Last year’s CAE students (then 4 atheneum) had their CAE exams delayed because of the obvious. So they all had to make their way to Amsterdam in December 2020 to sit this test.
At the CAE level 5 (16%) of our students managed to reach the A-grade (equivalent to a CEFR level C2, the highest possible), 10 (32%) achieved a B-grade (CERF level C1 higher end), 14 (45%) of them achieved the lower end of that range with a C-grade. Two students (7%) did not achieve the level appropriate for the exam but were awarded a CERF B2 certificate (the one below the CAE proper levels).
Once again, because of the circumstances right now, there has not been and probably cannot be a more or less official ceremony where we could (have) award(ed) these certificates. Worse still, although the results have already come in and students have been able to see these, using their ID and secret codes on the Cambridge site (and yes, the first mail already came in asking for these!), the certificates are probably still in the post.
Usually, we also have a small number of tto colleagues turning up for this exam. This year, though, we have only one colleague working very hard to achieve this level of English but she won’t be sitting the exam until later this year. We do wish her all the success she needs.
Of course, we shall soon have all our 5 havo Business English candidates off to the capital in order to take their tests. To them too, all the best there.