Jade

When I spoke to them they said to keep them secure until the next two series results are through but then they phoned me the next day and said to return them all with the scripts. They said they would amend the ICE book and let everyone know. So that’s what I do now.

Wendy

 

 

 

I spoke with out Pearson contact a couple of weeks ago, the advice given was;

 

BTEC Paper based exams – as per the JCQ guidelines, keep secure until 24 Hours after the exam and then we can give them to teaching staff.

 

Functional Skills Paper based exams – Either return them with the scripts or hold them in secure storage until 2 additional series have passed and we can then use them for T&L. So for example the papers from November would be held until the end of the February test window and then could be given to teaching staff.

 

So many variations from the same board is ridiculous!

 

Thanks

Jade

 

 

So have I ha ha ha ……..

 

Karen Eatock | Student Information Manager

Bury College | Woodbury Centre | Market Street | Bury | BL9 0BG
t (0161) 280 8349 | w www.burycollege.ac.uk 
 

 

I have emailed our account specialist with the conflicting statements and asked for clarification, I’ll let you know what he comes back with! 

 

Joanne

 

Joanne Cotton | Student Information Co-ordinator (Exams)
Bury College | Woodbury Centre | Market Street | Bury | BL9 0BG
t (0161) 280 8520 | w www.burycollege.ac.uk 
 

 

Thank you everyone – clearly clarification still required!

 

Jen

 

 

 

Thanks for that Jen.  We will probably run a handful of FS maths in the summer, so will see if any updated instructions appear before then.  Last June we had an inspection visit from Pearson – for 4 candidates (of which one was absent!)!

 

Regards

 

 

 

Hi Paul

 

We have had this answer once from Pearson about the BTEC (the latest answer in fact).  This makes the most sense to me and is what we have been doing to date. However I think that the FS papers are going to have to be returned to Pearson rather than destroyed (according to our account specialist writing on 18^th January)

 

Thank you

 

Jen  

 

 

 

Hi Jennifer,

 

When we enquired about this they stated that the BTEC papers were subject to the same rules as those covered by the JCQ ICE.  FS papers cannot be given out to teachers, and should be destroyed.

 

Do those answers compute with those given by Pearson during any conversation?

 

Regards

 

 

 

Hi everyone

 

In the wake of the debate about what we should do with Pearson functional skills question papers after the exams (apparently they are updating the ICE document to give a definitive answer about this) does anyone know what we are supposed to be doing with the paper based BTEC exam question papers after the exams?

 

We cannot get the same answer twice from Pearson and there is nothing written down that we can find.

 

Thank you for your help

 

Jen

 

Jennifer Hoare

Exams Officer

 

Truro College (Part of Truro and Penwith College)

T22 Tresillian Building

College Road

Truro

Cornwall

TR1 3XX

 

01872 267105

 

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