Results Day 2020

Date: 24 August 2020

BTEC - UPDATE (24.08.20, 18:30)

The awarding body have advised they will be issuing the updated and final BTEC results during the course of this week and these will be emailed to students’ college email accounts as soon as they are received by the College.

Results Day 2020 - Thursday 20 August 2020

UPDATE (19.08.20, 22:50)

This afternoon we have been advised that following Ofqual’s announcement that A Level and GCSE students are to receive Centre Assessment Grades; Pearson the Awarding Body for BTECs, have reviewed the impact on BTEC students and taken on board feedback from teachers, schools and colleges. Following their review they have decided to apply Ofqual’s principles for students receiving BTECs this summer.

This means that they will now be completing a regrading of all the following BTECs: BTEC Level 3 Nationals (2010 QCF and 2016 RQF), BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Awards, BTEC Level 2 Technicals and BTEC Level 1/2 Firsts.

As a consequence of this they have confirmed that we will not be able to issue any BTEC Level 1 and Level 2 results on Thursday 20 August 2020.

Pearson are assuring students that no grades will go down as part of this review. They have stated that their priority is to ensure fair outcomes for BTEC students in relation to A Levels and GCSEs, and that no BTEC student is disadvantaged.

At this moment in time we have not been advised of the timeline for delivery of the results by Pearson. We will obviously share further updates as soon as we receive them.

If you have any urgent queries then please contact your course tutor directly.

GCSE English and maths results are unaffected and will be communicated by student email as already advised.

We would also like to advise that all enrolment arrangements for 2020/21 will be continuing as planned. Therefore if you have a phone appointment arranged we ask that you attend your scheduled appointment with our team. We have added an additional enrolment day on Saturday 22 August, and those applicants scheduled for Saturday will be contacted by text and email.

UPDATE (18.08.2020, 12:27)

The Exams regulator Ofqual, has announced that GCSE results due out this Thursday are to be based on centre assessed grades.

For those students who completed their GCSE English and GCSE Maths with us in 2020/21, the GCSE results will be released by the Awarding Bodies on Thursday 20 August 2020 at 08:00.

Please note: This information is correct as of 17 August 2020. If Government guidance changes, we will update the information accordingly.

How will results be released?

In order to safeguard our students in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic we have arranged for all results to be issued to our students via their College email address.

Results will therefore be sent to your College email address (not your personal email address for security reasons) after 08:30 on Thursday. Your College email address remains active for this purpose.

Should you be in urgent need of a paper copy of your results rather than an email, then you may collect your results in person on Thursday (please ensure you bring proof of your identity).

We ask that you contact our Exams team in advance to agree a time for collection so we can have your documentation ready. Please quote your College ID number in all conversations/correspondence.

Concerned about your results?

If you have an urgent query about your grades, we will have members of our curriculum management team available on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 August 2020 to provide advice. In the first instance, please contact:

Elaine Gates - egates@esc.ac.uk or the College Exams Department (email address above).

You can also contact your Course Tutor direct.

Appeals – if you wish to appeal your results

Information on appeals will be published here once the official guidance has been issued by Ofqual.

Certificates

Students will be notified when certificates have been received from the awarding bodies so they can be collected from the College in person or by someone who has written authority from you to collect them on your behalf.

Please note we do not post out certificates unless there are exceptional circumstances ie a student has moved abroad or completely out of the area and it is impossible for them to travel back to College.

Level 3 Results Day 2020 - Thursday 13 August 2020

UPDATE (18.08.2020, 16:55): In line with many other colleges we still have a small number of outstanding issues regarding confirmed grades that are actively being followed up with the Awarding Bodies. We are working to have these resolved as quickly as possible.

UPDATE (13.08.2020, 17:00): We are aware that a few students have not yet received their results from their Awarding Body. We are working urgently to resolve this and hope to get the remaining results issued as soon as possible.

UPDATE (13.08.2020, 09:15): We are aware that some students have not yet received their results from their Awarding Body this morning. We are working urgently to resolve this and hope to get the remaining results issued throughout the course of today.

For those students who completed their Level 3 qualification course with us this summer, the Level 3 results will be released by the Awarding Bodies on Thursday 13 August 2020 at 08:00.

They are currently under the UCAS embargo which means we are unable to issue or discuss any Level 3 results before this date and time.

How will results be released?

In order to safeguard our students in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the extreme weather conditions forecast for Thursday, we have arranged for all results to be issued to our students via their College email address.

Results will therefore be sent to your College email address (not your personal email address for security reasons) after 08.30 on Thursday. Your College email address remains active for this purpose.

Should you be in urgent need of a paper copy of your results rather than an email, then you may collect your results in person on Thursday (please ensure you bring proof of your identity).

We ask that you contact our Exams team in advance to agree a time for collection so we can have your documentation ready. Please quote your College ID number in all conversations/correspondence.

ESC: Contact us on 01737 772611 and ask for the Exams Department or email EMailbox@esc.ac.uk

Regulator information and guidance

Concerned about your results?

If you have an urgent query about your grades, we will have members of our curriculum management team available on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August 2020 to provide advice. In the first instance, please contact:

ESC: Rebecca Taylor - rtaylor@esc.ac.uk

or the College Exams Department (email addresses above).

From Monday 17 August, you can also contact your Course Tutor direct.

Appeals – if you wish to appeal your results

Candidates can appeal their grade in specific circumstances as stated below through their Centre, if they feel the process this summer was not followed correctly in their case. The College is required to adhere to these national guidelines.

A candidate can:

ask their Centre to appeal on their behalf to an awarding body if there is evidence that leads a candidate to believe the Centre made an error when submitting a Centre assessment grade or rank order information
ask their Centre to appeal on their behalf to an awarding body if they believe the awarding body made a mistake when calculating, assigning or communicating a grade
appeal against the Centre’s decision not to seek any information the awarding body holds that would be needed for an appeal
appeal against the Centre’s decision not to appeal to the awarding body

A candidate cannot:

appeal against their Centre assessment grade and position in the rank order
appeal in respect of the process or procedure used by the College in calculating their Centre assessment grades and position in the rank order
appeal directly in any respect to any awarding body

Certificates

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