Examinations Appeal Policy
Please see also the Exam and Controlled Assessment Policy
GCSE Examinations
Arrangements for appeals about internal assessment decisions and enquiries about results.
A student and /or their parents have the right to enquire about the student's exam results and to have their external and internally graded work reassessed.
Externally graded work
Internally graded work, and refusals to invoke the 'enquiry procedure'
Written by: Angela Martinot Date: October 2010
Approved by: Examination Officer Angela Martinot Date: 12 October 2010
History of review: Revised October 2012
Reviewed and revised: by Angela Martinot and Cathy Day Date: October 2013
Date for next review: October 2014
GCSE Examinations
Arrangements for appeals about internal assessment decisions and enquiries about results.
A student and /or their parents have the right to enquire about the student's exam results and to have their external and internally graded work reassessed.
Externally graded work
- If any candidate feels dissatisfied with their results a letter should be written to the relevant subject teacher requesting that they put the relevant exam board's 'enquiry procedure' into action. The procedure costs £36 and should be requested as soon as the grades are known.
- If the teacher refuses to support this request, the student or parent may appeal against this refusal using the procedure set out below
Internally graded work, and refusals to invoke the 'enquiry procedure'
- Appeals concerning internally graded work and refusals to invoke the 'enquiry procedure' should be made in writing to the Upper School Chair as soon as possible and no later than within one month of receiving the grade.The Upper School Chair will appoint a teacher from another department to supervise the appeal process.
- The teacher giving the grade will be asked to reassess and explain his/her reasoning in writing. A copy will be sent to the candidate.
- If the reassessment and explanation are not accepted by the candidate, he or she may ask the supervising teacher to arrange an independent appeal hearing.
- Before the hearing the candidate is to be given access to all documents and grades. Reasonable notice of the date for the hearing must be given and the person bringing the appeal has the right to be accompanied to the hearing by a supporter.
- The panel for the hearing will be made up of a Senior Teacher familiar with the grading system and one member of the School Council, together with the supervising teacher. The teacher giving the grade and the person bringing the appeal will state and discuss their cases in front of the panel.
- Following the hearing the panel will communicate their decision, with reasons, to both the teacher giving the grade and the person bringing the appeal.
- The whole process should aim to be completed within three weeks
Written by: Angela Martinot Date: October 2010
Approved by: Examination Officer Angela Martinot Date: 12 October 2010
History of review: Revised October 2012
Reviewed and revised: by Angela Martinot and Cathy Day Date: October 2013
Date for next review: October 2014
