Marking Windows

Some of our qualifications have a form of external assessment.For qualifications that have multiple-choice questions (MCQ) as their assessment, results will be issued 10 working days after the date of assessment (the results released date will be affected if candidate answer sheets are returned late).

For qualifications that have one of the following forms of assessment:

• Short Answer Questions (SAQ)
• Case Study
• Assignment
• DJ Mix
• Reading and Written Comprehensions (languages qualifications only)
• Oral (languages qualifications only)
• Task based results will be issued according to the Marking Windows timetable
• The cut off date is the final date that you can return the assessment in order to ensure results released on the specified date
• The Results Released date is the last date that results would be released.

All scripts must be returned within 1 working day of the assessment taking place. We'll store all scripts securely until the marking window cut off date and issue results in 25 working days after the cut off date.

For more information contact NCFE's Business Improvement team on 0191 239 8096 or e-mail businessimprovement@ncfe.org.uk.

The Regulations for the Conduct of External Assessment must be adhered to.

Any special arrangements must be agreed in advance (see NCFE's Access to Assessment Policy for further details).


Page author Heather Dalkin heatherdalkin@ncfe.org.uk March 08