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Hello Colleague

The summer 2026 exams have now finished. Well done and congratulations to you and all your students. 😊

We’d be really grateful to hear from you about this summer’s exams. Our summer 2026 post-exam surveys are now live for you to let us know about what went well, along with anything you think we could do better. A survey takes no more than 5 minutes to complete and as a thank you, you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a £50 e-voucher for taking part.

If you or your students would like to learn more about how exams are marked and graded, please head over to our ‘exams explained’ webpage for information. You can also read our new ‘What goes into creating a Cambridge OCR question paper?’ to discover more.

As ever, if you have any queries or if we can give you any further support, please do let us know. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

Neil, Amy, Steven, Ruth and Caroline - your Maths Subject Advisors

maths@ocr.org.uk
01223 553998
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Summer 2026 exam materials
Teacher and students in lesson

Question papers from the summer 2026 series (plus any accompanying answer booklets or inserts) are now available to download from Teach Cambridge. If you don't have a Teach Cambridge account yet, your exams officer will be able to set you up.

Please keep all summer 2026 exam materials secure by not posting them or solutions anywhere publicly, as many schools and colleges will be using these papers for mocks in the coming year.

Mark schemes and examiners’ reports (plus analysis grids for GCSE (9-1) Maths) will all be available on Teach Cambridge from results day for the qualification.

Teach Cambridge
Summer 2026 results day information

Full information about summer 2026 results for our maths qualifications is available from our ‘Results for general qualifications’ webpage. This includes information about what will be available, when and from where.
Students

Results days for AS, A Level, Core Maths and FSMQ qualifications are:

    • Wednesday 12 August for schools and colleges
    • Thursday 13 August for candidates.

Results days for Entry Level Certificate and GCSE qualifications are:

    • Wednesday 19 August for schools and colleges
    • Thursday 20 August for candidates.

Remember you’ll have free access to scripts and Active Results available from results day. Our website also includes information about any post-results services you may need.

Results information
Maths professional development
Teachers talking

Courses for next academic year will be published soon on our maths professional development webpage. Please bookmark the page and check back there shortly to book your place.

The courses below are due to take place early next term.
  • Thursday 17 September - Starting to Teach: Core Maths A & B (MEI)
  • Monday 21 September - Starting to Teach: AS & A Level Maths A
  • Tuesday 22 September - Choosing Cambridge OCR: GCSE (9-1) Maths
  • Wednesday 23 September - Starting to Teach: AS & A Level Maths B (MEI)
  • Thursday 24 September - Starting to Teach: GCSE (9-1) Maths
  • Tuesday 29 September - Starting to Teach: AS & A Level Further Maths B (MEI)
  • Wednesday 30 September - Starting to Teach: Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths
  • Thursday 1 October - Starting to Teach: AS & A Level Further Maths A

Several on-demand professional development courses are also available from the webpage.

Materials from past courses are available to download from Teach Cambridge. Select your qualification, then in the menu go to ‘Training’, then ‘Past training events’.

Maths professional development
Maths Subject Briefing for 2026/27

To make sure you’ve got everything you need for the next academic year, we’ll be running a subject briefing early next term.

We’ll make sure you’re informed about all our latest resources and training, recent qualification news and more. There’ll also be the opportunity to ask us any questions and share your thoughts with other teachers.

The subject briefing takes place online on Tuesday 15 September 16:00-17:00 and is free to attend.
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Book your place
Our latest blogs
Students in lesson

Steven has updated his ‘Transition from GCSE to A Level Mathematics’ blog ready for starting back in September. In it he highlights a range of resources and support for helping students beginning A Level Maths courses in the new year.

All of our past maths blogs are available on our blogs webpage for you to read.

Maths blogs

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