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# Double Marker: Deadlines

# Double Marker Assessment Tracker & Timeline Help Desk Guide

This document serves as an operational reference for school assessment co-ordinators, administrators, and support staff managing GCSE English Language and Literature mock examination cycles with No More Marking.

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## 1. Summary of Working Days Between Key Steps

The Double Marker assessment model follows a structured 12-step collaborative workflow across four distinct operational phases. The table below outlines the required working days between each consecutive milestone in the standard assessment timeline tracker.

| Step # | From Milestone | To Milestone | Working Days Needed | Description & Responsible Party |
| :---: | :--- | :--- | :---: | :--- |
| **1 → 2** | Admin Setup Requested | Pupil CSV Deadline | **5 working days** | School super user gathers and submits pupil CSV data and marker details (1 full week allowed). |
| **2 → 3** | Pupil CSV Deadline | Booklets & Scan Links Sent | **1 working day** | No More Marking generates personalised, barcoded PDF booklets and secure scan links. |
| **3 → 4** | Booklets & Scan Links Sent | Mock Exam Date | **4 working days** *(excl. holidays)* | School reprographics team prints and distributes personalised booklets to pupils. |
| **4 → 5** | Mock Exam Date | Scans Upload Deadline | **2 working days** | School conducts exam, slices booklet spines, batch-scans, and uploads PDF files. |
| **5 → 6** | Scans Upload Deadline | Scans Checked by NMM | **1 working day** | No More Marking verifies receipt, completeness, and legibility of uploaded PDF scans. |
| **6 → 7** | Scans Checked by NMM | Absentee Check Confirmed | **1 working day** | School reviews and confirms any missing papers or pupil absentees. |
| **7 → 8** | Absentee Check Confirmed | AI Processing & Marking Opens | **2 working days** | No More Marking completes AI transcriptions, automated judging, structural checks, and item-level allocation creation. |
| **8 → 9** | Teacher Marking Opens | Teacher Marking Complete | **5 working days** | Teachers log into the online platform to mark their small, allocated item-level sample (1 full week allowed). |
| **9 → 10** | Teacher Marking Complete | Results & Feedback Delivered | **2 working days** | No More Marking applies Comparative Judgement scaling, calibrates against teacher marks, conducts QA checks, and delivers reports. |

> **Note on Post-Exam Turnaround:** Total elapsed post-exam turnaround time from Mock Date to Results Delivery is **13 net working days** (equivalent to 17 calendar days in a standard term-time week).

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## 2. Phase-by-Phase Operational Workflow

### Phase 1: Preparation & Setup
* **Step 1 – Admin Setup Requested (T-14 / T-28 with 2-week holiday):** No More Marking issues setup instructions, deadlines, and CSV templates to the designated school super user.
* **Step 2 – Pupil CSV Upload (5 working days after Step 1):** School super user uploads pupil records (First Name, Last Name, DOB, Year Group, Gender) and teacher email addresses.
* **Step 3 – Booklet & Scan Links Delivery (1 working day after Step 2):** No More Marking provides personalised PDF booklets interleaved with unique barcodes and pupil names, along with dedicated upload links.
* **Step 4 – Printing & Exam Administration (4 working days after Step 3):** School reprographics prints booklets for pupil completion during the mock exam window.

### Phase 2: Examination & Scanning
* **Step 5 – Exam Sitting & Batch Scanning (Day 0 to Day +2):** Pupils sit the exam in printed booklets. School slices off booklet spines and batch-scans papers (recommended 4 pupils per scan file).
* **Step 6 – Scan Verification (1 working day after Step 5):** No More Marking checks uploaded PDF batches for formatting, rotation, and complete page counts.
* **Step 7 – Absentee Check Confirmation (1 working day after Step 6):** School super user confirms missing candidates so the cohort dataset can be locked.

### Phase 3: AI Processing & Allocation Creation
* **Step 8 – AI Processing & Setup (2 working days after Step 7):** AI Comparative Judgement processes open-ended questions to establish a relative rank order.
* **Step 9 – Marker Onboarding:** Teachers receive email invites to access the online marking platform.
* **Step 10 – Allocation Creation:** No More Marking generates item-level allocations equating to approximately 6 to 7 scripts per teacher.

### Phase 4: Teacher Marking & Results Delivery
* **Step 11 – Teacher Marking Period (5 working days after Step 8):** Teachers mark allocated questions online using the official exam board mark scheme, completely blind to AI scores.
* **Step 12 – Scaling, Calibration & Results Delivery (2 working days after Step 11):** The optimisation engine calibrates AI scores against teacher marks, flags anomalies for senior review, and publishes diagnostic reports.

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## 3. Worked Calendar Example (Monday, 2nd November Mock Exam)

To illustrate the operational schedule in practice, below is the complete timeline for a school running a mock examination on **Monday, 2nd November 2026** (accounting for a 2-week half-term holiday from 19th–30th October):

| Phase | Milestone / Task | Date | Working Days / Offset | Responsible Party |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :---: | :--- |
| **Prep** | Admin Setup & CSV Requested | **Mon, 5th Oct 2026** | T-28 calendar days | No More Marking |
| **Prep** | Pupil CSV & Marker Upload Deadline | **Mon, 12th Oct 2026** | 5 working days | School Super User |
| **Prep** | Booklets & Upload Links Delivered | **Tue, 13th Oct 2026** | 1 working day | No More Marking |
| *Holiday* | *Autumn Half-Term Break* | *19th Oct – 30th Oct* | *10 working days* | *School closed* |
| **Exam** | **MOCK EXAMINATION DAY** | **Mon, 2nd Nov 2026** | **Day 0** | **School / Pupils** |
| **Admin** | Completed Scans Upload Deadline | **Wed, 4th Nov 2026** | 2 working days | School Reprographics |
| **Admin** | Scan Verification Completed | **Thu, 5th Nov 2026** | 1 working day | No More Marking |
| **Admin** | Absentee Check Confirmed | **Fri, 6th Nov 2026** | 1 working day | School Super User |
| **AI/Setup** | AI Processing Complete & Marking Opens | **Tue, 10th Nov 2026** | 2 working days | No More Marking |
| **Marking** | Teacher Marking Window Closes | **Tue, 17th Nov 2026** | 5 working days | Teaching Staff |
| **Results** | **Final Results & Reports Delivered** | **Thu, 19th Nov 2026** | 2 working days | No More Marking |

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