Series Marking

You can buy Series X Marking for a specified series of assignments (eg Subject CT2 Series X) for the current exam sitting. You will not be able to defer this marking to a future exam sitting. By submitting your scripts in line with our published recommended submission dates, you will make steady progress through the course. We therefore recommend that a student sitting a subject for the first time purchases Series X Marking. However, if you might change your study plans in light of your exam results, we recommend that you use Marking Vouchers rather than Series Marking.

We only accept the current version of assignments for marking, ie those published for the sessions leading to the 2012 exams. If you wish to submit your script for marking but only have an old version, then you can order the current assignments free of charge if you meet the conditions below.

Assignments will be provided free of charge only if you have purchased the same paper in the same subject the previous year (ie sessions leading to the 2011 exams), and have purchased marking for the 2012 session.

Marking Deadlines

We also publish a set of final deadline dates - if you miss the final deadline date for an X assignment, your script will not be marked. Recommended submission dates and final deadline dates for each assignment are given on the assignment deadlines page. If you book Series X Marking in a particular session, you will not be able to defer the marking to a future exam sitting.

Solutions to Series X Assignments

We typically send out full solutions with the Series X Assignments. However, if you order Series X Marking at the same time as you order the Series X Assignments, you can choose whether or not to receive a copy of the solutions in advance - see the back of the order form for details. If you choose not to receive the solutions with the study material, we will send the assignment solutions to you when your marked script is returned (or following the final deadline date if you do not submit the assignment).

Submitting assignments

Assignments can be submitted for marking by post, by fax or by email. However you choose to submit your assignments, please read the instructions on the assignment coversheet before completing your assignment. Unless you are using a Marking Voucher, any scripts received by ActEd after the deadline date will be returned unmarked.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your script is posted in good time to reach us from your place of posting. Please also ensure that you use the correct postage when you send in your script, as otherwise your script may be delayed significantly, possibly missing the final deadline. Please note, that within the UK the postage price you pay is calculated by the size and weight of the item, so if you send your scripts in an A4 envelope you will need to use a large letter postage stamp when sending.

We strongly recommend that you photocopy your script before you post it.

Your script will be passed to the next available marker and will be returned to you by first class post. We encourage markers to return scripts quickly, but you should be aware that scripts submitted around the time of the final deadlines may have a significantly slower turnaround time than usual.

There are special arrangements for the submission of assignments for students living outside the UK and Ireland.