Guidance for awarding organisations submitting data on vocational and technical qualification appeals made for assessments taken or decisions made during the 2020 to 2021 academic year (1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021).
'What data will be collected' - clarified that data should include appeals relating to all candidates taking the specified qualifications.'When will the data collected' - updated the number of reporting deadlines for collection from 3 to 2.Updated the 'General completion guidelines' section to include guidance on appeals not to include, guidance on multiple appeal submissions, clarifying the 'NumberOfCandidates' field, clarifying the 'TypeOfDecisionAppealed' field and what to do if the effect of the qualification level grade is unknown at the data cut-off point.
HTML document has been updated - reference to TAGs has been removed.
Updates made to general completion guidance and the list of grounds of appeal.
Updated guidance and example CSV file provided.
First published.