COVID-19

Due to the summer holiday, the Cambridge Exams Centre – Nord office will be closed until 10 August.  If you would like to register for an exam, you will find full details of the dates, fees and locations as well as how and when to register; and how to find out which level you are by following the instructions at: cambridge-nord.de/registration
Should you have an urgent matter we will get back to you as soon as possible, for all other questions please see our FAQ pages at: https://cambridge-nord.de/faq/ as well as the COVID-19 newspage at https://cambridge-nord.de/covid-19/ These pages are updated regularly.
We thank you for your patience at this time.

“Cambridge Assessment English is monitoring the situation with the spread of Novel Coronavirus very closely. Our top priority is to ensure the health and safety of candidates and their families, and of the staff in our centres. We will do everything we can to minimise disruption for candidates, parents and teachers, while complying fully with international best practice and the advice of national and local healthcare authorities.

We will publish regular updates on this page:
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/cmp/novel-coronavirus-2019/

“Cambridge Assessment English verfogt die Situation bezüglich der Verbreitung des neuen Coronavirus in Deutschland und Österreich genau. Unsere Priorität ist es, die Gesundheit und Sicherheit unserer KandidatInnen und ihrer Familien sowie die der MitarbeiterInnen unserer Zentren zu gewährleisten. Wir werden unser Bestes tun, um die Unannehmlichkeiten für SchülerInnen, Eltern und LehrerInnen innerhalb der Richtlinien der jeweiligen Regierungen und der Gesundheitseinrichtungen so gering wie möglich zu halten.

Auf dieser Seite werden regelmäßig Aktualisierungen zur internationalen Situation in englischer Sprache veröffentlicht:
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/de/cmp/coronavirus-covid-19/

Unless you have already been vaccinated against COVID-19 and can provide evidence of this, all candidates are asked to take a rapid test (schnelltest) within 24 hours prior to, and at least 30 minutes before, arriving at the venue.

If you arrive without having taken a test or without evidence of a vaccination, you will be asked to take a test before being admitted to the exam room. This may also involve a fee.

You will not be permitted to participate if you have acute signs of a cold (such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle or joint pain, sore throat, headache, cold, diarrhoea) or an elevated temperature when you arrive at the centre.

After the centre has confirmed your registration, withrawals from a test or exam are only possible if:
– You live in a ‘high risk area’ and are unable to travel. This must be confirmed by the Robert Koch Institut or as the result of a regional or national lockdown.
– You are ill on the day of your test/exam. If you have acute signs of a cold (such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle or joint pain, sore throat, headache, cold, diarrhoea) or any other illness you must stay at home and contact the centre manager immediately. In such cases please try to obtain a medical note from your doctor and send this to us within five working days of the exam.
– You, or a member of your immediate family have been tested positive for the coronavirus and you are in quarantine. In which case you must contact the Centre Manager immediately.

If you live in Germany, there are currently no restrictions which prevent you from taking an exam/test at one of our centres (Hamburg, Heide & Flensburg).

If you live in another country, and will be travelling to Germany within 14 days of your exam/test, you must send an outline of your travel plans to the Centre Manager immediately after your registration has been confirmed.

It is your responsibibility to regularly check the status of your region on the list of high risk areas according to the Robert Koch Institut (RKI). If your region appears on this list you must again contact the Centre Manager immediately.

If you travel to/from an area listed as high risk by the RKI within 14 days of the exam you will not be permitted to take the exam/test.

You must not visit the exams centre.

Send us a copy of your test result and we will arrange a transfer to an exam at a later date when you are well.

In the event of the unexpected closure of a school, or an exam venue, the exam will be postponed until the earliest available date after the venue re-opens.
If an exam has to be cancelled, however, you will be entitled to either a free transfer to the same exam at a later date, or a full refund your fee.

All candidates will be asked to wash their hands before the start of the written tests. The use of hand sanitiser/disinfectant are also strongly encouraged, but it is the candidate’s responsibility to provide these for their own use.
You must avoid shaking hands with any other candidates or exam day staff.

All candidates and exam day staff are currently required to wear an FFP2 (with no valve) or surgical mask, keeping their mouthes and noses covered, for as long as they remain inside any building – this includes during all tests.

You may only remove your mask if you are able to provide medical evidence for the exemption of wearing a face mask.

As you will normally be seated for about five hours, depending on the exam you take, we recommend that you bring a second mask.

If an examination is cancelled we will immediately apply to Cambridge Assessment English for either a free transfer to an exam at a later date, or for a full refund of your fee.
If you need your result for an application for further study, we recommend that you contact your university or UCAS to explain the situation. We will gladly support this with an official confirmation.

The maximum number of candidates allowed in a standard classroom for exams depends on the condition that candidates will be seated at least 1.5 metres from one another, for both written and spoken tests.

Candidates will be seated 1.5 – 2 Metres apart from one another during the written and speaking tests.

Equipment will be disinfected before and after each exam.
Candidates for computer-based exams will also be provided with their own mouse and a pair of gloves, should they wish to wear these.

We ask that you bring your own set of wired (not Bluetooth) headphones for the listening test. These must be checked by the invigilation staff.