Usually, internally assessed units are externally moderated. 

Moderation is designed to bring the marking of internally assessed units in all participating centres to an agreed standard by checking a sample of the marking of candidate work. 

Resolving issues

At this stage, centres may be required to resolve any issues the moderator discovers during the external moderation. 

Centres may receive one of the following requests, usually by email.

Additional sample request

If the moderator needs you to provide additional work for moderation, please respond as quickly as possible so your candidates’ results are not delayed.

Notification of clerical errors 

We have amended the internally assessed marks you provided, usually following an incorrect transcription or incorrect addition of the marks. 

You must follow the instructions on the form and make sure the remaining work, which was not part of the sample, is checked. 

If you disagree with the changed mark(s) indicated on the clerical error notification form, please email cwamend@ocr.org.uk within 5 days of receipt. 

Notification of inconsistent marking

Where a consistent pattern of inaccurate marking can be established, marks will be adjusted in line with the JCQ guidelines. 

Where no consistent pattern can be established, the work may be returned to you with feedback, to mark again. 

You will need to submit the new marks to us and return the sample to the moderator before moderation can continue. 

In exceptional circumstances work may need to be remarked a second time. In such cases, the moderator will arrange to call the teacher to support them in reaching a resolution.

Centres will usually receive the outcome of moderation when the provisional results are issued. 

The following reports will be issued via Interchange.

• Moderation adjustments report – This lists any scaling that has been applied to internally assessed units or components. This report is updated twice – once after results are released and once after the post‐results period.
  
• Moderator report to centres – This is a brief report by the moderator on the internal assessment of candidates’ work. (PE reports are issued in hard copy rather than via Interchange.)

If work was posted to us for moderation or selected during visiting moderation, it will normally be returned to centres. 

However, we may be required to retain some items as exemplar material for awarding, regulation, archive, teacher training and educational purposes. 

We will inform you if work is required. In some circumstances, we may need to request work from a centre. 

In such cases, your co-operation in supplying material is much appreciated. 

Candidate work should be retained by centres under secure conditions until after the deadline for review of results or until any appeal, malpractice or other results enquiry has been completed, whichever is later. This applies to all work – whether or not it was part of the moderation sample.