School Curriculum and Standards Authority Regulations 2005

If an appeal is made to the Authority under regulation 26, the Authority is to appoint a committee of 2 or more people the Authority considers suitably qualified to decide the appeal (an appeals committee).

An appeals committee is to be appointed —

within 5 days after the appeal is received by the Authority; or

if the Authority requires evidence to be provided under regulation 26(5) — within 5 days after the evidence is received by the Authority.

The appeals committee is to have regard to the grounds of the appeal and any evidence provided by the candidate in support of the appeal.

In deciding the appeal, the appeals committee may —

confirm the candidate’s reduction in marks; or

increase, to any extent the committee considers appropriate, the marks awarded to the candidate, but not so as to be greater than they were before their reduction under regulation 26(2).

The appeals committee is to decide the appeal and give the candidate written notification of that decision before the day on which the results of the relevant examination are to be published.