Exam Information
Key Exam Information
This information is relevant to both exam boards.
Each paper is 1 hour and 30 minutes long.
Each paper has 80 marks.
The qualification consists of three equally-weighted written examination papers at either Foundation tier or Higher tier.
Paper 1 is a non-calculator assessment and a calculator is allowed for Paper 2 and Paper 3.
Two tiers are available: Foundation and Higher (content is defined for each tier).
The content outlined for each tier will be assessed across all three papers.
Foundation tier: grades 1 to 5.
Higher tier: grades 4 to 9 (grade 3 allowed).
The qualification will be graded and certificated on a nine-grade scale from 9 to 1 using the total mark across all three papers where 9 is the highest grade. Individual papers are not graded.
