CIE Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

Upper Secondary 16-18yrs	International A and AS Level Cambridge Pre-U AICE Diploma
Middle Secondary 14-16yrs	Cambridge IGCSE Cambridge O Level ICE
Lower Secondary 11-14yrs	Lower Secondary Programme Cambridge Checkpoint ICT Starters
Primary 5-11yrs	The Primary Programme ICT Starters

Vocational Qualifications

Teaching Qualifications

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A & AS Level : Thinking Skills (9694 and 8436)

Thinking Skills develops a specific set of intellectual skills, independent of subject content, reflecting the need voiced by universities and employers for more mature and sophisticated ways of thinking. The Thinking Skills syllabus also enables students to approach their other subjects with an improved ability to understand, analyse and resolve problems. As a result, students will find the course of great benefit when preparing for higher education and for a wide range of careers, including law, scientific research, social science, journalism, medicine, business, accounting and engineering. The Thinking Skills syllabus encourages free and open debate, critical and investigative thinking, and informed and disciplined reasoning.

Current Syllabus

The syllabus year refers to the year in which the examination will be taken.

2010 Syllabus (184Kb) (A Level)

Future Syllabuses

The syllabus year refers the year in which the examination will be taken.

2011 Syllabus (385Kb) (A Level)

Past Papers and Examiner Reports

You can download one or more papers for a previous session (November 2008 ).

November 2008 Question Paper 3 (166Kb) (A Level)

November 2008 Paper 3 Mark Scheme (41Kb)

November 2006 Question Paper 2 (855Kb) (AS Level)
November 2008 Question Paper 4 (146Kb) (A Level)

November 2008 Paper 4 Mark Scheme (71Kb)

November 2006 Question Paper 1 (218Kb) (AS Level)
November 2008 Question Paper 2 (178Kb) (A Level)

November 2008 Paper 2 Mark Scheme (79Kb)

November 2008 Question Paper 1 (294Kb) (A Level)

November 2008 Paper 1 Mark Scheme (41Kb)

Teachers registered with CIE can access our CIE Teacher Support site, where a much wider selection of resources is available to download.

Specimen Papers

2009 Specimen Paper 1 (171Kb)

2009 Specimen Paper 1 Mark Scheme (107Kb)

2009 Specimen Paper 3 (225Kb)

2009 Specimen Paper 3 Mark Scheme (135Kb)

2009 Specimen Paper 4 (260Kb)

2009 Specimen Paper 4 Mark Scheme (103Kb)

2009 Specimen Paper 2 (101Kb)

2009 Specimen Paper 2 Mark Scheme (88Kb)