News

"And now you may begin" – the story of an exam paper 19/05/2016

Did you know that an exam paper starts life about a year before your exam?

New training dates for Cambridge Technicals 06/05/2016

To meet demand, OCR is rolling out extra training dates for schools and colleges preparing to teach OCR's Cambridge Technicals this September.

The future of 'less taught' languages 22/04/2016

OCR has confirmed it will be withdrawing from the provision of GCSEs and A Levels in the 'less taught' languages of Persian, Turkish, Portuguese, Dutch, Gujarati and Biblical Hebrew, for strategic reasons.

Teachers cook up a storm for OCR’s new Food GCSE 19/04/2016

Over 80 food teachers from around the country gathered to enjoy a day of inspiring training sessions, with the help of Heston Blumenthal’s chefs.

From exam questions on Shakespeare to Functional Skills in prison: the Spring 2016 edition of OCR Agenda magazine is here! 13/04/2016

The spring 2016 edition of OCR Agenda magazine is now available online.

Helping you prepare for exams 24/03/2016

There’s lots of information on the OCR website to help students and teachers prepare for exams. Exam preparation material - in the form of past papers, examiner reports and mark schemes - is available for GCSEs, AS/A Levels and vocational qualifications across more than 50 subject areas.

Applications for OCR Bursary Scheme 2016 now open 22/03/2016

If you live in the West Midlands and have been offered a place on a full-time undergraduate degree course at Cambridge University starting this autumn, now’s the time to apply for an OCR bursary towards the cost of your studies. The deadline for applications is Monday 16 May.

Cambridge Technicals pass 1000th milestone 18/03/2016

Canterbury College in Kent recently became the 1000th school or college to use OCR’s Cambridge Technicals.

Heston Blumenthal and his team to inspire food teachers at the OCR Food Skills Day 16/03/2016

OCR’s impressive squad of sports qualifications 09/03/2016

Over the last 18 months, OCR has teamed up with leading UK sports organisations to develop a range of new sport qualifications designed to help all learners to progress towards further study or work in a wide range of sports related fields.