Key Stage 5 Extended Project Qualification
AQA - Level 3 Extended Project (worth ½ an A level in UCAS points)
Curriculum Overview
Students are supported to:
- choose an area of interest
- draft a title and aims of the project for formal approval by the centre
- plan, research and carry out the project
- deliver a presentation to a non specialist audience
- provide evidence of all stages of project development and production for assessment.
- Students can take two pathways through the EPQ. Students can either:
- Complete an academic essay of up to 5,000 words
- Create a project, informed by their research, supported by an essay of approximately 1,500 words explaining their process. Examples of past products include a monologue about a certain person’s life, a children’s book, an article in the style of the New Scientist, a school newspaper, a short film… as long as the product Is informed by research, the possibilities are endless!
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
Year 12 | Aims, goals and objects | Research skills | Academic writing | Presenting effectively | Submission of EPQ | |
Assessment
Coursework only
Project and project log submitted for assessment in Term 5 of year 12
Complementary Subjects
| All - the EPQ can be tailored towards student interest. |