Cambridge Primary Checkpoint tests have been designed to assess learners at the end of Cambridge Primary. They are available in English, English as a second language, mathematics, science and Cambridge Global Perspectives. The tests give valuable feedback on learners’ strengths and weaknesses before they progress to the next stage of education.

The tests are marked in Cambridge and provide schools with an external international benchmark for learner performance. Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Global Perspectives students produce a team project that is assessed by teachers and externally moderated by Cambridge International. Each learner receives a statement of achievement and a diagnostic feedback report, giving schools detailed information and parents extra trust in the feedback they receive.

Feedback reports

Schools use the feedback from Cambridge Primary Checkpoint to make strategic decisions, drawing upon a pool of information and specialist reporting tools that are built into the tests. 

The Cambridge Primary Checkpoint feedback reports enable teachers to: 

• Tailor individual learning programmes 
• Monitor group and individual performance 
• Compare the performance of all learners taking tests in that session 
• Manage learning programmes within schools and as learners move between schools. 

The test feedback measures a learner’s performance in relation to: 

• The curriculum framework 
• Their teaching group 
• A whole school cohort Previous years’ learners. 

Learner report 

The report on a learner gives: 

• A Cambridge Primary Checkpoint score for the whole subject 
• A Cambridge Primary Checkpoint score for each main topic/skill 
• A list of the questions (and the sub-topics/skills) where the candidate’s performance was particularly strong or particularly weak 
• A statement of achievement. 

Teaching group report 

The report on a teaching group gives: 

• An average Cambridge Primary Checkpoint score for the whole subject 
• An average Cambridge Primary Checkpoint score for each main topic/skill 
• A list of sub-topics/skills with comments on the performance of the group 
• The Cambridge Primary Checkpoint scores of each learner on the subject and on each main topic/skill 
• The marks scored by each learner on each question. 

School report 

The report on a school gives: 

• An average Cambridge Primary Checkpoint score for the whole subject 
• An average Cambridge Primary Checkpoint score for each main topic/skill 
• A list of sub-topics/skills with comments on the performance of the learners. 

End of series report 

The end of series report gives the results of the whole cohort, from all schools worldwide, broken down by age and first language, so that schools can compare their own results with those of similar learners. The report also gives the examiner’s comments on the test.