Edexcel June 2010Results Guide

August 2010

Edexcel June 2010 Results Guide

June 2010 ResultsThis guide is designed to help you prepare for results day, understand your results and explain the post-results services available to you. It covers results for DiDA, Extended Project, Functional Skills, GCE, GCSE, IGCSE, Principal Learning and Projects, and also applies to GCE O level and IGCSE results for international customers.

Availability

The table below summarises when results and additional support services will become available.

QualificationResults available

via EDI and Edexcel Online

Results may be issued to students

Results Plus, Results Plus Direct and Post Results

Services available

Paper results arrive in centres

GCE including O level, AEA,

Extended Project, Principal Learning (level 3 only) and Functional Skills

Wednesday 18 August 2010

From 06:00 Thursday 19 August

2010

From 06:00 Thursday 19 August

2010

Thursday 19 August 2010*

GCSE, IGCSE, ELC, Principal Learning

(levels 1 and 2) and Projects (levels 1

and 2)

Monday 23 August 2010

From 06:00Tuesday 24 August

2010

From 06:00 Tuesday 24 August

2010

Thursday 26 August 2010

*Except Functional Skills (arrive Thursday 26 August 2010).

If you have requested BTEC results via EDI, these will be issued during the week beginning Monday 16 August 2010.

Enhanced results services are available through ResultsPlus and ResultsPlus Progress. For more information please visit www.edexcel.com/resultsplus or www.resultsplusprogress.com.

Issuing Results to Students

You can provide results to your students in a variety of ways, depending upon your centre’s preference and agreed arrangement:

• By downloading results via EDI • By downloading results from Edexcel Online• By providing paper copies • By providing students with PIN slips for Results Plus Direct, so that they can access their results online.

The dates on which results become available in each of these formats (and when they may be passed onto students) are shown in the table above.

Edexcel June 2010 Results Guide

Viewing Results on Edexcel Online

You can view students’ results and access a number of results reports at www.edexcelonline.com.

If you click on “search” you can view individual student results.

Alternatively, you can download results reports for any exam series. Click on “reports - bulk downloads”, select the session and then the report type required.

Once requested, the report will be delivered into your Edexcel Online mailbox within two hours. The reports can be used in various different ways. Below is a summary of each report and a suggestion of how you might use them:

Report name Used for Contains

Broadsheet Checking student performance at-a-glance. All unit level scores and overall subject grades.

Component Mark List

Checking student performance against grade boundaries (also useful for teachers and

heads of departments).

Listed by component, shows: subject marks, UMS, maximum raw and weighted marks.

Contributing Units Results

Checking how raw unit marks contributed to each UMS (also useful for teachers and

heads of departments).

Grades, component unit scores, total UMS and grade boundaries.

Statement of results Providing results information to students. It

details overall grades and contributing units.

Shows grades for all subjects and scores for each unit.

Edexcel June 2010 Results Guide

EDI Files

Our EDI results files are provided in the latest version of the JCQ formats (currently version 12). This format is used by all the JCQ Awarding Bodies. We do not issue results in our EDIFACT format for this release, unless you have specifically requested this for BTEC.

If you wish to be sent a new or revised EDI file, we can arrange this for you. Please contact us at eprocessing@edexcel.com specifying whether you require it to be sent via a carrier (AVCO ExamService, RM SecureNet or webXchange) or via email.

Post-Results Services

You can request Post-Results Services using Edexcel Online (www.edexcelonline.com). We offer a variety of services including:

• Priority review of marking for level 3 qualifications – we will endeavour to complete these within ten working days

• Standard review of marking• Access to scripts• Review of moderation

Further information can be found on our website and in your current Information Manual. Please also refer to JCQ Post Results Guidance.

Contact Us

Exams officers have a vital role in ensuring the assessment process runs smoothly and students get their results on time. There are a number of ways to contact us.

Online enquiriesWhether you have a question, a complaint or some feedback, it’s easy to contact us online: www.edexcel.com/contact

Telephone enquiries

Our UK-based contact centre can help with queries about the administration of our qualifications:

Further information

On our website (www.edexcel.com/results), we have further guidance and links to:

• Results Plus• Examiner Reports• Grade boundaries• Moderator Reports• EDI guides• Post-Results Services• UMS tables

BTEC 0844 576 0026NVQ 0844 576 0026GCSE 0844 576 0027GCE 0844 576 0025The Diploma 0844 576 0028

Functional Skills 0844 576 0028DiDA & other qualifications 0844 576 0031Online Services 0844 576 0024(including Edexcel Online and computer-based testing)International customers +44 (0) 1204 770 696