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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Cambridge Assessment <br />UCLES</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press_and_Assessment" title="Cambridge University Press and Assessment">Cambridge University Press and Assessment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">1858</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">inactive, merged</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Legal status</th><td class="infobox-data">Department of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">The Triangle Building, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Services</th><td class="infobox-data note">Examinations and academic assessments</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">CEO</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Andrew_Jestyn_Phillips" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips">Peter Andrew Jestyn Phillips</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Stephen Toope</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent organization</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press_%26_Assessment" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University Press & Assessment">Cambridge University Press & Assessment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_International_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Assessment International Education">Cambridge Assessment International Education</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_Admissions_Testing" title="Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing">Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_English" title="Cambridge Assessment English">Cambridge Assessment English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Cambridge_and_RSA_Examinations" title="Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations">Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">(2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cambridgeassessment.org.uk">cambridgeassessment<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate</b> (<b>UCLES</b>), branded as <b>Cambridge Assessment</b>, was a non-teaching department of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It merged with <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press_and_Assessment" title="Cambridge University Press and Assessment">Cambridge University Press and Assessment</a> <span data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">under </span><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="">'s approval </span>in August 2021. </p><p>Cambridge Assessment provides educational assessments, which include the <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Cambridge_and_RSA_Examinations" title="Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations">Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations</a> (OCR) <a href="/wiki/Examination_board" title="Examination board">examination board</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_International_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Assessment International Education">Cambridge Assessment International Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_Admissions_Testing" title="Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing">Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_English" title="Cambridge Assessment English">Cambridge Assessment English</a> for learners of the English language. </p><p>Cambridge Assessment is not responsible for internal examinations at the University of Cambridge other than admissions tests. </p><p>Cambridge Assessment is based at Triangle Building in Cambridge.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products_and_services">Products and services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Cambridge_Local_Examinations_Syndicate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Products and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cambridge Assessment has four <a href="/wiki/Examination_board" title="Examination board">examination boards</a> offering a range of assessments and a research division: </p> <ul><li>Cambridge Assessment's research division carries out research that underpins all Cambridge Assessment qualifications and programmes, such as expanding <a href="/wiki/E-marking" class="mw-redirect" title="E-marking">e-assessment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This included the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Psychometrics_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Psychometrics Centre">Cambridge Psychometrics Centre</a>, until its move to the University of Cambridge.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/OCR_(examination_board)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCR (examination board)">OCR</a> is one of the UK's many awarding bodies. OCR offers <a href="/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="General Certificate of Secondary Education">GCSEs</a>, <a href="/wiki/GCE_Advanced_Level" class="mw-redirect" title="GCE Advanced Level">A levels</a> and a wide range of vocational qualifications to learners of all ages in schools, colleges and other institutions within the United Kingdom.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_International_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Assessment International Education">Cambridge Assessment International Education</a> (formerly known as Cambridge International Examinations) provides assessment services to many governments and supplies International GCSEs, A and AS levels and business qualifications, primarily outside the United Kingdom.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_English" title="Cambridge Assessment English">Cambridge Assessment English</a> (formerly known as Cambridge English Language Assessment) operates in 135 countries worldwide. Each year over 4 million people take a Cambridge Assessment English qualification.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_Admissions_Testing" title="Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing">Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing</a> which provides admissions testing for universities including the University of Cambridge.</li> <li>Cambridge Assessment Network provides professional development to the assessment community.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>It is one of Europe's largest assessment agencies, with over eight million learners in over 170 countries and marked by over 30,000 examiners every year and over 30,000 people work with Cambridge Assessment by either attending conferences or by taking part in topical debates from their <a href="/wiki/Desktop_computer" title="Desktop computer">desktop</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cambridge-news.co.uk_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cambridge-news.co.uk-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is recognised by governments around the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Cambridge_Local_Examinations_Syndicate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UCLES was established in 1858 to administer examinations for persons who were not members of the University of Cambridge and to inspect schools, with the aim of raising standards in education.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Syndicate began examining in territories overseas, with the first held in <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad</a> in 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of the 20th century, the Syndicate was empowered to hold examinations for commercial certificates.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Certificate of Proficiency in English (known as the CPE), the Syndicate's first examination in the field of English as a foreign language, was introduced by UCLES to deliver proof of language proficiency to native speakers of languages other than English. Over the years, UCLES adopted further <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_English" title="Cambridge Assessment English">English language examinations</a>, the First Certificate in English (FCE) and the Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). On the CEFR (<a href="/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages" title="Common European Framework of Reference for Languages">Common European Framework of Reference for Languages</a>) ranging from A1/A2 (lower level), B1/B2 (intermediate level) to C1/C2 (advanced level), the FCE is set at B2, the CAE at C1 and the CPE at C2. </p><p>The universities of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a> and Cambridge created the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board which became part of UCLES. The UCLES Group absorbed several other <a href="/wiki/Examination_boards_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Examination boards in the United Kingdom">examination boards</a>, including the Southern Universities Joint Board, the Midland Examining Group and the RSA Examinations and Assessment Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-:2b_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2b-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cambridge Assessment's research division was set up in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Thinking_Skills_Assessment" title="Thinking Skills Assessment">Thinking Skills Assessment</a> (TSA) was introduced in 2001 for entry to a range of undergraduate courses at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a> followed by the first <a href="/wiki/BioMedical_Admissions_Test" title="BioMedical Admissions Test">BioMedical Admissions Test</a> (BMAT) in 2003. In 2004, a dedicated unit was formally set up with responsibility for developing and administering admissions tests.<sup id="cite_ref-:2b_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2b-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cambridge Assessment celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. Cambridge Assessment called for "<a href="/wiki/School_league_table" class="mw-redirect" title="School league table">league tables</a> [to be] taken out of [government] ministers' hands", because it felt recent reforms of the British education system had disfavoured International GCSEs offered by its Cambridge Assessment International subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cambridge Maths was launched in 2014<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to improve maths teaching – a four-way partnership between Cambridge Assessment, the University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics and its Faculty of Education.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It launched the Cambridge Partnership for Education in 2020 with Cambridge University Press and the University of Cambridge.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It moved to a purpose-built building in 2018, on part of <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>'s site in Cambridge. The building was designed by Eric Parry Architects, and construction began in 2015<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with landscaping by Coles Nursery<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and architectural elements such as pebble seat sculptures.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building won an award in 2019 from the British Council for Offices for good corporate workplaces.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Cambridge Assessment merged with <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>. The new organisation is called <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press_%26_Assessment" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University Press & Assessment">Cambridge University Press & Assessment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Cambridge_Local_Examinations_Syndicate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/colleges-and-departments">"Colleges and Departments"</a>. <i>University of Cambridge</i>. 24 January 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220107210722/https://www.cam.ac.uk/colleges-and-departments">Archived</a> from the original on 7 January 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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