Welcome to the Cambridge Secondary 1

support website
Cambridge Secondary 1 teachers have access to a comprehensive website of resources to
support their teaching.
These have been developed by our
subject experts in conjunction with
teachers and include:
Comprehensive teacher guides
to help you plan and get started
teaching Cambridge Secondary 1
Schemes of work covering each
stage of the Cambridge Secondary
1 programme
Resources lists with endorsed
and recommended resources which
have been through the Cambridge
quality assurance process, and also
resources suggested by teachers
Cambridge Secondary 1
Progression Tests for stages 79
of the curriculum
Cambridge Progress Checker a
dedicated analysis tool which allows
you to analyse and compare your
learners results in the Cambridge
Secondary 1 Progression Tests

Logging onto the Cambridge

Secondary 1 secure support website
is easy full instructions are on the
next page. The website is divided
into six sections.
Home this is introductory
information and news
Support materials this includes
curriculum frameworks, teacher
guides, suggested schemes of
work, recommended resources,
information about training and other
support services
About the tests further
information about the optional
assessment structure included
within Cambridge Secondary 1
Progress Checker this is where
your schools main administrator for
this website manages classes and
teachers. It is also where all
teachers can download tests and

mark schemes, enter class data

and generate reports
Cambridge Checkpoint
information about Cambridge
Checkpoint including links to
specimen papers and mark
schemes
My account update your details

There are two types of user of

the Cambridge Secondary 1 website
an administrator and teacher.

Cambridge Secondary 1
website administrator

Cambridge Secondary 1 teacher

When your school registered with

us, the Cambridge administrator
within the school was sent a
password for access to the
Cambridge Secondary 1 website.

This user is the highest level user

for the site. They are commonly
the head teacher or another senior
member of staff within a school.

This user type is set up by the

Secondary 1 website administrator.
Teachers are responsible for
maintaining the details of the
students in their classes and also for
entering test marks into the site for
analysis.

Responsibilities of the
Cambridge Secondary 1 website
administrator are to:

Responsibilities of teachers are to:

Both the administrator and teachers

have access to all the support and
resources on the website, but
there are different administration
permissions.

Getting started
Logging in
Each user has a unique name
and password. Individual class
teacher access is set up by the
Cambridge Secondary 1 website
administrator. The website usernames
and passwords are unique and
confidential. Please do not share
them with others as this may
compromise the details of learners.
If you enter an incorrect username
and/or password, an error message
will appear, prompting you to retry.
If you have forgotten your password,
the Login screen has a facility for you
to have a reminder of your password
emailed to you. For this you will have
to enter your username.
To log into the site:
type: https://cambridgesecondary1.
cie.org.uk into your browser and
then click your browsers go (or the
return key) to search for the site

Example of the Login screen

Provide and amend usernames

and passwords for all teachers
within their school.
Amend and suspend teachers
within their school.
Act as our point of contact for
the website.

when you arrive at the site, you

will see the Login screen
enter your username
and password.
When you have logged in, you see
the Home screen. The screen you
see varies depending on whether
you are a Cambridge Secondary 1
website administrator or a teacher.
The screen (below right) is what a
teacher sees. This page also displays
your name and school name.

add students to their classes.

maintain the details of their
students within their classes
progress a class from one
Secondary 1 stage to the next
suspend/delete a student from
their class
add a students marks from
a Cambridge Secondary 1
Progression Test.
a Help button (top left of each page)
with hints and tips. The website
areas are:

Home
This is introductory information. We
also post any important information
about updates or changes on
this page.
The Home page (below) also
lets you see when you last logged
into the website.

You can explore the site using the

menu tabs. On every page there is

Example of the Home screen

Support materials
This is where you can find resources
to support your teaching.
This includes:

Example of the
Support materials
screen

curriculum frameworks
teacher guides
schemes of work
resource lists
information about training
other support services.

About the tests

This area holds information about
the optional assessment structure
within Cambridge Secondary 1.
You can find information about the
Cambridge Progression Tests for
English, Mathematics and Science,
and also links to the University of
Cambridge ESOL website where
the English as a Second Language
tests are housed. There is also a link
to more information on Cambridge
Checkpoint.

Example of the
About the tests
screen

Progress Checker
This is where you can download tests
and mark schemes, enter class data
and generate reports.

Example of the
Progress Checker
screen

Your schools administrator for this

website will set up details of your
classes. When this has been done you
will be able to:
input information on your learners
enter learner results for analysis
choose the type of reports you need

Cambridge Checkpoint
Here you can find out more about
this assessment. There are links to
specimen papers, mark schemes
and further information.

Example of the
Cambridge
Checkpoint screen

My account
This is where you can see and
amend your username and email
address details.

Example of the
My account screen

Logging out
At any time during your session,
you can log out of the Cambridge
Secondary 1 website. Use the logout
link as this will close your connection
securely and stop other users of
your computer from accessing your
account. Once you click logout, there
will be a message confirming that
logout has happened.
If you have difficulty accessing or
using any part of the Cambridge
Secondary 1 support website, please
look at our FAQs by visiting
www.cie.org.uk and clicking on
Ask CIE. If you cant find the answer
you are looking for simply click on
contact us to send us an email or
call us on +44 1223 553554.

Support for the Cambridge Secondary 1 English as a Second Language curriculum

framework
Support for schools teaching the Cambridge Secondary 1 English
as a Second Language (E2L) curriculum is available on a dedicated
website from University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
(Cambridge ESOL).

Teacher Guide
English as a Second Language

The E2L curriculum has been developed to give additional support

to Secondary 1 school learners to help them in their study of other
curriculum subjects where they are not first-language English speakers.
Cambridge ESOL has developed a comprehensive Teacher Guide
and also Cambridge Progression Tests for stages 79. To access
the guide and tests, please contact our Customer Services team
at www.cie.org.uk/contactus with your name and Cambridge
Centre number.

Learn more! For more information on Cambridge Secondary 1 go to www.cie.org.uk/cambridgesecondary1

or contact Customer Services on +44 1223 553554 or email us by visiting www.cie.org.uk/contactus

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University of Cambridge International Examinations, October 2011