Official Statistics

Appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project: 2020 to 2021 academic year

Statistics on the number of appeals against results for GCSEs, AS and A levels and Project qualifications for November 2020, January 2021 and summer 2021 exam series.

From:
Ofqual
Published
21 April 2022

Applies to England

Documents

Appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications: 2020 to 2021 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/22/6918/1

Background information for appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications: 2020 to 2021 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/22/6918/2

Data tables for appeals for GCSE, AS and A level, and Project qualifications: 2020 to 2021

Ref: Ofqual/22/6918/3

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Pre-release access list for appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications: 2020 to 2021 academic year

Details

Details

The key details regarding the number of appeals made for GCSE, AS and A level, and Project qualifications for the 2020 to 2021 academic year in England were:

  1. Overall, 17,610 of the 6.1 million grades certified for GCSEs, AS and A levels were challenged (0.3% of all grades certified)

  2. Overall, 6,200 of the 6.1 million grades certified for GCSEs, AS and A levels were changed as part of an upheld appeal (0.1% of all grades certified)

  3. One appeal may cover several grades and the number of appeals received for GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020 to 2021 was 16,090. Of these appeals 5,770 (36% of appeals received) were upheld

  4. The most common ground for an appeal for GCSE, AS and A level was ‘Unreasonable exercise of academic judgement: determination of grade’

  5. For Project qualifications in 2020 to 2021 there were 105 appeals received, covering 130 grades, 0.3% of the 52,100 grades certified for projects in 2020 to 2021

  6. Most upheld appeals, for all qualifications covered, resulted in a grade change.

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Published 21 April 2022

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