Edexcel remarking concern

Last year I'd completed AS level arabic for the examboard Edexcel, during my GCSE's I'd had achieved A* and am fluent in the language. Last year I'd recieved a B but however was 1 mark off an A. This was strange as I'm fluent in the language but I may have possibly lacked exam technique. The main concern here is after asking for a remark my mark did not go up or down. This is very strange as the exam is not like maths where it's hard to change your mark it's a language so fluctuation is expected, I noticed A LOT of students who asked for remarks for their subjects e.g. French asked for remarks and their marks did not change also. I have a concern Edexcel are not marking the papers they're paid to mark and are claiming our money without doing their job. This is very serious for the future of many students and am wondering if there's anything we can do. I really want this investigated as i've read over 15 pages of posts about remarks and found a strange pattern of marks that did not change with edexcels remarking. Please help me, the exam I did was from last year and I'm wondering if there's anything we can still do?

Last year I'd completed AS level arabic for the examboard Edexcel, during my GCSE's I'd had achieved A* and am fluent in the language. Last year I'd recieved a B but however was 1 mark off an A. This was strange as I'm fluent in the language but I may have possibly lacked exam technique. The main concern here is after asking for a remark my mark did not go up or down. This is very strange as the exam is not like maths where it's hard to change your mark it's a language so fluctuation is expected, I noticed A LOT of students who asked for remarks for their subjects e.g. French asked for remarks and their marks did not change also. I have a concern Edexcel are not marking the papers they're paid to mark and are claiming our money without doing their job. This is very serious for the future of many students and am wondering if there's anything we can do. I really want this investigated as i've read over 15 pages of posts about remarks and found a strange pattern of marks that did not change with edexcels remarking. Please help me, the exam I did was from last year and I'm wondering if there's anything we can still do?

Omg this is so weird cos i got the same grade as you in gcse arabic and im also one mark away from an A at AS (ordered a photocopy of the paper and am unsure about remarking)
also my sister sent her biology unit 1 exam for a remark yesterday and the school called saying there was no change today (it hasnt even been 24 hours)

my theory is that they check to see whether the paper was marked by a senior examiner or not and if it was then they dont bother remarking it and say it stayed the same

If you’re absolutely positive there’s something going on. I recommend to contact Ofqual: https://www.gov.uk/appeal-exam-result/appeal-a-review — they’ll launch an internal investigation with regards to your paper. I hope things work out.

I'm very concerned because I think edexcel markers are getting away with this and i'm really scared because I did my paper last year so I hope it can go up
Please stay with this thread and try to raise as much awareness as possible, the more students we have on our side who have been scammed the more likely we are to get justice for the remarks because so many students that I have seen have complained of their grade not changing, if it was a subject like maths I would understand but for languages I'm sure the results should show more change.

I'm very concerned because I think edexcel markers are getting away with this and i'm really scared because I did my paper last year so I hope it can go up
Please stay with this thread and try to raise as much awareness as possible, the more students we have on our side who have been scammed the more likely we are to get justice for the remarks because so many students that I have seen have complained of their grade not changing, if it was a subject like maths I would understand but for languages I'm sure the results should show more change.

There's no way a paper from last year will be changed - it's too late.

Are you sure? I'm sure it wasn't remarked in the first place. This could really affect my future I need to know if there is ANYTHING at all I can do... I will try to contact Ofqual if I have enough student support.

Yes - I'm a teacher - the deadline was 20th September 2014.

You are way off-beam as Edexcel is one of the better exam boards - we get papers back and check them against the mark scheme.

Can you explain to me why a lot of student's marks didn't change? I'm sure there must be something wrong as the papers are "Marked" within a days time and sent back and the marks are the same?

It does not take long to mark a paper even of you double check every mark. It's all done on screen and the marks are printed on that the response has been given so all you need to do is check these against the mark scheme. I do this for any copies that students send for (before they ask for a remark) - it takes 10 to 15 minutes.

The mark scheme is very important in marking but is not everything, whilst the mark scheme addresses the most important things in a question it does not always contain every single correct answer so a student may be right and may be awarded a mark by a senior or a more experienced examiner less experienced markers have trouble with things like that and so just leave the old mark without thinking how much a students needs that one mark. To you it's 15 minutes of marking but to me it's my whole future and all I needed was that one mark. It's not that i'm annoyed that I'm 1 mark off the next grade but because I paid money and the service I paid for I did not receive.

It is always possible the mark does not change because the original mark was correct?

A senior examiner does ALL the remarks. If I am in any doubt we send it off but the papers are now very clear which marks have been awarded and why.

do you mark EVERYTHING? I don't please read the previous quote and understand my concerns. I really feel my paper was not remarked and I did not know of any appeals back then or what not and I really need that grade.

The main concern here is after asking for a remark my mark did not go up or down. This is very strange as the exam is not like maths where it's hard to change your mark it's a language so fluctuation is expected, I noticed A LOT of students who asked for remarks for their subjects e.g. French asked for remarks and their marks did not change also. I have a concern Edexcel are not marking the papers they're paid to mark and are claiming our money without doing their job. This is very serious for the future of many students and am wondering if there's anything we can do. I really want this investigated as i've read over 15 pages of posts about remarks and found a strange pattern of marks that did not change with edexcels remarking. Please help me, the exam I did was from last year and I'm wondering if there's anything we can still do?

I teach maths so I do check all the maths queries but have colleagues that check other subjects.

You need to move on and resit or find another route to what you want to do. It's too late to do anything about your grade from last year. The paper has probably been destroyed by now.