What is it?

Where we've adjusted centre marks during moderation, this service check that our moderator has made an accurate judgement on the centre’s ability to mark the work to the national standard. This includes:

• a review of the original moderation by a senior moderator
• feedback with a similar level of detail to the original moderator report

This service can't be requested if we agreed centre marks during moderation.

A review of moderation (Service 3) replicates the original moderation process and therefore the same sample will need to be available for review. Any mark changes may impact all candidates completing this component at the centre in the current exam session.

Candidates’ uniform mark scores (UMS) can up, down or stay the same but grades will not be lowered for the current exam session.

This means that if a candidate’s mark is lowered their grade won’t change as a result of a review of moderation (Service 3) in this exam session. However their new mark will be used to calculate any future overall grades that require this component e.g. an A level grade using an AS coursework mark.

The deadline for completion is within 35 calendar days of the moderator receiving the original sample of work and is available when the component is from one of the following qualifications:

Edexcel GCSE

Edexcel Certificate/International GCSE

Edexcel AS and A level

Edexcel Digital Applications (CiDA/DiDA)

Edexcel Foundation, Higher and Extended projects

BTEC Level 2 Tech Awards (from September 2022)