2026 · 11 min read

Subject guides

Cambridge AS & A Level IT 9626: Two Subjects, One Certificate

AO2 is worth 0% of the theory papers and 100% of the practical papers. There is no crossover credit, which makes 9626 tw...

Aug 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Exam guides

How to Check Your IGCSE Results Online in 2026 (And What to Do in the First Hour)

The portal is not the source of your results — your exam centre is. How myresults.cie.org.uk and ResultsPlus Direct actu...

Aug 9, 2026 · 14 min read

News

Cambridge’s First Digital Exams Have Been Sat — Here’s What Actually Happened

The June 2026 series is done, so we can stop guessing: 5,700 digital exams at 19 centres in 10 countries, multiple choic...

Aug 6, 2026 · 15 min read

Subject guides

IGCSE Computer Science 0478: Half Your Grade Is Written in Pseudocode

Paper 1 is 60% recall. Paper 2 is 60% application. Each is worth half the qualification, which is why confident programm...

Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min read