Askel and the JCQ rules for 2026-27.

Each rule JCQ asks schools to follow, the step that answers it, and what Askel does. JCQ is the group that writes the shared rules for the main exam boards.

Checked against JCQ documents effective 1 September 2026

What changed this year

Refreshed each September

Teachers now sign that they took all reasonable steps to stop AI misuse, and that any help given is written down.
Schools need a process for suspected AI misuse before the student signs their statement.
Students doing NEA must be given JCQ’s Information for Candidates: AI before they start.
AI must not be the only or main marker.

Showing all 18 rules

JCQ rules, the step that answers each, and what Askel does
JCQ reference	What JCQ asks	Step	What Askel does	Status
AI 4	Students doing NEA must be given JCQ’s Information for Candidates: AI before they start.	Prepare	A dated tick from each student at the start of each course.	To confirm
ICC 1.4 · NEA 2	Students read JCQ’s information for candidates before starting, and sign their statement only at hand-in.	Prepare	A read-the-rules step before the first stage. The statement comes at hand-in.	To confirm
GR 5.3 · AI 4	A policy on confirming work is the student’s own, including AI, reviewed each year. Staff who know about AI.	Prepare	A policy review tracker and a staff training log. Askel helps with your policy. It doesn’t replace it.	To confirm
AI 7	Use something that tracks how the work grows. Keep drafts, plans and earlier versions.	Show	Dated milestones, every save kept, and a fingerprint for each draft.	Designed
ICC 5.2 · AI 5	Students say which AI tools they used, and when. Prompts and what the tool gave are kept so they can’t be edited, with a short explanation.	Show	An AI-use record at every stage, signed by the supervisor too. For NEA, a link and a fingerprint.	Designed
ICC 2.1 · NEA 4.2	Detailed help, beyond general advice, is written down and taken into account in marking.	Show	A Record of help on comments and check-ins, carried into marking and the files for the board.	Designed
AI 8	Software that guesses whether AI wrote something can get it wrong both ways, and can only be part of a wider judgement.	Notice	No guessing and no scores. Facts and questions, for staff only.	Designed
AI 4 · AI 9	A process for suspected AI misuse before the student signs their statement. Worries are written down, with examples.	Resolve	A worry is raised, the student is invited to talk and gives their side, and a named senior teacher decides. All before the student signs.	Designed
ICC 2.5	Once work is handed in for marking, it must not be changed.	Prove	Hand-in locks the work. Signed stages lock too.	Designed
ICC 7 · NEA 4.6	Students and teachers sign statements. Electronic signatures are allowed.	Prove	Statements signed in Askel, with this year’s board wording and a check of what’s done first.	Designed
ICC 3.8 · NEA 4.7	The centre number, candidate number and component code on every page.	Prove	Every page Askel prints carries all three.	Designed
ICC 8.1 · NEA 6.1 · AI 6	AI must not be the only or main marker. A teacher stays responsible.	Prove	No AI marking. Teachers mark.	Designed
ICC 12 · NEA 6.2	When several teachers mark, they check they mark to the same standard, and keep the evidence.	Prove	A standardisation record. Copies made for it are deleted when it closes.	Designed
ICC 13.5 · NEA 6.1	Tell students their marks, so they can ask for a review before marks go to the board.	Prove	Marks shared with a review window.	To confirm
ICC 21.2 · NEA 6.5	Keep marked work and statements until reviews, appeals and enquiries are finished.	Prove	A keep-until date set by each school, and a cohort archive.	Designed
ICC 2.9 · NEA 4.8	Live work stays private. Staff must not share or post it.	No step	No live student work anywhere on this website.	Site rule
ICC 4	Parents may talk about the work, but must not give direct advice on what to include.	No step	Plain wording in the parents section of For students.	Site rule
ICC 24 · NEA 7	Access arrangements are agreed in advance and must not undermine the assessment.	No step	Display settings change how Askel looks, not what students write.	Site rule

