A Level Business/Economics

John McArdle made this Freedom of Information request to Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

Dear Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment,

I am requesting the following information:

- What was the highest raw mark scored in the summer 2024 series for AS1/2 and A21/2 Business Studies and Economics?

Yours faithfully,

J Murphy

Data Protection Officer, Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Dear John McArdle/J Murphy,

For a request to be valid under Section 8(1)b of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, the requester must provide enough of their real name
to give anyone reading that request a reasonable indication of their
identity. As you have provided two names (one of which does not provide a
valid first name), we require you to clarify the name you are submitting
this request under so that the request is valid and meets the requirements
of the legislation.

Best wishes.

Data Protection Officer

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Dear Data Protection Officer,

The name is John McArdle-Murphy, with a hyphen

Yours sincerely,

John McArdle

Data Protection Officer, Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Dear Mr McArdle-Murphy

We acknowledge receipt of your email requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. As per section 10 of the Act, you can expect a response no later than 20 working days from the date of receipt of your request.

There may be a fee payable for this information. This will be considered, and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event, the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20-day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment. Should a fee be payable, we will write to you to inform you that a fee is required and the process for making payment.

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Kind regards
Data Protection

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Data Protection Officer, Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Dear Mr McArdle-Murphy

We are responding to your email requesting information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 as outlined below.

“I am requesting the following information:

- What was the highest raw mark scored in the summer 2024 series for AS1/2
and A21/2 Business Studies and Economics?”.

The table below contains the information requested.

Subject Level Unit Highest Raw Mark Max Raw Mark
Achieved Available
AS SBU11 79 80
GCE Business SBU21 78 80
Studies A2 ABU11 83 90
ABU21 89 90
AS SEC11 70 80
GCE Economics SEC21 73 80
A2 AEC11 75 90
AEC21 70 90

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Data Protection

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