Frequently asked questions

For many years, OCR has offered a wide range of general and vocational qualifications for students to learn, plus teaching and assessment resources, professional development, training and expert support for teachers and exams officers.

Over the years, both the education landscape and the needs of teachers and students have evolved. While our unwavering commitment to providing high-quality qualifications, support and resources has remained unchanged during this time, our brand has remained largely unchanged.

And so, we’re announcing a new name and logo that better reflects our identity as part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment (our parent organisation), along with a refreshed look to support our messaging that we’re here to make assessment straightforward. Although we’re changing our name and visual identity, our continued commitment to offering high-quality services, support and qualifications for teachers and students remains our highest priority.

From September 2025, our new name is Cambridge OCR.

A new name and logo

To align our new brand with our parent organisation, we’ve incorporated the Cambridge shield into our logo and visual look. We've consulted teachers and students on our visual identity (our colours and design) and are confident that our new creative style puts them at the heart of our identity, whilst also acknowledging our strength as part of Cambridge; a global community of assessment research and expertise.

We’re gradually phasing out our existing name (OCR, or Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) and logo, but this will take time. Schools, colleges and students will continue to see a mix of the two names/logos as we phase in the new look and logo.

We're introducing these changes in a phased approach:

See our timeline of what’s changing, when for more information and examples (available from September 2025).

Yes, we’ll work to update the logo on our certificates to reflect our new name (from OCR/Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations to Cambridge OCR). This change will appear on live certificates for students sitting an exam in the summer 2025 series and thereafter.

Yes, we’ll continue to support teachers, exams officers, students and stakeholders in the same way as we do now. You’ll still receive the same great customer service and support from the same dedicated teams as you do now. All contact details (including telephone numbers and email addresses) remain the same.

Please continue to send your invoice to invoicesuk@cambridge.org, addressed to Cambridge OCR, along with all the required information we need to process it e.g. purchase order number, supplier number, details of services/deliverables supplied. Please ask your Cambridge OCR/finance contact if you’re unsure what to include on invoices.

From September, all finance-related stationery (including invoices, credit notes, statements and remittance advice) will be issued using our new name, Cambridge OCR. Please continue to process these as normal, paying special attention to any changes to processing transactions.

If you use the OCR logo on any of your materials or websites, don’t worry – we don’t expect you to update existing materials straight away.

Instead, we ask you to phase in the new logo over time when you’re updating materials.

Please get in touch with our brand team for support.

As part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, we’re committed to our impact on the environment and society. This includes choosing suppliers who support our sustainability goals and ensuring customers and colleagues reduce waste by using up old stock of branded materials before replacing them with new items. You can learn more about our approach at cambridge.org/people-and-planet.