If the moderator identifies that the marking is inaccurate but that it is consistent – for example, if the marks are consistently too low or too high – the exam board will adjust the original marking to make sure students receive an accurate mark. Such an adjustment is applied to the work of all the students in the centre, not just those in the sample. The moderator will have looked at a sufficiently wide sample of work to establish a consistent level of marking within the centre. If you want to complain to Ofqual about an exam board or awarding organisation, for example, because you think they have not followed either their own policies and procedures or Ofqual’s rules, please follow our complaints procedure. We would usually expect you to give the awarding organisation a chance to resolve your complaint by using their complaints process before coming to us. Joint Council for Qualifications AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR chemistry paper 1 and WJEC chemistry paper 2 for both higher and foundation, combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Friday, 17 May 2024. an awarding organisation did not apply its procedures consistently or that procedures were not followed properly and fairly

Ofqual has introduced additional measures to support the delivery of VTQ results for 2023. These are similar to existing arrangements for general qualifications.

You can find more information on whistleblowing in Ofqual’s whistleblowing policy. Further information/useful links Ofqual Over the next year we will continue to work with the entire sector to promote and support the role of the exams officer. Entries and tiering Special consideration is only for things that happen immediately before or during an exam or assessment that has a material effect on a student’s ability to take that exam or assessment, or on how they performed. To be eligible for special consideration, students must have been fully prepared for the assessment and have covered the whole course. There will be a return to pre-pandemic standards for VTQs that are taken in centres, alongside or instead of GCSEs and A levels so these students will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in comparison. Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) advises and assists individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights, across England, Scotland and Wales.

Where teachers mark their own students’ work (an ‘internally marked’ assessment), then awarding organisations must moderate that marking. This is so they can make sure marking has been undertaken accurately and consistently across all centres. Centres should standardise marking between teachers within their centre. Who marks students’ work? Awarding organisations consider, for example, whether the error will have stopped students being able to answer the question or complete the task, or whether students’ performance in other questions might have been affected by the error. They then decide the fairest way to proceed. This might include analysing how students answered the question or awarding all students full marks for the question.

To make this possible, every centre must provide a sample of their students’ work. The sample is set by the exam boards to include a sufficient number and range of student work (given different marks) to allow them to make a secure judgement about the standard of the centre’s marking. Awarding organisations that also offer GCSEs, AS and A levels are known as exam boards. Exam boards must follow additional rules covering these qualifications. AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, WJEC and OCR physics paper 1 for both higher and foundation, combined and single science students will take place on the morning of Wednesday, 22 May 2024.