AI 4To confirm
Students doing NEA must be given JCQ’s Information for Candidates: AI before they start.
Prepare
Askel: A dated tick from each student at the start of each course.
ICC 1.4 · NEA 2To confirm
Students read JCQ’s information for candidates before starting, and sign their statement only at hand-in.
Prepare
Askel: A read-the-rules step before the first stage. The statement comes at hand-in.
GR 5.3 · AI 4To confirm
A policy on confirming work is the student’s own, including AI, reviewed each year. Staff who know about AI.
Prepare
Askel: A policy review tracker and a staff training log. Askel helps with your policy. It doesn’t replace it.
AI 7Designed
Use something that tracks how the work grows. Keep drafts, plans and earlier versions.
Show
Askel: Dated milestones, every save kept, and a fingerprint for each draft.
ICC 5.2 · AI 5Designed
Students say which AI tools they used, and when. Prompts and what the tool gave are kept so they can’t be edited, with a short explanation.
Show
Askel: An AI-use record at every stage, signed by the supervisor too. For NEA, a link and a fingerprint.
ICC 2.1 · NEA 4.2Designed
Detailed help, beyond general advice, is written down and taken into account in marking.
Show
Askel: A Record of help on comments and check-ins, carried into marking and the files for the board.
AI 8Designed
Software that guesses whether AI wrote something can get it wrong both ways, and can only be part of a wider judgement.
Notice
Askel: No guessing and no scores. Facts and questions, for staff only.
AI 4 · AI 9Designed
A process for suspected AI misuse before the student signs their statement. Worries are written down, with examples.
Resolve
Askel: A worry is raised, the student is invited to talk and gives their side, and a named senior teacher decides. All before the student signs.
ICC 2.5Designed
Once work is handed in for marking, it must not be changed.
Prove
Askel: Hand-in locks the work. Signed stages lock too.
ICC 7 · NEA 4.6Designed
Students and teachers sign statements. Electronic signatures are allowed.
Prove
Askel: Statements signed in Askel, with this year’s board wording and a check of what’s done first.
ICC 3.8 · NEA 4.7Designed
The centre number, candidate number and component code on every page.
Prove
Askel: Every page Askel prints carries all three.
ICC 8.1 · NEA 6.1 · AI 6Designed
AI must not be the only or main marker. A teacher stays responsible.
Prove
Askel: No AI marking. Teachers mark.
ICC 12 · NEA 6.2Designed
When several teachers mark, they check they mark to the same standard, and keep the evidence.
Prove
Askel: A standardisation record. Copies made for it are deleted when it closes.
ICC 13.5 · NEA 6.1To confirm
Tell students their marks, so they can ask for a review before marks go to the board.
Prove
Askel: Marks shared with a review window.
ICC 21.2 · NEA 6.5Designed
Keep marked work and statements until reviews, appeals and enquiries are finished.
Prove
Askel: A keep-until date set by each school, and a cohort archive.
ICC 2.9 · NEA 4.8Site rule
Live work stays private. Staff must not share or post it.
No step
Askel: No live student work anywhere on this website.
ICC 4Site rule
Parents may talk about the work, but must not give direct advice on what to include.
No step
Askel: Plain wording in the parents section of For students.
ICC 24 · NEA 7Site rule
Access arrangements are agreed in advance and must not undermine the assessment.
No step
Askel: Display settings change how Askel looks, not what students write.

DesignedBuilt into Askel’s designs.
To confirmNot claimed on the site until it’s built.
Site ruleA rule the website itself follows.

Reference key

ICC: JCQ Instructions for conducting coursework, from 1 September 2026. Covers the EPQ.
NEA: JCQ Instructions for conducting non-examination assessments (GCE and GCSE), from 1 September 2026.
AI: JCQ AI Use in Assessments, effective September 2026. Numbers are its sections.
GR: JCQ General Regulations for Approved Centres, from 1 September 2026.

Askel is built around what JCQ asks schools to do. It is not approved or endorsed by JCQ or any exam board.

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