The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a different type of subject in that you provide much of the material and implement your own planning for the duration of the project. For instance, project proposals are always submitted by students and are often based on areas of academic and personal interest. Independent study skills such as planning, research and evaluation form the centre of your EPQ work, ensuring that you are both prepared and ready for study at university level, and are able to tackle your other A levels with greater confidence and competence. You are given the support of an EPQ supervisor who will hold at least 5 individual meetings in the course of the autumn and spring terms. It is ordinarily completed in Year 12 so that you will have an AQA-verified grade to boast about when you apply for university at the start of Year 13. Universities fully recognise the qualification and often lower their grade offer when they see that a student has completed an EPQ. Finally, it is an opportunity to conduct academic work on an area, such as architecture, teaching or medicine, which is not available as an A level but is a career aspiration.
We ask that all students achieve grade 4 or equivalent (a Level 2 pass) in at least 4 subjects, alongside the following subject specific entry requirements. • Grade 4 in English
The qualification is entirely project-based with no examination element.
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| Region | North West |
| Local Authority | Cheshire East |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Girls |
| Address | Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 3NT |
The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a different type of subject in that you provide much of the material and implement your own planning for the duration of the project. For instance, project proposals are always submitted by students and are often based on areas of academic and personal interest. Independent study skills such as planning, research and evaluation form the centre of your EPQ work, ensuring that you are both prepared and ready for study at university level, and are able to tackle your other A levels with greater confidence and competence. You are given the support of an EPQ supervisor who will hold at least 5 individual meetings in the course of the autumn and spring terms. It is ordinarily completed in Year 12 so that you will have an AQA-verified grade to boast about when you apply for university at the start of Year 13. Universities fully recognise the qualification and often lower their grade offer when they see that a student has completed an EPQ. Finally, it is an opportunity to conduct academic work on an area, such as architecture, teaching or medicine, which is not available as an A level but is a career aspiration.
We ask that all students achieve grade 4 or equivalent (a Level 2 pass) in at least 4 subjects, alongside the following subject specific entry requirements. • Grade 4 in English
The qualification is entirely project-based with no examination element.