All marking, internal standardisation and any internal reviews must be completed before the marks are submitted to us. You don't need to send a copy of the marks to your moderator but you should keep a copy of the marks you submit for your records.

Moderation cannot begin until we have received all the marks. Deadlines for submitting marks are available in the key dates document.

Marks can be submitted via A2C or Interchange. 

Follow the instructions in your own management information system for inputting marks for the relevant components. The common format for submitting marks is outlined in the JCQ Formats document.

To enter and submit marks/grades via Interchange, the following roles can be used:

• Add coursework marks allows you to enter marks/grades only
• Submit coursework marks allows you to enter, check and submit marks/grades
• Centre Administrator allows you to enter, check and submit marks/grades.

Entering marks and endorsement grades

Log in to Interchange, hover over ‘Coursework and tests’ and click on ‘Enter coursework marks/grades’ in the left-hand menu. 

Select the series, enter the assessment code and click ‘Search’. You will see the list of candidates entered for this assessment. 

Enter the marks for each candidate:

• For absent candidates, tick the absent box – do not enter ‘A’ in the mark column. 
• If no work has been produced, do not enter zeros for absent candidates. 

For endorsement grades, instead of entering a mark, you select the grade – either P or NC (Pass or Not Classified) for the Sciences or P, M, D or NC (Pass, Merit, Distinction or Not Classified) for English. Absence should be entered as NC as the absent box will be greyed out. 

After completing each page, click ‘Save’ in the bottom right of the screen.

When you are happy the data is accurate, tick the ‘Checked’ box for each candidate, including absent candidates. 

You now need to submit your marks and grades.

Submitting marks and endorsement grades 

Hover over ‘Coursework and tests’ and click on ‘Enter and submit coursework marks/grades’ in the left-hand menu. 

Select the relevant series and qualification from the drop down menus. 

If ‘Review Incomplete’ is displayed for an assessment, press the button to view the assessment for which data is incomplete and enter as appropriate. 

Click ‘Submit’ for the relevant assessment. The marks will now be submitted. 

Checking marks have been submitted

Hover over ‘Coursework and tests’ and click on ‘View submitted coursework marks/grades in the left-hand menu. 

The ‘submitted’ status means the marks are being processed and ‘confirmed’ means we have received them.

Printing a copy of your marks

To print a copy of the marks/grades, you can: 

• Click on the ‘Print’ button which appears in the top right-hand corner when you submit your marks/grades or
• Hover over ‘Coursework and tests’ and click on ‘View submitted coursework marks’ in the left-hand menu. Select the series and qualification and then click on the iMS1 button and print the form.

Keep a copy of the marks/grades for your centre. You don't need to send a copy of the marks to your moderator.

If you discover an error with a previously submitted candidate mark, you will need to complete the Amendment to centre marks or Amendment to endorsement grades form:

1. Log in to Interchange, click on ‘Resources and materials’ and then ‘Forms and documents’ and download the form.
2. Complete the form, providing the original total and amended total mark/grade for the component.
3. Email the form to centre.markamends@ocr.org.uk from a centre email address.
4. Send a copy of the Amendment to centre marks form to the moderator (you do not need to send the Amendment to endorsement grades form).

If you amend a mark after moderation has started, we may require the work relating to the relevant candidate.

If this is the case, we will let you know and tell you where to send the work.