Regulating science V Levels at subject level

To support the maintenance of standards and ensure grades remain reliable over time, we propose to require a proportion of V Level assessment to be taken at the end of the two-year course. This will enable awarding organisations to ensure that the final grade provides an accurate and trustworthy measure of students’ overall attainment. The terminal assessment should account for a sufficiently substantial proportion of the qualification to ensure that performance in those assessments has a meaningful impact on the overall result. Terminal assessment must take the form of Assessment by Examination. This approach supports the maintenance of standards because it gives awarding organisations the highest level of control over overall standards. 

Proposal 

For the V Level in science research and technology, we propose that terminal Assessment by Examination should comprise 40% of the total marks available. This means that the learner takes all of the Assessment by Examination for this qualification in the assessment series in which they request certification.  

This proportion is the same as that already required for tranche 1 V Level subjects.