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Changes to our rules for reviews of marking, moderation and appeals
Updating our rules and guidance for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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We are consulting on changes to our rules about how exam boards should conduct reviews of marking, moderation and appeals.
The changes we propose respond to issues we have seen in the first two years of operation of these rules, aim to make our rules easier to follow and bring them in line with a version of the rules which we have already introduced for Technical Qualifications.
Documents tracking these changes to our Qualification Level Conditions and Requirements and Guidance for GCSEs, GCEs and Project Qualifications are available below, along with ‘clean’ versions of these documents.
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Changes to our rules for reviews of marking, moderation and appealsapplication/pdfGCSE (9 to 1) Qualification Level Conditions and Requirements (tracked changes)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentGCSE (9 to 1) Qualification Level Conditions and Requirements (clean)application/pdfGCSE (9 to 1) Qualification Level Guidance (tracked)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentGCSE (9 to 1) Qualification Level Guidance (clean)application/pdfGCE Qualification Level Conditions and Requirements (tracked)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentGCE Qualification Level Conditions and Requirements (clean)application/pdfGCE Qualification Level Guidance (tracked)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentGCE Qualification Level Guidance (clean)application/pdfProject Qualification Level Conditions and Requirements (tracked)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentProject Qualification Level Conditions and Requirements (clean)application/pdfProject Qualification Level Guidance (tracked)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentProject Qualification Level Guidance (clean)application/pdfDecisions on changes to our rules for reviews of marking, moderation and appealsapplication/pdfAnalysis of responses to our consultation on changes to our rules for reviews of marking, moderation and appealsapplication/pdf