Examinations Bulletin Summer 2019 – UPDATED 21/08/19 @ 11:30

UPDATED @ 11:30

When importing a result file for students who are expecting grades and marks for OCR J316A or J316B Drama, the error “Result not in range defined for the aspect” will be recorded in the import activity log.  This is because the current basedata has the maximum and minimum marks both set to zero and the incoming result file has a mark outside this range.  Only results for this specific qualification for OCR in this file will be impacted, all other incoming results should import fine.

OCR will be issuing new Basedata on their website which will need to be refreshed in Exams Organiser as soon as possible.

UPDATE

OCR have now released version 3 of their 6G19 basedata which can be downloaded here.

Capita have advised that errors may be generated when importing results for students that have been entered for qualifications in English with Endorsements.

To resolve this you will need to download and refresh Version 2 of the basedata for series 6G19_40

There is a potential issue when importing Cambridge International files.

When importing the file the “Invalid Series Code” error will appear. If this appears please contact the board.

Capita have advised that patch 25092 has been made available which will update Grades after the Gradeset has been amended in Manage Performance Indicator.

The reported issue which led to the creation of this patch happened where a QN had an incorrect gradeset added to it and results stored against it. To correct this the school deleted all the results, updated the gradeset, but the previous gradeset remained at the bottom of the screen. Applying the patch corrected the grades.  We believe this to be a very unusual situation to have occurred. As long as a school has not added any incorrect gradesets we are confident that their PI reports will be fine.  We have created KB-481516 to explain this.

As this does not affect all Schools we will not be applying across our platform. If you require this patch please contact the Service Desk.

Capita have advised that patch 25072 is needed for all English Schools in order to update to the Est Att 8 scores used in calculating the provisional Progress 8 scores for 2019.

This patch will be applied to all secondary Schools on our Hosted platform tonight (Thursday 8th August) and it has been released to all non-hosted secondary Schools via SOLUS 3.

Capita have also advised that patch 24846 is also now available.

This patch adds JC 76 (Grades M, P, U) and JC 77 (MM, MP, PP, U) Gradesets for BTEC Entry Level 3 qualifications. If your school is not taking these level qualifications from Pearson, then there is no need to apply this patch.

As this does not affect all Schools we will not be applying across our platform. If you require this patch please contact the Service Desk.