What are non-examination assessments? Non-examination assessments, or NEAs, measure subject-specific knowledge and skills that cannot be tested by timed written papers. There are three assessment stages and rules which apply to each stage. These rules often vary across subjects. The stages are task setting, task taking and task marking.
As part of the NEA process, we must inform candidates of the marks awarded to them, before these are submitted to the relevant awarding body. This allows candidates to request a review of the centre's marking prior to the marks being submitted to the awarding body, should they wish to do so.
If a student is taking a subject that contains NEA, an email will be sent to their parent/carer to inform them of the student's marks. The deadlines for the NEA process are below:
A Level/Level 3 NEA Deadlines 2025/26
GCSE/Level 1/2 NEA Deadlines 2025/26 Please note: These dates are provisional and may change. The exact date you need to request a review of your marks by will be stated in your individual subject email.
Q. I'm not happy with the NEA mark I have received. What should I do? A. You are entitled to appeal if you do not agree with the process of how your marks were awarded to you. You cannot request a review solely because you think you deserve a higher mark. You can request to view your work again along with the assessment criteria, to determine on what grounds you would like to appeal. Please speak to Miss Dent, your Exams Officer, about this and she can support with making your work available to you. You are not allowed to add anything to your work after submission, so you will be supervised while you review this.
If you would like to proceed with a request to review your marks, please complete the ‘NEA, Coursework and Project Appeals Form’ here. Reviews can only be accepted on the following grounds:
- administrative error – you may think your marks have not been added up correctly, or have been communicated incorrectly in your email;
- failure to apply the marking criteria to the evidence generated by the candidate where that failure did not involve the exercise of academic judgement;
- an unreasonable exercise of academic judgement.
Appeals will only be accepted if one of the above grounds is confirmed. We will not accept appeals that are solely based on difference of opinion nor the quality of the teaching received. The deadline to submit your appeal will be in the email you have received from your teacher telling you your marks. If you wish to check your work against the assessment criteria, this must be done before this deadline, as this cannot be pushed back for any reason.
Following the marking process and subsequent review of centre marking (if requested) marks can still go up/down after moderation by the awarding body. All marks are provisional until results day.
If you wish to view our Internal Appeals Procedure, containing a section relating to NEA, this can be found here.