JCQ Bulletin

29th April 2022

Informing students of centre-assessed marks before submission

We want to remind you that before you submit your centre-assessed marks to exam boards, you need to:

Inform students about their centre-assessed marks (and endorsement grades)
give students the chance to request a review of their marks
complete any requested reviews

Please allow enough time for these steps before the mark submission deadlines. For more information, see section 6.1 of the Instructions for conducting non-examination assessments and section 13.5 of the Instructions for conducting coursework.

This applies to GCSEs, AS and A Levels. As set out in the coursework instructions above, it also applies to AQA Applied General qualifications, OCR Cambridge Nationals, CCEA GCE unitised AS and A-level qualifications, WJEC GCE legacy AS and A-level Health & Social Care, ELC and Project qualifications.

It may also apply to other awarding body specific Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 qualifications so please check your awarding body instructions.

Guidance for managing exams in Summer 2022

The JCQ has produced some additional guidance for centres managing exams for general and vocational qualifications this summer. This includes information about varying start times; alternative sites; invigilation ratios; use of subject teachers as invigilators; addressing challenges for individual candidates; and remote invigilation..

Exam Day Guidance Video

The JCQ has produced a new video for Exams Officers to help ensure things run smoothly on exam days.

JCQ Form 14 updated

The JCQ Form 14 for students self-certificating illness has been updated. Please note, this form is intended for use by centres in England.

Special Consideration FAQs

Some Frequently Asked Questions on the special consideration process for centres in England have now been published.

Results and Post Results Services Summer 2022

The JCQ Notice to Centres - Release of results for the June 2022 series and the JCQ Post-Results Services booklet for the June 2022 series are now available.

Cyber Tools for UK schools!

The NCSC's free Web Check and Mail Check services can help protect schools from cyber attacks. Two NCSC cyber security services, which are already helping thousands of organisations to protect their websites and email servers from cyber attacks, are now available to all UK schools. Both tools are available free of charge, are quick to set up, and thereafter run automatically. More information is available from the NCSC website.

Further updates to come

The JCQ will be sending out a further Bulletin for schools' Senior Leadership Teams next week. If you have colleagues who would like to receive JCQ updates, they can sign up by completing the subscription form on the JCQ website.

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