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Essential Skills Wales Visiting Standards Moderation: confirmation of visit

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Further to our discussion I would like to confirm the following date(s) have been agreed for visiting moderation of the above qualification.

Day / Date / Full/half day visit / Time of arrival

Preparing for the moderation visit

Before the visit you will be notified of the portfolios I need to be made available on the day. Some of these must have been internally moderated. If you are submitting some portfolios in Welsh and some in English, please advise me if the sample does not include both languages.

If your centre does not have ACS status you must not make claims between receiving the sample selection and the visit. If you have claims that need to be made during this period you need to contact OCR Cymru (telephone: 029 20537810, email: ).

On the day of the moderation visit, you must ensure that:

  • A quiet base room is available in which all candidate work to be sampled will be available and accessible, including facilities for accessing Interchange, moderating any electronic portfolios or replaying any audio and/or video recordings.
  • Copies of assignments/activities/tasks set should be included with candidates’ work.
  • All centre assessment and internal moderation/standardisation records for all candidates entered for moderation are available, together with copies of centre assignments/activities/tasks.
  • All candidate authentication forms have been completed and signed.
  • Evidence that shows how the most up-to-date ESW information provided by OCR and the Welsh government is disseminated to all relevant centre staff
  • Opportunities are available (if required) for me to meet with the internal assessors and internal moderators involved in the assessment/moderation of candidates’ work submitted for moderation. The presence of centre staff will not normally be required until I am ready to discuss outcomes, although you should ensure that there is sufficient support to deal with any queries I may have during the visit.

Access to candidates is not required during the external moderation process.

Full descriptions of the administrative requirements relating to the moderation process are included in theAdmin Guideavailable at:

The assessment and moderation requirements of this qualification are detailed in the Centre Handbook which is available on the OCR website:

Yours sincerely

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Visiting Standards Moderator