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Cambridge PrimaryCambridge Primary

Overview

Cambridge Primary, typically for 5-11 year olds, gives schools a curriculum framework to develop English, Mathematics, and Science skills, knowledge and understanding in younger learners. Cambridge Primary provides guidance for curriculum development and classroom teaching and learning. It enables teachers to assess children's learning as they progress with two optional assessments: Cambridge Primary Progression Tests and Cambridge Primary Checkpoint.

Our curriculum frameworks for English also include an English as a second language option.

Benefits

Foundation for secondary education

Cambridge Primary aids identification of a learner's strengths and weaknesses and can be used to support learning and development. It provides learners with excellent preparation so they can progress seamlessly into Cambridge Secondary 1 and beyond.

External benchmark

As an international programme, Cambridge Primary provides teachers with an external benchmark to inform their teaching and easily measure learners' progress over time. It also enables detailed, structured reporting to parents.

International curriculum

Appropriate and relevant internationally, Cambridge Primary has been designed to be culturally sensitive. It includes top-quality teaching and assessment resources appropriate for teaching and learning in local and international schools.

Flexibility

Cambridge Primary complements a range of teaching methods and curricula. No part of the programme is compulsory and schools have freedom to choose the parts that best suit their situation.

Comprehensive support for teachers

As well as face to face and online training, Curriculum Frameworks, Teacher Guides and lists of resources, teachers also have access to a discussion forum where they can share ideas with thousands of other Cambridge teachers around the world.

Using Cambridge Primary with other curricula

The modular nature of Cambridge Primary means that it can either be used as the central teaching curriculum or to complement other curricula.

Teachers may continue to follow a local curriculum, to meet the statutory requirements of their national system, whilst using the Cambridge Primary Progression Tests to enhance their teaching and reporting. Similarly, Cambridge Primary can be used for teaching and tracking the core skills in English, Mathematics and Science while another curriculum is used for any other subjects that may be taught.

Cambridge progression

Cambridge offers routes learners can follow from post-kindergarten stage through to university entrance. Our provision also includes first-class support for teachers through publications, online resources, training, workshops and professional development.

Cambridge Primary (5-11 years)	Cambridge Primary Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Cambridge ICT Starters
Cambridge Secondary 1 (11-14 years)	Cambridge Secondary 1 Cambridge Checkpoint Cambridge ICT Starters
Cambridge Secondary 2 (14-16 years)	Cambridge IGCSE Cambridge O Level Cambridge ICE
Cambridge Advanced (16-19 years)	Cambridge International AS and A Levels Cambridge AICE Cambridge Pre–U