All candidates receive a Statement of Results, and if they are successful in the exam they will also receive a certificate.
Statements of Results are released online, approximately four to six weeks after the exam for paper-based exams, and two to three weeks after the exam for computer-based exams. The majority of your students’ results will be available at the start of the release window, with any outstanding results being released in the days following.
Your Statement of Results will include:
- Your result - the final grade you obtained for your exam.
- Your overall score - your overall Cambridge English Scale score for the whole exam.
- Your CEFR level - the Common European Framework of Reference level that you achieved.
- Your individual component scores - your Cambridge English Scale score for each of the skills measured by the exam; Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking (and Use of English for some exams). With these individual scores you easily see how you performed across the exam and which skills you may need to improve on.
You can find more detailed information about your results on the Results page for your exam:
- Cambridge English: A2 Key (KET)
- Cambridge English: A2 Key for Schools (KET S)
- Cambridge English: B1 Preliminary (PET)
- Cambridge English: B1 Preliminary for SchoolS (PET S)
- Cambridge English: B2 First (FCE)
- Cambridge English: B2 First for Schools (FCE S)
- Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)
- Cambridge English: C2 Proficiency CPE)
- Cambridge English: B1 Business Preliminary (BEC P)
- Cambridge English: B2 Business Vantage (BEC V)
- Cambridge English: C1 Business Higher (BEC H)
Individual paper performance is not provided for those candidates with grade X (absent from part of the examination), grade Z (absent from all of the examination), or PENDING (result to follow). Candidates’ answers and other work done by candidates as part of an examination will not be released to candidates, schools or centres.
The scores reported for each exam range from
100 to 150 for Cambridge English: A2 Key (KET)
120 to 170 for Cambridge English: B1 Preliminary (PET)
140 to 190 for Cambridge English: B2 First (FCE)
160 to 210 for Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)
180 to 230 for Cambridge English: C2 Proficiency (CPE)
Interpretation of results (Cambridge English: B2 First (FCE))
Results | Score |
---|---|
Pass at Grade A | 180 to 190 |
Pass at Grade B | 173 to 179 |
Pass at Grade C | 160 to 172 |
Level B1 | 140 to 159 |
Fail | 0 to 139 |
Candidates taking the Certificate in Cambridge English: First scoring between 122 and 139 on the Cambridge English Scale do not receive a result, CEFR level or certificate.
Cambridge English Scale scores below 122 are not reported for the First Certificate in English.