Aqa review of marking, how long?

@7forwardorsplit That is strange, one of my DS’s requested all his scripts as he wanted to look at them to see what went right/wrong. The school provided access to all of them. At our school the deadline for requesting scripts has passed. Could you possibly check with the exam board as I think the student should be allowed access to their papers?
English Lit seems to have been a weird one this year. Grades can go down as well as up something to be aware of if you are nearer the lower boundary. Requesting a review of one paper at a time seems to be a good option.

Can anyone advise what to do if school is refusing to request access to scripts to help decide whether or not to go for a review of marking?
They've said their policy is only to request scripts in advance if the mark is within one or two from the upper grade boundary, if not we just have to go in blind and pay for a review, very frustrating!
Dd got a lowish 5 in aqa eng lit (mark 76) - predicted a 7 and from what she said no obvious screw up, I did lots of revision with her and she knew her stuff I think but feels high risk to request a review without checking she hadn't fluffed a question or two....
Can I insist if they're refusing and on what grounds? Any advice welcome....

1 paper I went up 5 marks. Have submitted another paper as. Now only 1 mark short of the next grade.
further maths which went in earlier is still awaited.

Glad to hear that some of these re marks are proving to be worthwhile

Just had one paper back and it went up 3 marks so DS is really happy to have gone up a grade. It came back in less than a week! Still waiting on another paper for a different subject and also for advice from the school about English Lit.
@Cubic well done to your DS!

@GrammarTeacher There's been bad marking in many subjects for many years. It's not a one board or spec problem.
My question about missed questions remains valid though. If we'd put in for a review based on the question level marks of zero, without first looking at the scripts, we'd have wasted our money. In my experience, that does happen.

@MrsHamlet unfortunately, the ones I've seen go up significantly this time have not been down to missed questions/admin errors. It was really bad marking. We had some more come back this weekend which have gone up as well. I have never known anything like it and I qualified in 2002. We will be writing a letter to the board to ask for reassurances in terms of their quality assurance going forward.

Both 16 and 18 are in level 4, so that makes sense

@MrsHamlet thank you so much. I can only see L4 on my DS paper 1, that could explain the lower mark. I will see what the teacher comes back with.

The only ones from AQA we have had back were put in on results day, still waiting on everything else.
Priority review of marking were only available for A level papers - all GCSE ROM are not priority. The SLA with AQA is 20 days so unfortunately we just have to wait.

Lit paper 2 - the final question only goes up to level 4 because there are only 8 marks

@MrsHamlet yes, AQA English Lit. DS seemed to think in English Lit paper 1 it only went up to L4 but probably mistaken.

If we're talking about AQA, there are 6 levels in the mark scheme.

@MrsHamlet thank you. I have taken another look at the paper and it still seems strange. DS normally scoring at least mid twenties out of 30 on questions only got 16/30 and 18/30. He was predicted an 8. I’ve emailed the teacher to ask if it’s possible for them to take a look. In the scheme of things it won’t make a difference but DS worked hard and was a quite disheartened to see the scores.
Is level 4 the highest or does level 6 exist on this paper?

The vast vast majority of marks do not change, and changes like the previous poster mentions are usually because something went awry in the admin (pages mis-scanned) for example. It's always worth looking though.

@MrsHamlet thank you. We have the papers, I am going to take another look although the marking didn’t make a lot of sense to me. The school are not really interested and leave it all up to the parents. It’s surprising as very high achieving school but maybe that is why.

@Sadtimes1 that's terrible advice from the centre and suggests that they've not understood the difference between a remark and a review.
Anyone considering a review should see the scripts first so they can make an informed decision.

@GrammarTeacher Wow 😮, our school don’t advise a review unless it’s 1-2 marks off the next grade. My DS English lit is around 9 marks off but I think I am may take another look at it as something doesn’t seem right.

@Cubic Hope that you hear soon and that it’s good news!

I've had 3 out papers go up out of 8 back so far: 7 marks, 10 marks and 22 marks (none of these were due to a missed question).

Good luck, hope you hear good news soon.

Thank you, that’s good to know. I haven’t received an email to say the exam board have got it yet so will prob be looking at the end of October.