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Why teach Cambridge Syllabuses?

Teachers can offer any combination of subjects and tailor courses to reflect local contexts.

Cambridge international qualifications are popular around the world. Teachers know the value of qualifications that are well-designed, well-supported and well-recognised.

Students who want to be successful need not only knowledge and understanding, but also need to learn how to make the best of what they know – and how to keep on learning in today's fast-developing world.

Excellent preparation for students

Well-designed qualifications and syllabuses are essential to students' academic progress and contribute significantly to a teacher's job satisfaction.

Students find Cambridge qualifications accessible and success achievable. International in approach, the syllabuses are interesting to teach, relevant and up-to-date.

Teachers can offer any combination of subjects and tailor courses to reflect local contexts.

Cambridge international qualifications give students excellent preparation for their next steps in education, work and life.

Comprehensive teacher and customer support

Cambridge qualifications are very well-supported. That means teachers develop deep understanding of what their students need to do to be successful.

Our extensive support services include:

• Face-to-face training
• Online training
• Endorsed text books published in partnership with internationally renowned publishers
• Classroom resources such as mark schemes, examiner reports, standard materials and schemes of work via our Teacher Support website
• Ongoing professional development through fully accredited and recognised teacher qualifications

Our efficient and reliable exam administration and customer service continue to be rated by teachers and examinations officers as the best from any international exam board.

We make intelligent use of web technology to save schools time and money. We are constantly expanding the range of services we offer teachers.

World's most popular international qualifications

Cambridge qualifications are well-recognised worldwide and we are the world's largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for 5–19 year olds. That means successful students can access a large range of universities around the world.

Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge O Level are recognised by universities and employers worldwide and are available in over 70 different subjects.

They lead directly to Cambridge International A Levels, the 'gold standard' pre-university qualification, also recognised worldwide. Every year, tens of thousands of Cambridge students get the International A Level grades they need to go to university, where they arrive well prepared for their degree course – some even earning advanced credit for their qualifications.

Next steps

Learn more about our qualifications. Or find out how your school can start offering international qualifications from Cambridge