Appeals for GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications: 2024 to 2025 academic year
Statistics on the number of appeals against results in England for GCSEs, AS and A levels and Project qualifications for the November 2024, January 2025 and June 2025 exam series.
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The key headlines regarding appeals made for GCSE, AS, A level, and Project qualifications for the 2024 to 2025 academic year in England were:
- 2,170 (0.03%) of the 6.7 million results issued for GCSE, AS and A level were challenged at appeal, a decrease of 18.3% compared with the 2023 to 2024 academic year when there were 2,655 grades challenged.
- 720 (0.01%) of the 6.7 million results issued for GCSE, AS and A level were changed as part of an upheld appeal, a decrease of 3.7% compared with the 2023 to 2024 academic year when there were 745 grades changed.
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Of the 1.2 million students who received results for GCSEs in 2024 to 2025, less than 0.1% had one or more of their grades challenged and 0.04% had one or more grades changed. This is the same as in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
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Of the 337,820 students who received results for AS and A levels in 2024 to 2025, 0.3% had one or more of their grades challenged and 0.07% had one or more grades changed. This is the same as in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
- The number of appeals received for GCSE, AS and A levels in the 2024 to 2025 academic year was 1,930. Of these appeals 1,095 (56.6%) were upheld. As explained earlier, one appeal may cover more than one grade.
- The most common ground for which appeals were received in the 2024 to 2025 academic year for GCSE, AS and A levels was ‘review of marking - marking error’.
- For Project qualifications, 15 appeals were received in the 2024 to 2025 academic year, 5 of which were upheld. Out of the 280 grades challenged for Projects, 45 were changed. As explained earlier, one appeal may cover more than one grade.
- For GCSE, AS, A level and Project qualifications, 70.2% of upheld appeals were associated with a qualification grade change in the 2024 to 2025 academic year.
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