Exam internal appeals procedure: what to publish on your school website
If your school runs public exams, this is the internal appeals procedure for candidates who disagree with a decision about a re-check, review or appeal.
Check this on my websiteWho it applies to
- Published on
- The school's own website
- School type
- Academies and maintained schools
- School stage
- Secondary and all-through
- Does not apply to
- No school types are excluded
When it's due
Keep it up to date
There's no fixed date. Update it whenever something changes.
What's needed
Publish the exam internal appeals procedure on the exams page on your website, or say there how candidates and parents can ask for a copy.
What it must contain
1 part- Says the internal appeals procedure is available and brought to candidates and parentsMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.
What the official sources say
Set out in 1 official source:
JCQ General Regulations for Approved Centres 2026-27
have available for inspection purposes and draw to the attention of candidates and their parents/carers a written internal appeals procedure to manage disputes when a candidate disagrees with a centre decision not to support an application for a clerical re-check, a review of marking, a review of moderation or an appeal;
Should: Recommended in official guidance, such as the DfE's. Not a legal requirement in itself.§ Section 5, paragraph 5.13(i) (Post-results services and appeals), page 24
Questions schools ask
Do schools have to publish their exam internal appeals procedure?
For academies and maintained schools, it's recommended in official guidance, but isn't a legal requirement in itself.
What does the internal appeals procedure need to cover?
Says the internal appeals procedure is available and brought to candidates and parents.
When do we need to update our exam appeals procedure?
Keep it up to date. There's no fixed date. Update it whenever something changes.
Where does the requirement for the exam internal appeals procedure come from?
It is set out in JCQ General Regulations for Approved Centres 2026-27.
Recent changes to the official guidance
The official sources for this requirement don't publish dated change notes. We check them for changes ourselves.
We last checked these sources on 21 September 2026.
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Official sources last checked 21 September 2026 · register version 1.0.4