Official Statistics

Appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project: 2022 to 2023 academic year

Statistics on the number of appeals against results for GCSEs, AS and A levels and Project qualifications for November 2022, January 2023 and summer 2023 exam series.

From:
Ofqual
Published
18 April 2024

Applies to England

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Appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications: 2022 to 2023 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/24/7125/1

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Background information for appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications: 2022 to 2023 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/24/7125/2

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Data tables for appeals for GCSE, AS and A level, and Project qualifications: 2022 to 2023

Ref: Ofqual/24/7125/3

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Pre-release access list for appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications: 2022 to 2023 academic year

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Details

Key headlines

The key headlines regarding appeals made for GCSE, AS, A level, and Project qualifications for the 2022 to 2023 academic year in England were:

  1. Overall, 2,570 (0.04%) of the 6.3 million grades issued for GCSEs, AS and A levels were challenged, a 5.9% increase compared with the 2021 to 2022 academic year when 2,430 grades were challenged

  2. Overall, 710 (0.01%) of the 6.3 million grades issued for GCSEs, AS and A levels were changed as part of an upheld appeal, a 15.8% increase compared with the 2021 to 2022 academic year when 610 grades were changed

  3. The number of appeals received for GCSEs, AS and A levels in the 2022 to 2023 academic year was 1,840. Of these appeals 1,010 (54.9%) were upheld. To note, as it will be explained in the main report, one appeal may cover more than one grade

  4. The most common ground for which appeals were received in the 2022 to 2023 academic year for GCSEs, AS and A levels was ‘review of marking - marking error’

  5. For Project qualifications, 15 appeals were received in the 2022 to 2023 academic year of which 5 were upheld. Out of the 395 grades challenged for Projects, 40 were changed in the 2022 to 2023 academic year

  6. For all qualifications covered, 73.7% of upheld appeals were associated with a qualification grade change in the 2022 to 2023 academic year

Published 18 April 2024