Policy on attending coursework standardisation meetings

Annual standardisation meetings for coursework are usually held in the autumn term.

Mandatory attendance

Centres entering candidates for the first time must send a representative to one of the meetings.

Attendance is also mandatory if:

• there has been a serious misinterpretation of the specification requirements,
• the nature of the coursework tasks set by a centre has been inappropriate, or
• a significant adjustment has been made to a centre's marks in the previous year's examination.

Centres in these categories will normally be contacted to attend.

Voluntary attendance

Other reasons why you might want to attend a coursework standardisation meeting are for example, if there has been a change of teacher or a need for continuing professional development e-mail us and we will send you details of the nearest available meeting.

Exceptions

There are some exceptions to these arrangements.

Centres must send a representative to a coursework standardisation meeting every year for :

• GCSE Drama
• GCSE English
• GCSE Expressive Arts

For GCSE ICT Specification A, all centres are invited each year due to the year-specific set-assignment material.