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Extended Project Qualification

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.