Guidance
Mark/Grade changes outside of Reviews of Marking and Moderation (ROMM) and Appeals
Updated 10 October 2022
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| Name | Description | Position | Validation Regular Expression | Description of Regular Expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExamSeries | Exam series data relates to e.g. June 2019 | 1 | ^(June)([ ][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])$ | Full month name of exam series and year. |
| ReportingDate | Date the file was due to be submitted regardless of when it was actually uploaded. Format accepted 120 ODBC canonical yyyy-mm-dd. | 2 | ^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$ | The date in the following format: year (4 digits), a dash, month (2 digits), a dash, day (2 digits). |
| AwardingOrganisation | Name of the awarding organisation | 3 | ^.{1,100}$ | 1 to 100 characters accepted. |
| CentreNo | Centre number (NCN) | 4 | ^\d{1,5}$ | Up to 5-digit integer accepted. |
| UniqueCandidateIdentifier | Unique Candidate Identifier (UCI) | 5 | ^.{1,13}$ | Alphanumeric 13 characters accepted. |
| QAN | Qualification Accreditation Number e.g. 123/1234/1 | 6 | ^.{1,10}$ | 1 to 10 characters accepted. |
| SpecificationTitle | Specification title also known as subject title | 7 | ^.{1,150}$ | 1 to 150 characters accepted. |
| SpecificationCode | Specification code also known as Subject Award Code and Cash-in Code | 8 | ^.{1,7}$ | 1 to 7 characters accepted. |
| QualificationLevel | Level of qualification e.g. GCSE | 9 | ^(GCSE|AS|A level)$ | One of the following list: GCSE, AS, A level. |
| UnitCode | Unit or component identifier | 10 | ^.{1,10}$ | 1 to 10 characters accepted. |
| OriginalQualificationUMSModularOrScaleScorelinear | Original qualification UMS (modular) / Scale score (linear) | 11 | ^\d{1,3}$ | Up to 3-digit integer accepted. -2 also accepted for not applicable or unknown value. |
| ResultingQualificationUMSModularOrScaleScorelinear | Resulting qualification UMS (modular) / Scale score (linear) | 12 | ^\d{1,3}$ | Up to 3-digit integer accepted. -2 also accepted for not applicable or unknown value. |
| OriginalQualificationGrade | Original qualification grade | 13 | ^(A*A*|A*A|AA*|AA|AB|BB|BC|BC*|C*C*|C*C|CC|CD|DD|DE|EE|EF|FF|FG|GG|A*|A|B|C*|C|D|E|F|G|N|Q|U|X|9|8|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|9-9|9-8|8-8|8-7|7-7|7-6|6-6|6-5|5-5|5-4|4-4|4-3|3-3|3-2|2-2|2-1|1-1|-2)$ | One of the following list: A*, A Star, A*A*, A Star A Star, A*A, A Star A, AA*, AA, AB, BB, BC, BC*, C*C*, C*C, CC, CD, DD, DE, EE, EF, FF, FG, GG, A, B, C*, C, D, E, F, G, N, Q, U, X, 9-1, 9-9 to 1-1, Pass, Merit, Distinction. -2 also accepted for unknown value. |
| ResultingQualificationGrade | Resulting qualification grade | 14 | ^(A*A*|A*A|AA*|AA|AB|BB|BC|BC*|C*C*|C*C|CC|CD|DD|DE|EE|EF|FF|FG|GG|A*|A|B|C*|C|D|E|F|G|N|Q|U|X|9|8|7|6|5|4|3|2|1|9-9|9-8|8-8|8-7|7-7|7-6|6-6|6-5|5-5|5-4|4-4|4-3|3-3|3-2|2-2|2-1|1-1|-2)$ | One of the following list: A*, A Star, A*A*, A Star A Star, A*A, A Star A, AA*, AA, AB, BB, BC, BC*, C*C*, C*C, CC, CD, DD, DE, EE, EF, FF, FG, GG, A, B, C*, C, D, E, F, G, N, Q, U, X, 9-1, 9-9 to 1-1, Pass, Merit, Distinction. -2 also accepted for unknown value. |
| ReasonForReconsideration | To indicate how the mark/grade came under re-consideration | 15 | ^(1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8)$ | Accepted values: 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7, 8. See Annex 1 for the reasons relating to these codes. |
| ReasonForMark/GradeChange | To indicate reason for mark/grade change | 16 | ^(1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|18|19)$ | Accepted values: 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19. See Annex 2 for the reasons relating to these codes. |
| DateOfChange | Date of the mark/grade change | 17 | ^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$ | The date in the following format: year (4 digits), a dash, month (2 digits), a dash, day (2 digits). |