1. POLICY
Stanfort Academy makes every effort possible to complete the appellate process within 21 days of the receipt of the appeal by the school. When extended investigation becomes necessary, the in-charge of the respective department will inform the appellant by letter of this extended investigation.
2. TERMS & CONDITIONS
Appeal for Expulsion
- Appeal must make within 10 days from the issuance of Provisional Expulsion letter for consideration and preperation for the appeal.
- Only a written request for an appeal from the appellant concerned together with the Administrative fee for Appeal Request $ 100 (subject to change) will be considered.
- All supporting documents must be provided and only original supporting documents will be considered for appeal case.
- Request can be allowed or declined. If the request is declined, the appellant will be given the reason.
- Decision made by the Academic Board is the final.
- Please note that only ONE appeal can be lodged. No re-appeals are permitted. No appeals will be accepted for re-grading of an exam paper in which a student has passed.
Appeal for Examination Result
- Only a written request for an assessment result’s appeal from the appellant concerned together with the Administrative fee for Appeal Request $ 100 (subject to change) will be considered.
- Request for an assessment result appeal must clearly state the grounds on which it is requested.
- Request for a review must be made within 7 working days of the receipt of the result, and the request made after the closing date will not be entertained in any circumstances.
- Assessment appeal outcomes are communicated to students within 21 days of the appeal. If extended investigation is needed, the appellant will be notified.
- All requests for an assessment result appeal will be considered by the Examination Board.
- Request may or may not lead to a successful outcome. If the request is unsuccessful, the appellant will be notified on the outcome with supporting reasons.
- All examination materials are confidential to Stanfort Academy and the examination booklets will not be shown or returned to the candidates.
- Decision made by the Examination Board is the final one.
3. PROCEDURES
Appeal for Expulsion
All applications for an appeal include documentation evidence to verify that the student has the valid reasons to apply for an appeal. If a student unable to provide the required documentation, then the request will not be accepted/ considered. The Academic Board will consider the appeal application case by case basis. The appeal result may fail due to lack of documents evidence or valid reasons. The school will notify the candidate/ appellant of the outcome in writing. Appeal charges are non-refundable.
Appeal for Examination Result
Students requesting a re-mark of their internal exam or assignment paper must apply by completing the Appeal Application Form. The application must include documentation evidence to verify that the student has the valid reasons to apply for an appeal. If a student cannot provide the required documentation, then the request will not be accepted/ considered. The student must also provide the appropriate payment as outlined in the Appeal Application Form. The students can apply for their assessment to be remarked within 7 working days of the results being released. The school will notify the candidate/ appellant of the outcome in writing. A full refund of the $100 application fee is provided if the examination remarking results in an increase to the grade of the appellant.
Stanfort Academy has an appeal handling process, supported by policies and procedures, with assurance of undertaking rigorous administrative checks upon receiving appeals from the appellants unsatisfied with examination outcomes. Review and remarking of the examination documents involves checking the following:
- All responses have been fully considered in mark provision;
- All required parts of the assessment have been consolidated accurately
- Accuracy in addition of marks;
- Marks awarded are correctly reflected in the result publication;
Upon receiving a report of the investigation, Examination Board makes a final decision on the appellant’s result.
4. EXAMS EXTERNALLY DEVELOPED
For the external exams, the school will submit the appeal directly to the respective external exam bodies upon receipt of the Request from the student.
5. EXTERNAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES (LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY)
The school will follow the University guidelines of appeals regulations and procedures. Please Click HERE for more information.
6. EXTERNAL EXAMINATION OF GLOBAL ACCOUNTANCY BODY (ACCA)
The school will follow the ACCA guidelines of appeals regulations and procedures. Please Click HERE for more information.