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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.

This grid is used alongside the Northlight EPQ Taught Skills and Marking Guides.

About Northlight: Northlight provides expert-led resources for EPQ, Physics, PSHE, and more. Produced by an experienced Head of several Departments, Northlight materials are based on materials with years of success behind them.

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EPQ Supervisor Complete Pack: Taught Skills, Top-Band Marking & Student Guide (AO1–AO4)

A complete EPQ supervision toolkit: taught skills with supervisor guidance, top-band marking guide, and student step-by-step support. All written by one of the most experienced centre coordinators in the UK. This comprehensive EPQ supervision pack is designed for supervisors, coordinators, and centres seeking clarity, consistency, and defensible assessment across the Extended Project Qualification. The resources translate the assessment objectives (AO1–AO4) into concrete, observable practice, supporting both effective supervision and accurate marking. They are suitable for all EPQ pathways, including essay and artefact projects, and reflect the expectations of Level 3 work. **This pack includes:** **EPQ Taught Skills Question Sheets with Supervisor Guidance** Structured activities covering AO1–AO4, extracting data from text, data acquisition, and referencing. Supervisor versions make expectations explicit and support consistent advice. **EPQ Top-Band Marking & Moderation Guide** A detailed guide explaining what distinguishes top-band work, where marks are commonly capped, and how to identify secure evidence across assessment objectives. **EPQ Step-by-Step Student Guide** A clear, phased guide from topic choice to final submission, aligned explicitly to the assessment objectives and log book requirements. **Free EPQ Marking Grid** A concise overview tool to support marking and internal moderation. Together, these materials help align planning, research, documentation, supervision, and marking, reducing ambiguity for both staff and students. The student guide and question sheets may be shared directly with candidates. Supervisor guidance and marking materials are intended for staff use. This resource complements the official specification and mark scheme but does not replace them. Northlight produce expert materials for EPQ, PSHE, Physics, and whole School cultural awareness.

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