Guidance

Appeals in VTQ: guide to the data submission process

Guide to Ofqual's submission process.

Applies to England

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Guidance for awarding organisations submitting data on vocational and technical qualification appeals made for assessments taken or decisions made during the academic year (1 September to 31 August).

Published 19 March 2021
Last updated 30 August 2023 + show all updates
  1. What data will be collected? section has been updated

  2. Made it clear in the document which countries it applies to, fixed an error with the regular expression in row 1 of the file format, and applied some minor formatting changes.

  3. 'What data will be collected' - clarified that data should include appeals relating to all candidates taking the specified qualifications. 'When will the data collected' - updated the number of reporting deadlines for collection from 3 to 2. Updated the 'General completion guidelines' section to include guidance on appeals not to include, guidance on multiple appeal submissions, clarifying the 'NumberOfCandidates' field, clarifying the 'TypeOfDecisionAppealed' field and what to do if the effect of the qualification level grade is unknown at the data cut-off point.

  4. HTML document has been updated - reference to TAGs has been removed.

  5. Updates made to general completion guidance and the list of grounds of appeal.

  6. Updated guidance and example CSV file provided.

  7. First published.