Transfer candidates

This page applies to general qualifications only.

Transferring between specifications

Transferring GCE credit from one specification to another

Candidates who started a unitised GCE course at another centre that used a different specification (possibly from a different awarding body) may be able to apply to complete their course with OCR. Please see the JCQ GCE Entry, Aggregation and Certification – Procedures and Rules for details of the regulations surrounding transfer of credit applications. This is available on the JCQ website.

The application form (Application for the transfer of a GCE AS award between specifications and/or awarding bodies) is also available on the JCQ website. The completed form should be sent to the Special Requirements Team by 21 October in the academic year in which certification is sought. Please note that OCR cannot guarantee that the application will be accepted.

GCE Mathematics and Further Mathematics

To take OCR's GCE AS or A Level Further Mathematics, candidates must previously have taken GCE AS or A Level Mathematics. However, candidates who completed AS or A Level Mathematics using a different specification (e.g. from a different awarding body) may take AS or A Level Further Mathematics with OCR.

A manual certification form must be completed. This can be found on the Key documents page.

Legacy and new specifications

It is not possible to transfer credit from legacy AS specifications to new A Level specifications. Therefore, it is not possible for candidates to combine legacy and new units to make up a whole A Level qualification. Transfer of credit is only possible between specifications that have been written to the same criteria, as specified by the QCDA.

Transferring centre after final entries

A candidate who, due to exceptional circumstances, has to transfer to another school/college after final entries have been made, remains the responsibility of the centre through which the entry was made and retains his/her candidate number and unique candidate identifier (UCI) throughout the examination series.

A JCQ Transferred Candidate Form (available in the JCQ Instructions for Conducting Examinations) must be completed by the entering and host centres before being returned to OCR Centre Services.

Once OCR has approved the proposal, arrangements will be made for sending question papers, stationery and other essential materials to the centre to which the candidate is transferring (the host centre). Under no circumstances should question papers be transported between centres. It is essential that the attendance register at the entering centre clearly indicates that the candidate has transferred to another centre – do not write absent.

Where necessary, arrangements must be made between the two centres to complete any internal assessments and the associated marks must be submitted to OCR with the entering centre's marks. For further instructions on transferring candidates, please refer to the JCQ Guidance Notes Concerning Transferred Candidates.

Details of fees can be found in the fees list. Any administrative fees charged by the host centre are the responsibility of the candidate’s centre of entry. All results are issued to the entering centre.