Ofqual will continue to consult on a number of decisions on changes to the GCSE and A Level enquiries and appeals system. These include:

• When the requirement for exam boards to make marked GCSE scripts available to centres should be introduced 
• The detail of the framework to be used by exam boards to set dates for completion of reviews and appeals
• When the requirement for learners to be able to ask for the results of centre-marked assessments should be introduced
• When the automatic grade protection that currently applies following a review of moderation will be removed.
  

• A Level physics, rather than maths, will be included along with religious studies and geography in this summer’s pilot to test the new appeals process following a review
• Exam boards must provide the reasons for marking review decisions on request, but there will be no express requirement to do this within a specific timescale in 2016 
• Reviewers, when deciding whether the first mark should stand, should consider whether the first marker made any administrative errors, properly applied the mark scheme and exercised their academic judgement appropriately.