Exam Results Next Steps
Post Results Services
(Updated 01/02/23)
If you have any concerns regarding your results, there are various post result services available to you.
Service 1: Clerical Check
A clerical check of a marked paper makes sure:
- All the pages were marked
- All the marks were counted
- The result matches the marks on the paper.
Service 2: Review of Marking
A review of marking can be requested to ensure that the agreed mark scheme has been applied correctly, this does not mean the exam script is remarked.
If a review of marking is requested, the exam board will also carry out a clerical check alongside.
If your university place is at risk please speak to a member of the Exams Team urgently with regards to a priority appeal. You cannot request a priority script if you are applying for a priority appeal.
Access to Scripts
Scripts can be requested for the following reasons
- Scripts to support reviews of marking (priority)
- Scripts to support teaching and learning (non-priority)
Candidate consent must be obtained before copies of scripts can be requested. Where scripts are requested to support teaching and learning Franklin College provides assurance that:
- Script copies will be seen only by teachers who are members of staff at Franklin College or returned directly to candidates.
- Candidates who grant their permission have the right to ask Franklin College to anonymise their scripts before use.
- Script copies used by teachers at Franklin College will be kept securely within the centre. When no longer required, scripts will be disposed of confidentially.
- Candidates have the right to instruct Franklin College not to request their scripts.
Candidate Consent
If Franklin College submits a post result service request on a candidate's behalf, there are three possible outcomes:
- Your original mark is confirmed as correct, and there is no change to your grade
- Your original mark is raised, so your final grade may be higher than the original grade you received
- Your original mark is lowered, so your final grade may be lower than the original grade you received
As your grade may increase, decrease or stay the same, no application can be made to the exam board until candidate consent has been obtained.
Consent must be provided when requesting a post results service. Please note the email must come from your Franklin College account.
Post Result Services (January 2023 Series) - Deadlines and Fees
Deadlines
| BTEC Firsts/Nationals | Cambridge Technicals | |
| Clerical Check | Tuesday 18th April 2023 | Tuesday 18th April 2023 |
| Review of Marking | Tuesday 18th April 2023 | Tuesday 18th April 2023 |
| Original Access to Script | Tuesday 18th April 2023 | Tuesday 18th April 2023 |
| Access to Script: Copy | Friday 28th April 2023 | Tuesday 18th April 2023 |
| Access to Script: Post Review* | Tuesday 18th April 2023 | Tuesday 18th April 2023 |
*ATS post review must be requested at the same time as the review of results.
Fees
The fees for requesting post results services are as follows. Please note the fees listed below are per exam script.
| BTEC Firsts/Nationals | Cambridge Technicals | |
| Clerical Check | £11.90 | TBC |
| Review of Marking | £42.40 | TBC |
| Original Access to Script | Free | TBC |
| Access to Script: Copy | Free | TBC |
| Access to Script: Post Review* | £13.10 | TBC |
Fees charged are the fees charged to Franklin College by the awarding body.
Fees must be paid to Franklin College before a post result request can be submitted to the awarding body. If, following a post result service, your grade changes the post results fee will be refunded.
How to request a Review of Results
Please email exams@franklin.ac.uk with the following information
- Candidate Number
- Exam Board
- Qualification
- Exam Paper Code
- Grade Achieved
- Post Results Service Required
- Declaration (see below)
You must include the following declaration when submitting a post result service request:
"I confirm that I am requesting the above mentioned post result service and I have read and understood the information regardng post results services on the Franklin College website.
I give my consent for Franklin College to submit a clerical check / review of marking (selete as appropriate) for the examination(s) listed above. In giving consent I understand that the final subject grade and/or mark awarded to me following a clerical check or review of marking, and any subsequent appeal, may be lower than, higher than, or the same as the result which was originally awarded for this subject."
Outcomes
Outcomes will be emailed to your Franklin College account as soon as they are received from the awarding body.