Sports Studies

Assessment

There is a range of assessment types and styles, which are suited to vocational qualifications: assignments, tasks and written examinations. Assignments are set and marked by the school to a series of work-related assignment briefs (scenarios) and are completed over the whole course. Internal verification and sampling by the examination board are carried out as quality assurance for this part of the course. Tasks are set and marked by the examination board; they require students to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in a real-life scenario they are likely to encounter in the workplace. They provide work-based challenges to be solved under time pressure. Examinations are set and marked by the examination board. Unit 1: written examination; 1 hour 30 min, 90 marks (33.3% of BTEC) Unit 2: externally-set task (33.3% of BTEC) Remaining units (unit 3 and 6): assignments (16.7% of BTEC each)