Notice

Undertaking and notices of monetary penalty and costs recovery: OCR

Ofqual has issued Cambridge OCR with a monetary penalty of £270,000 following assessment material errors across its 2025 AS and A Level physics papers.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 16 April 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Notice of monetary penalty in respect of Cambridge OCR

Ref: Ofqual/26/7320/1

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Notice of Costs Recovery in respect of Cambridge OCR

Ref: Ofqual/26/7320/2

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Undertaking given by Cambridge OCR to Ofqual in accordance with Condition B8 of the General Conditions of Recognition (“Conditions”)

Ref: Ofqual/26/7320/3

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Details

Ofqual has issued Cambridge OCR with a monetary penalty of £270,000 following 12 assessment material errors across its 2025 AS and A Level physics papers, and an associated issue with their management, which ultimately impacted 40 candidates’ results.

These documents outline details of the monetary penalty and the recovery of Ofqual’s costs.

There are also details of an undertaking given by Cambridge OCR to Ofqual, to prevent the errors happening again, in accordance with Condition B8 of the General Conditions of Recognition.

Published 16 April 2026