The GCSE, GCE, GNVQ and AEA Code of Practice places a responsibility upon the awarding bodies to require centres to have in place published appeals procedures relating to internal assessment decisions. These procedures should be made widely available and accessible to candidates.

The Joint Council for Qualifications published a document in 2006 (Arrangements for internal appeals) detailing the minimum requirements that centres are expected to have in place for appeals against internal assessment decisions. These requirements relate to internal assessments conducted by a centre and submitted to Edexcel to contribute to a GCSE, GCSE in vocational subjects, GCE, GCE in Applied Subjects or DiDA award.