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What's in the archive?

What's in the archive?

Historic examination hall with exams being taken by students.

A unique assessment resource

Our assessment archive dates back to 1858, and contains around 1,000 linear metres of paper, over 800GB of digital assets, microform, analogue and digital audio, as well as photographs.

Archive collections

Our archives are predominantly those of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) and include:

  • Assessments and related examination publications dating from c.1876
  • Annual Reports and statistics
  • Executive and major committee records
  • Examination administration documentation up to c.1950s
  • Overseas development records
  • Internal research papers from 1962 to 2000

  • Lists of successful examination candidates up to 1950

     

Examples of archive exam material

The archives of the 19th and 20th centuries are all held as hard-copy documents but a small selection of syllabuses, question papers and examiners’ reports have been digitised.

View the sample exam materials.

 

Past papers

Past papers for for recent examinations are available directly from OCR, Cambridge Assessment International Education and Cambridge English. Please use the following links:

Past results

Past results/certified statement enquiries should be directed to the specific departments within OCR, Cambridge Assessment International Education and Cambridge English.

 

Related archives held elsewhere

Many of the earliest records of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) are part of the archives of Cambridge University held at Cambridge University Library.

The archives of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board (OCSEB) are split between the Assessment Archive and Cambridge University Library:

Cambridge University Archives, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR 
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333000 
Email: archives@lib.cam.ac.uk

The Assessment Archive holds only limited documentation for the University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations (UODLE). The main repository for the UODLE archive is:

Oxford University Archives, Bodleian Library, Oxford, OX1 3BG 
Tel: +44 (0)1865 277145 
Email: enquiries@oua.ox.ac.uk

For enquiries regarding the archives of the Royal Society of Arts, which is now also part of Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR), please contact:

The Archivist and Records Manager, Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ 
Tel: +44 (0)20 7451 6847 
Or visit the RSA website

Open book from the archive