Official Statistics

Enquiries about results for GCSE and A Level: summer 2015 exam series

Ofqual collects the number of enquiries about results for GCSE and A level summer exam series in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 10 December 2015
• Last updated: 31 March 2016 — See all updates

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Documents

Erratum notice

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Enquiries about results for GCSE and A level: Summer 2015 exam series

Ref: Ofqual/15/5803

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Tables - Enquiries about results for GCSE and A level: Summer 2015 exam series

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Pre-release access list

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Details

The main findings for this release are:

1. The number of individual enquiries rose by 27%, from 451,000 last summer, to 572,350 in summer 2015.
2. These enquiries relate to 480,550 qualification results which is an 18.7% increase on 2014 when 405,000 results were challenged.
3. In total, 90,950 qualification grades were changed, up from 77,700 in 2014 representing just over 1.1% of all grades awarded and 18.9% of all grades challenged.
4. This is very similar to 2014 when 19% of grades challenged were changed.
5. Turnaround times by exam boards were shorter in summer 2015 with reviews of marking taking, on average, 9 days at GCSE and 8 days at A level, compared with 11 and 12 days, respectively, in 2014.
6. Priority reviews (A level only) took, on average, five days, compared with seven days in 2014.

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Published 10 December 2015
Last updated 31 March 2016 + show all updates

1. 31 March 2016

   Replaced the original report with one with updated data as mentioned in the erratum notice.

2. 10 March 2016

   Added an erratum about some inaccuracies in the data used for this report and a new publication date for a revised version of this report.

3. 10 December 2015

   First published.