Grounds for A level appeal: ticked wrong box

[bloodyunicorns]

DD sat A level history this year. In the US paper you have to tick boxes saying which two questions you have answered out of 3. She ticked the wrong box for one, meaning she didn't get any marks for that question (25 mark question).

We have sent the paper back to be reviewed, but I was wondering, does AQA have a policy for this? If a student has answered a question but ticked the wrong box, is there any leeway to give them marks for their answer?

Thank you.

(And please, no comments about 'she should have checked the boxes she ticked'. She knows.)

Hullo! I don't mark history, or A-level, but I do mark for AQA. In my subject this would be fine- just complicated for the examiners. That may be what's happened.

In general, I find the exam boards try uk 'give the benefit of the doubt'. Where they can give marks, they will.

I hope that'll be the case for you here (though A-level may be more brutal).

Oooh, really? That's very good news, thank you.