EPQ Marking Sheet

EPQ Marking Grid for AQA Extended Project Qualification - moderation proven. For project supervisors and Centre Coordinators.

Struggling to ensure consistent marking across your EPQ supervisor team?

Created by one of the UK’s longest serving Centre Coordinators, this EPQ Marking Grid for AQA is a refined, practical tool that can begin to demystify the assessment process. Having overseen fifteen cohorts with zero marks changed during external moderation , I have developed this grid to ensure that every mark awarded is robust, evidenced, and easy to justify.

Why use this marking grid? Marking the Extended Project Qualification can seem subjective and daunting for new supervisors. This resource transforms the holistic marking criteria into a managable analytic breakdown. It allows supervisors to decide on marks for sub-sections of each Assessment Objective (AO), ensuring a more granular and accurate final score.

Key Features:

• AO1 to AO4 Breakdown: Every Assessment Objective is split into logical sub-components.
• Accuracy: The grid is designed so the final mark for each Assessment Objective is roughly the mean of the sub-marks.
• Moderation Ready: Built specifically to show your external moderator how marks were awarded.
• Time Saving: Centre Coordinators can distribute copies of this grid to their supervisor team to ensure internal standardisation is seamless.

How to use this resource:
Provide copies to each of your supervisors. Supervisors then use the grid to “score” the sub-elements of a project during the marking phase. The average of each sub-section provides a clear starting point for the final holistic mark for the Assessment Objective in the Production Log.

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