To be eligible for an award, a candidate must be entered for or have taken all the required units. However, a candidate can be flagged as ineligible for various reasons.

Unique Candidate Identifier (UCI) problems

The candidate may have been entered without a UCI. Details of the candidate’s UCI should be sent to Edexcel Operations.

Each candidate should only be allocated one UCI. This allows us to bank a candidate’s unit results. Please check to ensure that all units taken by a candidate are banked under the same UCI. If results are banked under more than one UCI, please notify Edexcel Operations of each UCI and confirm which identifier you would like to keep.

One common cause of a candidate having more than one UCI is that he or she has been entered with different personal details in different examination sessions. We attempt to match a candidate’s records, but our ability to do this is affected if candidates are entered with different spellings of their names or with different dates of birth. Please ensure that a candidate is entered with exactly the same surname, forename, sex and date of birth each time they are entered for an exam.

Specification (cash-in) codes

If a candidate has been entered for the incorrect specification (cash-in) code, or has been entered for a specification code in error, please withdraw the entry by sending an EDI amendment file or by using Edexcel Online. The last date for withdrawals is 14 days before the publication of results.

Credit transfer

If a credit transfer request has not been made for a candidate who wishes to claim credit for an AS award taken with another awarding body, you should contact Examination Services on 020 7190 4455.

Candidate has not sat the required units

It is possible that a candidate has not sat the required units needed to be eligible for an award. In such cases, please contact Edexcel Operations.

GCSE Religious Studies

For those candidates who wish to receive an overall grade, a cash-in entry must be made. This begins with a 2 for a full award or 3 for the short course award. The unit codes must also be entered so that we can send out correct examination papers and any related assessment material, for example OPTEMS. Cash-in codes do not generate unit entries.

GCSE in vocational subjects

For those candidates who wish to receive an overall grade, an entry should be made for the specification code, which begins with a 2. If a candidate is not claiming an award, an entry for the specification code is not required.

All units being taken - including portfolio/coursework units - must also be entered. The codes for the individual units all begin with 5.

General information

GCSE Religious Studies modules can only be taken in the June examination series (but can be retaken and cashed in in a following summer series).

GCSE cash-ins will use the better result of two attempts at GCSE modules, regardless of the series, with the exception of GCSE Science.