Ofqual does not set rules on how awarding organisations handle entries from centres. Awarding organisations have their own arrangements and exam boards set common deadlines through JCQ. For Level 3 VTQs used for progression to further or higher education, please refer to the VTQ information hub for more information.

Non-exam assessment can be marked in different ways, for example by teachers in the student’s centre or by visiting examiners. In some cases, it is sent to the exam board for marking. publish details of those arrangements, including what special consideration is available, and how students qualify for it If a marker is not marking to the required standard, they can be stopped from marking – either until they have completed further training, or permanently. And the marking they have already completed might be remarked or adjusted. Moderation and verification

Confirmed exam timetables

whether Ofqual’s s96 specifications about reasonable adjustments in assessments mean they cannot offer a particular adjustment Reasonable adjustments, sometimes known as access arrangements, are changes made to exams or assessments or to the way they are conducted that reduce or remove disadvantage introduced by a student’s disability. They are needed because some disabilities can make it harder for students to show what they know and can do in an assessment than it would have been had the student not been disabled. Many VTQs are modular and have a high proportion of internal assessment. This means that it is more likely that there will be evidence available which could be used to determine grades in the event exams are cancelled. Where VTQs are used for progression and assessed in a similar way to GCSEs and A Levels, awarding organisations will make you aware of any action that may be needed. You can find full information and guidance about the arrangements for this year’s summer awarding in our guidance on supporting resilience in the exam system in 2023. Before exams and assessments Reasonable adjustments Awarding organisations must make sure centres have the information they need to hand out the right papers on the right day and under the right conditions. Centres must take particular care to store any exam materials securely to protect the confidentiality of the exams.

a small number of extra marks for students whose exam performance is affected by temporary illness, injury, indisposition, or an unforeseen incident Requests for exams to be moved due to individual availability will not be considered. If you are going to miss an exam due to circumstances out of your control, you will need to submit a PEC form to your academic school. An awarding organisation may choose to offer the centre (or individual student whose appeal was accepted by the awarding organisation) the opportunity to attempt to resolve the disagreement without the need for a full and formal appeal hearing. This is not something we require, and the opportunity for a full appeal must remain available. Private candidatesWhere a GCSE, AS or A level includes non-exam assessment, such as a dance or music performance, teachers should support their students, wherever possible, to complete that assessment in line with arrangements announced by Ofqual for 2022 and the timescales set by exam boards. The non-exam assessment will be marked and moderated as usual and combined with students’ exam marks to generate their grades.

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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.