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Whether you’re new to Cambridge OCR, or already offer our qualifications, you might find our admin overview useful. This outlines the main administration processes for the Level 3 Award in Oracy, and will guide you to the relevant, detailed information on our website.
As many of these processes have to be completed by certain dates, we’ve produced a list of key dates to help with your planning and preparation.
The first step to offering the Level 3 Award in Oracy is becoming an approved centre.
If your centre is already approved for Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge Nationals, Cambridge Technicals (2016), GCSEs or A Levels with Cambridge OCR, you do not need to apply for approval as you will be automatically approved for Level 3 Award in Oracy.
If your centre is not already approved, please follow the guidance on our approvals page.
Please make final entries by the relevant deadlines. You must make entries for students before you can submit marks before a visit.
The general qualifications entry codes booklet contains the entry codes.
You can make your final entries via A2C using basedata, or via our secure website, Interchange.
There are two moderation windows each year. You need to submit a visit request via the Cambridge OCR Moderation Service for each window you wish to use. All visits are virtual and take place using Microsoft Teams.
After you have submitted your visit request, your moderator will contact you to arrange and confirm your moderation visit date(s).
See our arranging the moderation visit page for more details.
Submit total marks via the Cambridge OCR Moderation Service 10 working days before your virtual visit.
You will then receive a sample request for six students.
Submit the criteria level marks and upload the work for the sample within three working days of your visit.
Read our guidance on preparing for the visit.
Verbal feedback will be given to you on the day of the visit and a written feedback report will be sent after your visit.
Detailed information is provided in the non-examined assessment section.
We will issue results automatically on the published day (the same day as A Levels for the June series). See our results section for what’s available when.
The results are sent via A2C and are also available on Interchange, together with a number of results reports.
Grade boundaries are also published on our website at the same time as the results are issued to centres.
If any of your candidates don’t have results, or if you have questions about, or are unhappy with a candidate’s result, then you may wish to use one of our post-results services.
If you’re still unhappy with the post-results decision then you may be able to appeal.
Please check the fees and deadlines for each service.
A candidate’s final results are recorded on a certificate, issued about 8 weeks after results are published.
There’s more information in our certificates section, including how to:
We’re here to support you throughout the exams cycle and we produce a range of tools and additional guidance material you may find useful.
Find your local Customer Support Manager, and your local exams officer or teacher network.
Keep up to date with our monthly exams officer update and subject information updates, plus our regular blog posts.
You can also find out more details about Interchange.